Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates' story is remarkable. It began in a different league, with a different team – but in the same ...

Jake Bates was an integral part of the Detroit Lions in 2024, helping the team earn a second straight NFC North division title and a first-ever No. 1-seed in the conference. The placekicker ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates became the viral sensation of his team's Monday Night Football game against the San Francisco 49ers - but it had nothing to do with field goals. Bates, 25 ...

Kicker Jake Bates made 26 of 29 field goals this year and set the Detroit Lions' single-season scoring record with 142 points ...

A year ago, the Detroit Lions fell to 49ers in part because they didn't trust the kicking game. They do now. Will it change ...

The origin story of Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates becoming a viral sensation is laced with a bit of comedy, Mike Nolan recalls. It was March 30, 2024, and Nolan’s Michigan Panthers trailed by ...

Jake Bates won't say it all clicked, "because kicking's never going to click," he said Thursday. But the first-year Detroit Lions kicker felt a sense a calm wash over him in mid-October when he ...