Ellen Whitehouse flips through a photo album at her kitchen table, her eyes growing wide at the sight of Boomerang. “Look!” she says excitedly, “there’s Boomie with his Lion King.” In the picture, a ...

So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s 1966 bestselling book “Paper Lion,” based upon his experience of “trying out” as the last-string quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp ...

George Plimpton, the self-deprecating author of "Paper Lion" and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died. He was 76. Plimpton died Thursday night at his Manhattan ...

Detroit Lions fans and those who would enjoy seeing what became a football cult classic movie a half century ago will have another opportunity at the Redford Theatre on Sunday when Paper Lion is ...

Forty years ago, writer George Plimpton published one of the greatest sports books of all time — Paper Lion. The book described his exploits playing with the Detroit Lions in a 1963 pre-season game.