If you’re a Detroit Lions fan, you know about this one. So this one’s for everyone else out there: the Detroit Lions have been an NFL franchise since 1930, when they were the Portsmouth Spartans.

Brad Holmes used a very nice word to describe what happened to the Detroit ... in the sky, Bobby Layne was having a good laugh all season as injury upon injury mounted for the Lions on defense.

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he ...

I call upon thee — oh creatures of Earth and whiskey — cleanse the Detroit Lions of the curse of Bobby Layne and restore the ...

This article originally appeared on For The Win: The Curse of Bobby Layne for the Detroit Lions, explained ...

The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore of the Detroit Lions for more than 60 years as a way to explain their unmatched ability to fail. Layne, who helped lead the Lions to ...