Bates thought his football career was over and was training to sell bricks in Houston. Now the rookie kicker has sent the ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates has reached a pair of milestones this week. After knocking through his first career ...

The first-place Lions are 5-1 and “fired up,” he said, and “ready to get back to work.” Kick by brick, Bates is helping ...

Dan Campbell delivered an electric speech in the locker room after the Detroit Lions took down the undefeated Minnesota ...

A year and a half ago, Lions kicker Jake Bates was selling bricks. Now he’s making game-winning kicks.Bates connected on a 44 ...

Jake Bates is a perfect 10-for-10 on FGs this season and made a 44-yarder with 15 seconds left Sunday to give the Detroit ...

On Sunday, the rookie hit a game-winning field goal with 15 seconds remaining against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank ...

Jake Bates was calm, cool and collected. More importantly, he was confident. That’s why it seemed like no problem for him to ...

The Lions are no longer just confident they'll do what's needed to win. They have an expectation, in themselves and each ...

The game started with the Vikings forcing a turnover on downs following a fake punt by the Lions. A couple of plays later, ...

The Vikings lost a 31-29 thriller to the Detroit Lions on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium for their first loss of the season ...

This marks the fourth consecutive week, excluding Detroit’s Week 5 bye, where a Lions player has won a weekly award. Punter Jack Fox took home special teams honors in Week 3, quarterback Jared Goff in ...