Bruce Maxwell became the fourth owner in the 23-year history of Edmond’s Paper Lion last month. And while a few things will change at the novelty store located at the northeast corner of 33rd and ...

So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s 1966 bestselling book “Paper Lion,” based upon his experience of “trying out” as the last-string quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp ...

I grew up a Detroit Lions fan, which as any football fan knows, is a choice that brings with it few moments of glory. The first I heard of Paper Lion, I was about 10 years old and the 1968 movie ...

Edited by Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. Even the prologue of this quite extraordinary book about the legendary George Plimpton suggests a sad but wondrous tale: George had a “yearning for ecstatic experience ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ George Plimpton, the self-deprecating author of ``Paper Lion'' and other sporting adventures and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died. He was 76.

The Nicked-Up Hueys Rock-A-Thon Weekend Lime Spider, 207 S. Main Street, Akron Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9; 330-762-2350; The shows are sold out Ellen Whitehouse flips through a photo album ...