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Best and Worst Sports Executives 2008
There is a whole other game that goes on behind the scenes in any sport. TIME has chosen some of the notable — and not so notable — sports executives and asks you to vote on who plays the game best
—By Sean Gregory, Josh Tyrangiel, Adam Smith, Hannah Beech, Kristina Dell, Andrew Downie, Uki Goni, Jeff Israely, Tony Karon, Glen Levy, Catherine Mayer, Simon Robinson, Bill Saporito, and Yuri Zarakhovich
Age: 50
Title: President and CEO, Detroit Lions
PRO: The Lions went 7-9 in 2007, the best record of Millen's eight-year tenure. Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams give Detroit one of the NFL's best young receiving duos.
CON: Millen finished 16-48 in his first four seasons — and somehow got a five-year extension. Overall, the Lions are an abysmal 31-81 under his watch.
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