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The Minnesota Vikings and women's active wear marketer Activa announced a five-year deal to outfit the team with its purple tops and spandex pants. The Vikings originally unveiled new threads from Reebok in April but because players complained those uniforms were "too rugged," the team switched to Activa.

The trash-talking Detroit Lions didn't exactly back up their words Sunday afternoon versus the Bears, but they did manage one impressive drive, the first of its kind against the Bears defense this season. It resulted in Jon Kitna's one-yard TD scamper that cut the Bears lead to 17 points. Chicago held on to the lead however, winning 34-7 at Soldier Field.

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Mike Martz and wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim announced their engagement last night. The two revived their partnership in Detroit after a five-year seperation. Wedding details have not been made available.

With the Detroit Lions looming, Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera decided to give his defense the week off. Rivera doesn't seem worried about the Lions offense, which scored a total of 6 points in their week one loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

The Detroit Lions come into their Week 2 match-up against the Bears with huge expectations—according to one of them, anyway. Despite the fact the Lions offense scored just six points on Sunday and will be facing one of the NFL’s top defenses, wide receiver Roy Williams is pretty confident his team will get its first win this week at Soldier Field.

The Bears took their first step toward Super Bowl XLI with a season opening 26-0 win over the Green Bay Packers. The Bears became the first team to shut out the Packers in 15 years.

Lions line coach Joe Cullen was arrested for a DUI after Wendy's drive-thru personnel (they are trained by the CIA, so watch yourself within 20 feet of any Wendy's restaurants) noticed he was naked when picking up his order. His top 10 excuses: