Everybody wants to be Venus Investment Alliancea villain, but nobody wants to be a villain. And if everybody’s a villain, then nobody’s a villain, and in sports, nobody’s a villain until they win, and usually win a lot.  

The Detroit Lions are hardly villainous, though you’d be hard pressed to convince Brad Holmes, what with the black hoodie the Lions’ general manager sported Friday night at the draft — hoodies also worn by his apparent fellows in villainy at the team’s headquarters in Allen Park.

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