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Matthew Stafford's had easily his roughest day as a professional. His fifth interception was returned for a touchdown as the Seahawks won, 32-20. Free Press special writer Nick Meyer is live-blogging today's Lions-Seahawks game.

Matt Hasselbeck had a throbbing shoulder, to go with broken ribs. His Seahawks had even bigger issues.

Detroit Lions LB Ernie Sims has been ruled out of returning to Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks with what is being reported as a hamstring injury.

The Lions have added cornerback Jason David to the roster, placing DeMarcus Faggins on injured reserve to open up room.

Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery appears on the verge of a breakout game, with TD catches against Minnesota and Jacksonville , and a 50-yard non-scoring catch last week against Indianapolis.

Defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham , along with the rest of the coaches, spent the bye week self-scouting and trying to identify the most correctable elements for improvement.

It looked like another meltdown again late yesterday afternoon in a city that knows too much about that lately.

Ben Roethlisberger really made only one mistake, and that was throwing a late sideline pass to Mike Wallace that was picked off and returned 38 yards for a touchdown by CB William James.

Big Ben just got id even know, he wasnt even hit. If you can please try to find a re-play this is exaclty what is ruinging the league, it nullified a interception by Detroit.

The Pittsburgh Steelers avoided losing another game in the fourth quarter. Their fans helped out - on the road.

Bears receiver Devin Hester left Chicago's game against Detroit on Sunday after hurting a shoulder during the second quarter.

Chicago Bears receiver Devin Hester does not expect to miss any games after straining a muscle in his neck in last weekend's 48-24 win over Detroit.

Quarterback Jay Cutler took a page from the legend he was supposed to replace in Denver.

He popped up after that landing, and the Chicago Bears eventually took off, too.

Cornerback William James was glad to help the Lions win for the first time since 2007.

S Darren Sharper played with Jackson in Green Bay in 2004 and with QB Daunte Culpepper in Minnesota in 2005.

Smoke and mirrors: Jeremy Renner in Kathryn Bigelow's account of bomb disposal experts in Iraq.

With all the attention focused on the quarterback battle and the return of the big guns like Calvin Johnson and Brandon Pettigrew, Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith had an impressive performance that was largely overlooked.

The war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and the "war on terror" never really got their John Wayne/Green Berets moment in Hollywood: a big movie whose unembarrassed purpose is to endorse the military action.

Aaron Martens and most of his Houston High School boys cross country team went through a case of sudden shock when he was thrust into the head track coach's job at midseason after the abrupt dismissal of longtime coach George Gibson.