ROCKFORD (AP) — Ralph Munger, one of the most successful high school football coaches in Michigan, is retiring after 335 victories and three state championships. Munger has been coach at Rockford High School, near Grand Rapids, since 1992. He earlier coached the football team at ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have recalled defenseman Madison Bowey from Grand Rapids of the AHL. The team announced the move Friday. Bowey had been sent down to Grand Rapids earlier in the week. He has one goal and seven assists in 22 games this season for the Red Wings. Detroit ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jameis Winston has plenty to play for and Darius Slay does, too. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions have been eliminated from the playoff picture, putting their team goals out of reach. But Winston and Slay are among a group of players who will have something at stake ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers and catcher Austin Romine agreed to a $4.15 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 31-year-old Romine has backed up Gary Sanchez for the New York Yankees the past four seasons. Praised ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major league teams are getting an extra roster spot in 2020, and clubs went fishing for options at the Rule 5 draft Thursday. The Detroit Tigers selected right-hander Rony Garcia from the New York Yankees with the first pick at the winter meetings draft of unprotected minor ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic’s Spanish was flawless. His game was pretty good, too. Doncic scored 41 points and posted his eighth triple-double of the season, Seth Curry added a season-high 30 points off the bench and the Dallas Mavericks topped the Detroit Pistons 122-111 on Thursday ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Robby Fabbri backhanded a pass toward the slot, and it bounced into the net off the leg of an opposing defenseman. The following period, Fabbri took a shot from the right circle that was saved by the goalie — before bouncing in, pinball style, ...
By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kofi Cockburn got Michigan coach Juwan Howard’s attention. The 7-foot Illinois freshman from Jamaica had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks to help Illinois upset No. 5 Michigan 71-62 on Wednesday night. “He’s very strong on the ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp and Patrik Laine scored in a two-minute span in the second period and the Winnipeg Jets dealt the Detroit Red Wings their 12th straight loss, 5-1 on Tuesday night. Wheeler began the barrage at 16:43 of the second when he beat Eric Comrie, ...
By LEE THOMPSON The Bay City Times PICKFORD (AP) — Jimmy Storey has a textbook middle linebacker mentality. Bringing the thunder is the Pickford High School senior’s favorite part of football. “He’s all-out, all the time. He arrives at the hole with authority,” Pickford coach Josh ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK — Matt Patricia appears to look and seems to sound as if he expects to lead the Detroit Lions again next season. Patricia’s Lions have lost six straight games and nine of 10, giving him a 9-19-1 mark as a first-time head coach with a franchise ...
By PETER FINNEY JR. Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Derrick Rose is 31 and his body has taken a beating, but the 2011 NBA MVP showed once again he can still take over a game and knock down the decisive shot. Rose hit a 14-foot jumper in the lane with 0.3 seconds left and scored 17 of his ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — No. 11 Michigan State pulled away and beat Rutgers thanks to two staples of Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo’s program. Defense and rebounding. Cassius Winston had 23 points and seven assists, helping the Spartans top the Scarlet Knights 77-65 on ...
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The first three plays for David Blough and the Detroit Lions on Sunday were an ominous sign. The rookie quarterback’s first two passes were deflected at the line of scrimmage. Then he was sacked for a 6-yard loss. The Minnesota Vikings made ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — It was just over a year ago that Central Michigan introduced Jim McElwain as its new football coach, and at that point, the Chippewas were about as far from a championship as possible. They’d won one game all season, and it was vs. an FCS ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings brought back little to show from a trip to one of the toughest places to play in the NFL. Other than additional injuries to important players and perhaps some pride in a fourth-quarter rally in Seattle that fell a ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Giannis Antetokounmpo was ready to go toe to toe with Blake Griffin during a second-quarter flareup between division rivals Milwaukee and Detroit. The game was turning contentious. It wouldn’t stay close for long. “They’re just a great ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK — David Blough is ready to honor Tyler Trent with his shoes. Blough, now a quarterback for the Detroit Lions, showed off a special shoe Wednesday with Trent’s likeness on it. Trent was the inspirational Purdue fan who died of bone cancer at age ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Pistons are suddenly on a roll. Blake Griffin scored 24 points, Andre Drummond had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and the Pistons routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 127-94 Tuesday night to win consecutive games for the first time this season. The Pistons thumped San ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Vernon Carey Jr. showed Michigan State exactly what it’s missing. Carey had 26 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to help No. 10 Duke dominate the 11th-ranked Spartans in an 87-75 victory Tuesday night. The 6-foot-10, 270-pound freshman ...