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Bill Morris, author of The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL(12-15-24)
Published 1 year, 4 months ago
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In this segment, host Phil Tower welcomes Bill Morris, author of The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL.
Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City and Motor City Burning, along with the family memoir The Age of Astonishment, available from Pegasus Books.
Bill's great new book tells the epic and tumultuous story of the Lions, the Ford family, and the city of Detroit—and how all three have come together on the cusp of a new era.
"Born under a bad sign" is how Bill Ford’s ownership of the Lions began. After a decade of supremacy, Ford led the team on a half-century slog of mediocrity, the fruit of his mercurial nature and undying loyalty to the wrong people. The Lions Finally Roar is bursting with the colorful ruffians who have made the team one of America’s most beloved sports franchises despite its years of futility.
Bill is the featured author and guest at the National Writers Series in Traverse City Michigan on December 18.
Get Bill's Book: The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL
Topics Discussed: the city of Detroit, National Football League politics, National Football league ownership, the impact of professional sports on cities, Women in sports leadership.
Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City and Motor City Burning, along with the family memoir The Age of Astonishment, available from Pegasus Books.
Bill's great new book tells the epic and tumultuous story of the Lions, the Ford family, and the city of Detroit—and how all three have come together on the cusp of a new era.
"Born under a bad sign" is how Bill Ford’s ownership of the Lions began. After a decade of supremacy, Ford led the team on a half-century slog of mediocrity, the fruit of his mercurial nature and undying loyalty to the wrong people. The Lions Finally Roar is bursting with the colorful ruffians who have made the team one of America’s most beloved sports franchises despite its years of futility.
Bill is the featured author and guest at the National Writers Series in Traverse City Michigan on December 18.
Get Bill's Book: The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL
Topics Discussed: the city of Detroit, National Football League politics, National Football league ownership, the impact of professional sports on cities, Women in sports leadership.