Browns-Lions game to be blacked out in Motor City
Nov 19, 2009 - 7:10 PM DETROIT(AP) -- The Detroit Lions' home game against the Cleveland Browns will be blacked out on local TV.Lions spokesman Bill Keenist confirmed Thursday the team did not sell 7,000-plus tickets that were available the previous day.
The game featuring two 1-8 teams will be not be shown on TV in the Detroit, Lansing, Saginaw-Flint and Toledo, Ohio, markets.
Detroit has sold out two of its five games at Ford Field this season: its home opener and a game against Pittsburgh in which Steelers fans might've outnumbered Lions fans.
The Lions drew just 40,857 fans the last time they were at home - their smallest crowd in two decades - and had just 40,896 fans watch their lone win against Washington.
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