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This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Detroit LionsOverall: 112 Title track: 119 Ownership: 89 Coaching: 103 Players: 115 Fan relations: 117 Affordability:?95 Stadium experience: 112 Bang for the buck:?43 Change from last year:?-23For years now, the Detroit Lions have been toward the bottom of these rankings. Most of it has to do with the years -- decades, really -- of losing. They have had two of the best players in NFL history, and both retired close to their prime with only one sniff of a chance at a Super Bowl between them. They are a franchise that has shown loyalty to their front-office employees, sometimes to a fault. While some of that is changing, with new leadership in owner Martha Ford, team president Rod Wood and GM Bob Quinn, it is way too soon to tell the long-term effects of their presence with the franchise.Whats goodNFL tickets are usually pretty pricey, but if you can deal with the losing and the fact that youre watching a team that is unlikely to reach the playoffs on a yearly basis, Detroits average ticket price of $79.16 is not a bad deal, explaining a 43rd-place ranking in bang for the buck. The amenities inside the stadium, from Slows BBQ to gear that can only be purchased inside Ford Field, are good. Theres a zip line outside, a somewhat horrific looking Big Blue Donut to eat inside, and Detroit has cheerleaders now for the first time in decades. Its worth taking a game in at the stadium -- so long as youre not banking on a Lions win.Whats badA title track ranking of 119th -- better only than the Browns in the NFL -- isnt exactly a surprise. The Lions are really no closer to winning a title this season than they were last season, or most any season since Barry Sanders retired. Its a franchise that hangs banners to celebrate playoff appearances and has won one playoff game in the Super Bowl era ... 25 years ago. The Lions have hired people with winning pedigrees, including Quinn, but the combination of the roster and the coaching is not there yet. With Quinn, the goal is to actually compete for a championship. Making the playoffs consistently and winning a playoff game first would be a start.Whats newAfter the Lions hired Quinn, they decided to keep Jim Caldwell for the 2016 season. The coordinators, Jim Bob Cooter and Teryl Austin, are the same. Not much changed with the coaching staff other than a new running backs coach, David Walker. So this 41-spot drop in coaching -- all the way to 103rd -- really comes down to how much you believe in Caldwell and whether he is more the coach that went 11-5 in his first season or 7-9 in his second one. Hes clearly on the warm-to-hot seat this season, and if Detroit doesnt do well, it could be searching for a new coach in 2017.Next: San Diego Chargers?| Full rankings Nike Air Presto Cheap Online . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Nike Air Foamposite Sale Cheap . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. http://www.cheapwholesalenikesb.com/nike-dunk-high-outlet-sale.html . The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. Nike Sb Cheap Wholesale . 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He also hit a two-run shot in the fourth. Nathan needed 31 pitches to nail down his 12th save in as many chances this season. After a pair of one-out walks and a mound visit from pitching coach Mike Maddux, Seth Smith doubled in a run. Nathan intentionally walked Brandon Moss before striking out Daric Barton on seven pitches. The closer then retired pinch-hitter Eric Sogard on a first-pitch groundout to end a game that took 3 hours, 43 minutes. Tanner Scheppers (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Nelson Cruzs second sacrifice fly of the game tied it in the eighth against Ryan Cook. As manager Bob Melvin was ejected by first base umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing a close call on Bartons groundout that ended the eighth, the third time the reigning AL Manager of the Year has been tossed in 2013. The AL West-leading Rangers (25-14) bounced back a night after having their four-game winning streak snapped in a 5-1 loss Monday to the 2012 division champions, who swept Texas in the final three regular-season games last fall to steal away the West crown. Texas also stopped a five-game skid in the Coliseum with the clubs first victory here since July 17 last year. It marked the longest home unbeaten run for the As in the rivalry since winning eight in a row from June 17, 2003, to April 6, 2004. Nate Freiman hit a go-ahead double in the sixth after Luke Montzs tying sacrifice fly, but Cook couldnt hold a one-run lead in the eighth. Josh Donaldson doubled twice and drove in a run among his career high-matching four hits for the As. Sean Doolittle took over for As starter Bartolo Colon in the seventh, and Oakland nearly gave up a run after second baseman Jed Lowrie dropped Geovany Sotos one-out ppopup for an error.ddddddddddddBut Doolittle worked out of it, striking out Ian Kinsler to end the inning with the potential tying run on third -- the pitchers ninth career scoreless outing against Texas. Colon allowed three runs and four hits in six innings, but didnt strike out a batter in an outing of at least four innings for the first time in his 16 big league seasons. He allowed just his second walk all year in 47 1-3 innings. Yoenis Cespedes went 0 for 5 a night after he left before the fifth inning with a stomach bug that caused him to vomit twice in the dugout bathroom. The As loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth against Rangers starter Derek Holland, who allowed consecutive singles to Smith and Freiman and walked No. 9 hitter Michael Taylor. Holland then induced a double play that brought home Smith, followed by Lowries RBI double. Donaldson doubled leading off the sixth and tied the game at 3 on Montzs sacrifice fly. Smith then singled to chase Holland, who appeared on track for a third straight win until the trouble in the fourth and fifth. NOTES: The Rangers had three sacrifice flies all season before Nelsons two. ... Moreland became the first Rangers player with a two-homer game this season. It was his fifth career two-homer game, and first since May 17 last year against the As in Texas. ... Lance Berkman hit his 30th career triple in his 15th big league season. ... Soto is scheduled to get a break behind the plate during Wednesday afternoons series finale. ... As INF Hiroyuki Nakajima, on the disabled list all season with a strained left hamstring, played for a third consecutive game in a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. He will have Wednesday off, then play four in a row. ... As CF Coco Crisp is set to be activated from the disabled list Wednesday after working his way back from a strained left hamstring. Fellow OF Chris Young (strained left quadriceps) will be examined in Oakland, back from his rehab assignment with the River Cats. ... Oakland pitchers have begun taking batting practice ahead of interleague play at San Francisco on May 29-30. ... On a night when the NBAs Golden State Warriors and NHLs San Jose Sharks were each playing second-round playoff games on the road, announced attendance was 12,969. ' ' '