Following two field goals north of 50-yards, including a 52-yard game-winning kick to defeat the Houston Texans, the talented ...

When Lions kicker Jake Bates drilled two clutch kicks during Sunday's comeback victory in Houston, special teams coordinator Dave Fipp wasn’t the least bit surprised.

What a ride it has been for Jake Bates. He talks about his journey to this point in his life along with the emotions he felt ...

Following the Detroit Lions' 26-23 walk-off win over the Texans on Sunday, the postgame celebration was a raucous one in the ...

Jake Bates made the game-winning 52-yard field goal to lift the Lions to a 56-53 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.

Southeast Michigan has some great kicking right now between Michigan's Dominic Zvada and the Lions' Jake Bates.

When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into ...

Jake Bates talks about the Lions' 'never-give-up attitude' Breaking down the Detroit Lions' 26-23 win over the Houston Texans ...

Kicker Jake Bates was honored as the NFC Special Teams Player of the week for the second time this season after hitting a pair of 50-plus-yard field goals, including a 52-yard boot at the buzzer to ...

Bates hit two field goals from more than 50 yards in the fourth quarter, including the 52-yard game-winning kick at the ...

Eighteen months ago, Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was a brick salesman back in Houston, Texas. "I thought the dream was ...