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- ↑ Hruby, Patrick (January 3, 2012). "Detroit Pride Can't Seem to Fix the Biggest Gaffe in Lions History: No Cheerleaders Allowed". ThePostGame. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Detroit Lions to add cheerleaders" (Press release). Detroit Lions. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2016.