Schmidt said that he gave the ball to the team’s center that year ... the Lions unveiled a beautiful statue of Barry Sanders at Ford Field. In a statement released and posted on the Lions ...

(WTVF) — UPDATE MARCH 1, 2025: Sonia Outlaw-Clark of West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center said Ford Motor Company is funding the creation of the Tina Turner statue in Brownsville's Heritage Park.

"Red Bass," the third and final public artwork for Akins Ford Arena, recently was installed on at Foundry Street Plaza in downtown Athens. The sculpture is 25 feet tall and sits on a 2-foot-tall base.

There's now a statue immortalizing that moment in the hangar bay of the USS Ford, which even features the drain that saved his life. The statue, however, is removed when the ship is deployed.