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Pass the turkeys out of Dallas, Detroit

By Gregg Easterbrook
Page 2 columnist

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

The birds are in the oven, and once again the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will be hosts for Thanksgiving Day games. The 'Boys have been hosts on Thanksgiving since 1966 and the Lions, who started the idea, almost every season since 1936. Why does the league grant these franchises an annual turkey-day home game? There's no rule, just a tradition -- a tradition that should end. Any NFL coach or player will tell you that while road games are harder to win than home games, the hardest games t ...

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