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 The 2013 NFL schedule will be released at 8 p.m. Thursday during a three-hour special on the NFL Network and NFL.com.

  As a reminder, the Lions will be on the road at Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Arizona.

  Detroit home games at Ford Field will feature Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Tampa Bay.

  Three hours of breaking down the schedule division by division with NFL analysts including Willie McGinest, Heath Evans, Shaun O’Hara and Brian Baldinger.

  Fans can interact by posting questions on Twitter to @nflnetwork and on Facebook at facebook.com/nflnetwork.

 (Follow @PaulaPasche on Twitter. Order her book,  “100 Things Lions Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die’’ here. It’s also available at bookstores.)