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Detroit Lions’ starter suspended for starting brawl vs Kansas City Chiefs

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9 months ago

October 13, 2025

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Detroit Lions’ starter suspended for starting brawl vs Kansas City Chiefs

The NFL suspended Lions defensive back Brian Branch for one game without pay for starting a brawl.
Branch, who called his actions “childish,” has been fined four times this season.

The NFL handed Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch a one-game suspension without pay on Monday, Oct. 13, for his actions that initiated a brawl in the Lions’ 30-17 loss at the Kansas City Chiefs a night earlier.

Branch will miss the Lions’ next game, which is their Monday Night Football matchup at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 7 on Oct. 20.

At 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Branch slapped Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in the face, after Smith-Schuster said something to Branch and motioned to shake his hand. The brawl was brief and the fight was broken up by the game’s officials and field security.

Branch was contrite about his role in the brawl, but explained why he punched Smith-Schuster.

“I did a real childish thing,” Branch said. “I’m tired of people doing stuff in between plays and refs don’t catch it. They be trying to bully me out there. I shouldn’t have did it, it was childish.”

Lions coach Dan Campbell said during his postgame news conference that Branch’s actions were “inexcusable.”

Branch also apologized to Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who said after the game that Branch did “pretty good damage” to Smith-Schuster’s nose, but didn’t specify.

“You guys saw it,” Reid told the media. “The guy came up and hit JuJu for what looked like no reason.”

This was Branch’s fourth fine this season, and his 14th total in his career, despite being in just his third season out of Alabama. The fine for the Lions-Chiefs brawl will dock him about $76,624.

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Teen on moped hit by car after cruising through stop sign in Detroit

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July 9, 2026

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Teen on moped hit by car after cruising through stop sign in Detroit

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DETROIT (FOX 2) – A 16-year-old moped driver was hospitalized after a crash on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday night.

The backstory:

Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar when he collided with a vehicle turning south on Outer Drive at about 9:30 p.m.

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The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was not injured.

The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police.

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Chickens, geese found at vacant home after nonprofit reports them stolen

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16 hours ago

July 9, 2026

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Chickens, geese found at vacant home after nonprofit reports them stolen

Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.

The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.

The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.

Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.

“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”

The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.

“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”

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