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Martha Ford will take over her late husband's controlling interest in the Detroit Lions, keeping the team within the family after a half-century under the leadership of William Clay Ford.

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Martha Ford will take over her late husband's controlling interest in the Detroit Lions, keeping the team within the family after a half-century under the leadership of William Clay Ford.

At a time when tight ends such as Jimmy Graham want to be relabeled as receivers, soon to be free agent Brandon Pettigrew qualifies as a throwback.

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Ford ran Ford Motor Co. for more than five decades in addition to owning the Lions.

With NFL Free Agency set to start tomorrow, there has been much speculation as to what the Detroit Lions are planning to do.

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UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: RBs James Starks and Kahlil Bell; DLs Ryan Pickett, Johnny Jolly, B.J. Raji and C.J. Wilson; C Evan Dietrich-Smith; TEs Jermichael Finley and Andrew Quarless; QBs Matt Flynn and Seneca Wallace; LBs Rob Francois and Mike Neal; WR James Jones; FB John Kuhn; OL Marshall Newhouse.

Oct 27, 2013; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders free safety Charles Woodson raises his arms after the Oakland Raiders intercepted Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during the fourth quarter at O.co Coliseum.

William Clay Ford Sr. got his first driving lesson from grandfather Henry Ford and took his first airplane ride in a Ford Tri-Motor piloted by Charles Lindbergh.

He was the man who paid Charlie Sanders' salary for years, the man Sanders looked at as a father figure, a boss and a friend.

The Detroit Lions announced today that owner and chairman William Clay Ford Sr. has died.

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Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford, the grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford, died this morning of pneumonia, Ford Motor Co.

With the NFL free agency period starting this Tuesday, the list of available free agents keeps getting bigger and bigger by the hour.

Wide receiver Sammy Watkins runs after making a catch during the Clemson football pro day on Thursday in Clemson, S.C. / Associated Press General manager Martin Mayhew's attendance at Clemson's pro day last week to watch receiver Sammy Watkins might have spoken volumes about the Lions' interest and intentions in the draft.

They built the foundation for their Super Bowl championship team in the draft, finding inexpensive, young players at virtually every position.

Emmanuel Sanders, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, could be a target of the Lions, who are in need of a wide receiver to complement Calvin Johnson.

Maybe the Detroit Lions will be bigger players in free agency than first thought.