Sunday's Cardinals-Lions game to be blacked out

Posted: 12.18.2009 at 12:10 AM

DETROIT (AP) --
      DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Lions' game against the Arizona
Cardinals at Ford Field won't be shown on local TV.
      Lions spokesman Bill Keenist confirmed Thursday the team did not
reach a sellout for Sunday's game by the NFL's deadline. That means
the game between Detroit (2-11) and NFC West leader Arizona (8-5)
will be blacked out in the Detroit, Lansing, Saginaw-Flint and
Toledo, Ohio, markets.
      Detroit has sold out three of its six games at Ford Field this
season: its home opener against Minnesota - which sold out after
the NFL granted a deadline extension; a Week 5 loss to Pittsburgh
in which Steelers fans might've outnumbered Lions fans; and the
Thanksgiving Day game against Green Bay.