In for the long haul, Detroit Lions fans like Dan Dore can rejoice with playoff berth

With sledgehammer in hand, Dan Dore knocks out the old to make way for the new. So when the local demolition specialist helped clear the grounds for the construction of Ford Field in 2002, he thought a new era of Detroit Lions football was on its way. Ten seasons later, that new era has at long last arrived. When Detroit plays the New Orleans Saints at 8 p.m. Saturday in its first NFL playoff game since 1999, Dore and Lions fans from throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region can finally rejoice.

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