Mike Utley’s devastating spinal cord injury during the Detroit Lions’ 1991 season became one of the most emotional moments in ...

Most people would have given up on the idea of walking again if it had been nearly two decades since they had done it. But almost 20 years since he was paralyzed on an NFL football field, it appears ...

Detroit Lions offensive linesman Mike Utley is examined after suffering a spinal injury on Nov. 18, 1991. (Blake Discher / Associated Press) Even in a hospital bed, with a horrific spinal-cord injury ...

The Detroit Lions won four NFL championships before the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, including three between 1952 and 1957, but they’ve endured decades of mostly futility since, and remain one of four teams ...

ATLANTA — Lomas Brown was on the field 34 years ago when his Detroit Lions teammate, Mike Utley, suffered a paralyzing neck injury. On Friday, Aug. 8, Brown was in the broadcast booth for the Lions' ...

Mike Utley, “The Cran Man”, of Carver passed away suddenly at the home he proudly built and lived in for 46 years on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on June 27, 1952, to the ...

DETROIT — Even in a hospital bed, with a horrific spinal-cord injury that would confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, Mike Utley gave his Detroit Lions teammate a helping hand. It was ...