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Scott Dixon wins in Detroit, takes lead in series standings
Scott Dixon of New Zealand moved into the IndyCar Series championship lead by winning the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon.,Dixon's No. 9 PNC Bank Honda edged out Marcus Ericsson of Sweden by 0.8567 seconds for his second win of the season.,Dixon jumped Chip Ganassi Racing teammate A...
Enmanuel Valdez goes deep twice, Red Sox knock off Tigers
Enmanuel Valdez recorded the second multi-homer game in as many days for the Boston Red Sox as they used a stretch of five unanswered runs to move past the visiting Detroit Tigers for a 6-3 win on Saturday.,Valdez finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored on the day to lead Boston to its...
Paul Skenes gets plenty of support as Pirates earn split against Tigers
Paul Skenes struck out nine in six innings on his 22nd birthday as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.,Skenes (2-0) allowed two runs and three hits in his fourth major league start.,Andrew McCutchen blasted a three-run hom...
Tigers place OF Kerry Carpenter (back) on injured list
The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Kerry Carpenter on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a back injury.,Carpenter, 26, is dealing with lumbar spine inflammation. His IL designation is retroactive to Monday.,Carpenter is batting .283 with eight homers and 29 RBIs in 50 games in his third season...
Tigers look to capitalize on Blue Jays' offensive woes
The Detroit Tigers have won only one of their last six series. That could change when they host the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.,After losing the series opener on Thursday, they've collected victories the last two games. They followed up Friday's 6-2 win with a 2-1 squeaker on Saturday.,Reese Olson ...
Red Wings Zamboni driver says he was fired for peeing in ice runoff drain
One man’s quick relief unfairly got him relieved from his duties as a zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings, he claims. After 51 years cleaning the ice for the Motor City’s professional hockey franchise, Al Sobotka, filed a discrimination lawsuit in Michigan’s Wayne County Circuit Court this week...
This hat has LOSER written all over it
Even apparel makers think the Detroit Lions are losers....
What's it like to be at a Lions game on Thanksgiving? Let me tell ya: Camaraderie & turkey hats!
“Michigan seems like a dream to me now …”...
Time to Take Lions Coach Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn to the Detroit Dump
It’s Trash Talkin’ Tuesday and today, I’m trashing the Detroit Lions....
The Story of Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, the Ballpark he Made Home and the Family & Detroit Rock Star Trying to Preserve it
Vanessa Rose stands at the ready in center field. In a half-crouch with her glove-hand resting on one knee and her throwing-hand resting on the other, she stares in at home plate as the rock star Jack White digs his cleats into the batter’s box....
Goodbye to Lions Owner Martha Ford, who Offered Bribes for Team’s Protest Silence
The Detroit Lions and Roger Goodell have come down with the latest cases, as they’re celebrating Martha Ford, who is stepping down as the franchise’s principal owner, a position she’s held since 2014, while her daughter, Sheila Ford Hamp, will take over....
Is This Little Girl's Life Worth "Getting Back To Normal"?
The next time you see maskless droves of people swarming to recently opened beaches in Florida in the name of “essential activities” such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, running, swimming and surfing......
The Browns And Lions Share A Whole Lot More Misery Than Just 0-16
It wasn’t just thousands of Browns fans that braved single-degree temperatures in January for the “Perfect Season Parade” after the Browns went 0-16 in 2017. There were a smattering of Steelers fans who came to point and laugh—all they can do for what was once one of the NFL’s great rivalries. There...
Pistons Home Games Are Already Attendance Disasters
You know that sparkling new arena that Detroit and its citizens paid a hefty chunk of $863 million for? Yeah, nobody is going to games there....
Taxpayer-Funded Detroit Arena Now Sports Massive, Hideous Corporate Ad
The taxpayer-funded new sports arena in Detroit that is not named after Gordie Howe unveiled a new “feature” Tuesday, one that will now dominate any aerial view of Detroit on every TV broadcast in the foreseeable future. The roof of the new arena features a gigantic, ugly logo for a third-rate pizza...
Detroit Officials Argue That Inability To Give Billionaires Free Money Will Harm City Finances
The Detroit Pistons will soon move back to the city after nearly 40 years of playing out in the suburbs. The public will provide at least $305 million of the $945 million that it cost to build the new pizza-themed, arena as well as a new practice facility for the team. The actual cost will almost ce...
Why Is Detroit's City Council Giving Away Free Money To Billionaires?
If you go to the Detroit Pistons’ website, you can buy season tickets for the 2017-18 season, their first in a brand-new arena named after a pizza company. The move to downtown Detroit, where they haven’t played since 1978, has sparked such interest that they’re ranked second among NBA teams for new...
Mike Ilitch Was No Saint<em></em>
If you only went by what you read in the Detroit papers this week, you’d think Mike Ilitch—the pizza baron and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers who died last week at the age of 87—was a god incarnate. And for the last three decades, if you’d asked anyone in Michigan, you’d have gotten the s...
Mike Ilitch, Owner Of The Tigers And Red Wings, Dead At 87
Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch died this afternoon. He was 87 years old....