Well, almost as old as time. The Detroit Lions have played at home on Thanksgiving every year since 1934 -- except when games were paused from 1939 to 1944 during World War II. The annual holiday ...

Well, almost as old as time. The Detroit Lions have played at home on Thanksgiving every year since 1934 -- except when games were paused from 1939 to 1944 during World War II. The annual holiday ...

Thanksgiving Week football rolls on past Thursday’s three-game outing with games on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Major divisional rivalries and clashes of some of the league’s best teams are on tap.

For the 19th year in a row, Thanksgiving in 2024 will feature a triple-header of NFL action. As is tradition, the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will host the earlier games on the national ...

Thanksgiving and NFL football ... Chicago started off the season 4-2, but has now lost four straight games. It led to the firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, but that in itself hasn ...

When did Thanksgiving games start in the first place? According to Princeton University, Princeton and Yale played each other in football in 1876, and the game would become a tradition until 1893.

And, indeed, they did. And there were some professional games played before 1934 on Thanksgiving Day. But it was the Lions who really cemented it as a perennial event every Thanksgiving Day, beginning ...

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but they can still stream all three Thanksgiving NFL games without breaking the bank. All of the Thanksgiving NFL games are on network TV, but cord-cutters and fans who prefer streaming have other ...