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.

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning performed in the end zone of ...

Whether true or not, Lions fans love to credit actor Jeff Daniels with helping to break the so-called “Curse of Bobby Layne.” On Tuesday night, the celebrity Detroit sports fan put some more ...

DETROIT — In 1958 a disgruntled Hall of Fame quarterback supposedly laid a curse on the Detroit Lions after being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bobby Layne was the quarterback for the Lions ...

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 ...

Detroit Lions former quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Layne is honored at the coin toss prior to Super Bowl XVI at the Silverdome, Jan. 24, 1982 in Pontiac, Michigan. The San Francisco ...

Left to right: Bobby Layne, Leon Hart and Doak Walker were the Lions' big acquisitions in 1950. Layne joined Detroit in 1950 after a trade with the now-disbanded New York Bulldogs.