The Lions announced Thursday that they have extended center Dominic Raiola’s contract through 2013. Probably most famous for flipping Detroit fans the bird last season and hinting he wanted to fight them, Raiola started 100 straight games before a fractured thumb knocked him out four games in 2009. Raiola, 30, was part of Matt Millen’s original draft class in Detroit. (See, it wasn’t all bad!) Raiola has become a locker room leader for the Lions and was due $3.4 million in 2009 under the terms of his old contract. Details about the extension are not yet available.
Lions Ink Center Raiola To Four-Year Extension
Published June 25, 2009 09:27 AM