Amari Spievey News

OTAs are voluntary, but voluntary should really be in quotation marks. Usually the only reason a player misses these workouts is if there's a contract situation -- see Cliff Avril -- or if a player is injured.

In the first two games of this series at Fenway Park, the Tigers have out-homered the Red Sox, five... Father's Day is right around the corner, and when it comes to gifts, one size does not fit all.

The Detroit Lions are coming off a season where they ranked 22nd against the pass and were shredded for 928 yards in their final two games, including 459 in a 45-28 loss to the New Orleans Saints in the wild card round of the playoffs.

A A A A A A ALLEN PARK, Mich.A - The Detroit Lions have hit the ground running in their first of 10 organized team workouts.

Starting with his second-round selection by the Carolina Panthers in 2000, Grant continued his nomadic career in the NFL with stops in Jacksonville , Seattle and most recently The Big Apple.

The Detroit Lions banned second-year receiver Titus Young from organized team activities for sucker-punching teammate Louis Delmas , according to MLive.com . Citing unidentified sources, the report said Young and Delmas got into a confrontation during last week's voluntary workouts.

Dec 18, 2011; Oakland, CA, USA; Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young warms up before the game against the Oakland Raiders at O.co Coliseum.

The Lions took to the practice field for the first day of organized team activities at their training facility Monday morning.

Today marks the start of the process, the four-step process, toward winning a spot on the Lions' 53-man roster.

Detroit Lions defensive backs coach Tim Walton is not oblivious to the criticism he and his secondary received last season.

You'll need an Insider subscription to see the entire file, but here is what Polian wrote about Fairley: Fairley could be the missing piece in making the Detroit defense dominant.

November 6, 2011; New Orleans, LA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Sean Jones prior to kickoff of a game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Chris Crocker , Jon McGraw , Deon Grant , Yeremiah Bell , Louis Delmas , Amari Spievey , Kansas City Chiefs , Cincinnati Bengals , Detroit Lions , Arizona Cardinals According to Jason La Canfora, a reporter for NFL.com, free agent safety Chris Crocker is visiting the Detroit Lions on Tuesday.

Many players have shown up for weekly voluntary workouts. Detroit will have organized team activities in two weeks.

When the offseason began, it was reasonable to lock in two starters among the Lions' defensive backfield: safety Louis Delmas and cornerback Chris Houston .