February 23, 2012

S.F. 4, Detroit 3: Tigers run out of comebacks, fall to Giants | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Great game and this looks to be a terrific series. Tigers had a rally that fell one run short after a ninth inning double play. S.F. 4, Detroit 3: Tigers run out of comebacks, fall to Giants | Detroit Free Press | freep.com.

Red Wings sign defenseman Mike Commodore to 1-year deal | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Detroit – The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran defenseman Mike Commodore to a 1-year contract today. Commodore is a welcome addition to the blue line, where he'll add a significant amount of size and grit. Commodore is also on Twitter. Check out his Twitter feed at @commie22. Red Wings sign defenseman Mike Commodore to 1-year [...]

Pistons pick Brandon Knight with no. 8 pick in NBA draft.

Detroit — The Detroit Pistons selected Kentucky's Brandon Knight with the eighth pick in today's NBA Draft. Knight has a great mid-range game, but will need to develop before having much of an impact in the NBA. The Miami Herald predicted that Knight would be a top-five pick. Knight's coach, John Calipari, says of him:  [...]

Five reasons the Red Wings can win game 7

There's a lot of chatter out there about tonight's Red Wings / San Jose Sharks game 7.  While it's only the second round, this is certainly one of the most, if not THE MOST, exciting series the Wings have played since Colorado in 1997. There's a great combination of skill, chance, goalies standing on their heads [...]

Red Wings First Round Schedule Announced

Here is the schedule for the Red Wings matchup in the first round of the 2011 playoffs Red Wings-Coyotes / All times Eastern GAME 1 – April 13th – Joe Louis Arena – 7:00 P.M. (HOME GAME 1) GAME 2 – April 16th – Joe Louis Arena – 1:00 P.M. (HOME GAME 2) GAME 3 [...]

Pistons to be sold to Tom Gores

DETROIT – Michigan State University grad and Los Angeles financier Tom Gores has agreed to buy the Detroit Pistons from current owner Karen Davidson. A formal announcement will be made on Friday. The total value of the deal, which will include the team, the Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre, is expected [...]

Red Wings remove Pavel Datsyuk from injured reserve

Detroit Sports Blog

DETROIT – After a 15 game absence with a broken right wrist, Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk was removed from the team’s injured reserve list on Thursday. This is great news for the team, which seemed to begin to hobble its way into the All-Star break weekend, obviously undermanned with several key injuries (Datsyuk, [...]

Nabokov suspended by Islanders

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DETROIT – As a Detroit sports blog, we like funny stuff. And this drama is getting a little funnier. In an almost laughable turn of events, the New York Islanders chose to suspend holdout goalie Evgeni Nabokov. The Islanders suspended Nabokov after he failed to report to the team, having been picked up off of [...]

Tigers trade nearly perfect Galarraga to Diamondbacks

Detroit Tigers, baseball, Armando Gallaraga

Armando Galarraga, who will forever be known in Tigers history as “the guy who was cheated out of a perfect game but didn’t have a tantrum about it,” was unceremoniously traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday. Arizona acquired Galarraga for minor-league pitchers Kevin Eichorn and Ryan Robowski. Aside from his nearly perfect game, blown by [...]

Spartans Coach Tom Izzo talks about rebuilding

Michigan State University Spartans, Tom Izzo, Detroit Sports

Okay, I admit it. My headline is more than a little misleading. But Tom Izzo went ahead and said it, the “R” word, at his weekly news conference. “We are not a team that should be totally rebuilding,” Izzo said. That’s right, Tom. I’d bet, there are a lot of other people across the state [...]

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