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: [...]
Pistons to be sold to Tom Gores
February 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Spartans Coach Tom Izzo talks about rebuilding
January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Spartans make it to Final Four! Again!
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo has lead the Spartans to the NCAA Final Four for the sixth time in 12 years. Izzo has been reminding the team of the importance of defense to championships and the Spartans did a remarkable job of shutting down the athletic and talented Tennessee Volunteers, winning 70-69. While I’m [...]
Spartans hang on for win against Maryland, headed to Sweet 16
March 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The MSU Spartans hung around for a two point victory against the University of Maryland Terrapins last night. At one point, they were up on Maryland by 16 points. But once point guard Kalin Lucas went down (and out of the game with an obviously serious injury), the Spartans lead evaporated. In fact, the Spartans [...]
Spartans hang on for slim three-point victory in NCAA opening round
March 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Michigan State Spartans survived to play another day in the 2010 NCAA tournament. The Spartans played a tremendously uneven game. At times they were brilliant and at other times they were sloppy. This is exactly how this team has played all year. A highlight for the Spartans was Kalin Lucas’ career-high 25 points. The [...]
U of M beats U Connecticut in Ann Arbor
January 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A quick piece of good news from the struggling University of Michigan basketball program. They beat 15th ranked Connecticut 68-63 on Sunday in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines were led by Manny Harris, who had 18 points and eight rebounds. Maybe this team will be making a run for the NCAA tournament after all? It’s still [...]
Breaking News! Pistons fire Coach Michael Curry after one mediocre season
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Things had been pretty quiet around the Motor City Sports Blog offices the past week. The brouhaha over Sidney Crosby’s snub of Nicklas Lidstrom, as well as the fact that our Winged warrior came up one game short of the cup, has worn off. And the Tigers have been playing great, with a seven-game winning [...]
Cavs beat Pistons 99-78, capping series and ending era
April 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Like you, I watched yesterday’s Pistons game hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. And the only positive thing you can say about the game is that our expectations were met. The Pistons 2008-2009 season came to a crashing halt on Sunday as “King” LeBron James further solidified his reputation as one of the [...]
Pistons now down 3-0, clock ticks toward the end of an era
April 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s always like this in the end. Athletes rarely quit before their time is up (Barry Sanders is the exception to this rule) and teams are rarely broken up and reimagined by their management before they are unraveled by a younger, hungrier and yes … more talented team. What’s happening to the Pistons in this [...]
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