Writer: Elijah Sparkman

The Day the Lions Won the Super Bowl

The Day the Lions Won the Super Bowl

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After the clock ran out, they, NFL admins or whoever, walked real lions out onto the grass. The real-life lions were distinguished and strong. Big manes and bigger claws. Clear-eyed and assured, the way we’d always wanted to be, us fans, really, in the deepest part of our football-watching souls, which now we were.more