Parking Lot Cleaner Finds Detroit Lions' Paycheck

Detroit Free Press

December 13, 2003

The way he lets his money slip through his fingers, maybe backup quarterback Mike McMahon ought to be a Lions receiver.

It's not that he spends it; a streetsweeper cleaning a Farmer Jack parking lot in Clawson told Channel 2 he found McMahon's paycheck against a curb.

The check for $13,573 -- two weeks' pay after taxes -- was made out to McMahon and signed by Matt Millen, Walter Abercrombie said.

Abercrombie and his wife tried to contact the Lions but failed. But a Lions spokesman told Channel 2 the team knew the check had been lost and it had been canceled.