Motor City Sports Blog

Wow. When you have been as down as I have been on the Lions the past few years, it is genuinely hard to say that you’re (I’m) surprised by anything. But this incompetent first half of the home opener is one of those surprises that disappoints, but also confirms much of what you’ve always known [...]

Why am I surprised at this? You would have to think that Bettman would find a way to make the Winter Classic an opportunity to stick it to fans of hockey.

From MLive.com:
The Chicago Daily Herald’s Tim Sassone reports something that’s a bit disturbing to fans of both the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks who [...]

In what may seem to you the biggest no-shitter of the week, Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland is considering cutting the workload of soon-to-be-former ace reliever Todd Jones, who had two rough games on Wednesday and Thursday.

My only question is, who else do we go to and is it possible to trade for a starting pitcher [...]

Since coming out two years after the rest of us and admitting that something’s gotta change, Pistons GM Joe Dumars has been busy working the phones to see what’s out there. ESPN covers several potential deals, only the Carmello Anthony one seem probable to me.

My gut is that joe is looking to shop Rasheed before [...]

Thank you to Crazieman76 for posting the last minute of the Red Wings’ cup-clinching victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins and all of the CBC’s post-game coverage. This is chunked into seven parts, below is the link to part one.

The fourth cup in eleven years and it doesn’t get old. Even with the NHL’s list of penalties against us, we got the job done. And Zetterberg become the second European to win the Conn Smythe! Who was the first, Don Cherry? Go Wings!

This was one to tell your grandkids about. Wings down 2-0, come back to 3-2 lead and with less than a minute to go, the other team ties it up. After two unnecessary penalties in the fourth and fifth periods, the Penguins score on a power play in the sixth period, a double minor on [...]

Saturday night’s win over the Penguins has put the Wings on the verge of their eleventh Stanley Cup. The players, coaches, team officials and media have all gotten wrapped up in the usual cliches about the “fourth game is the hardest” and “we haven’t won anything yet.”

There has been some speculation about the Conn Smythe [...]