Happy Holidays

Whether you celebrated Hanukkah or Festivus, or are celebrating Christmas, we wish you a happy holiday season. This year brought lots of sports joy to Detroit, so keep a lookout for the 2006 Detroit Sports Awards, which should be coming to a browser near you within a week or so.
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Lions, Protest Attempt Fail

When it all comes down to it, today’s loss to the Bears was the most entertaining game the Lions have played in for quite a while. The 26-21 loss was a game that, once again, the Lions had more than just a shot at winning. In fact, out of the Lions’ 13 losses this season, [...]

Around the Bases 12.24.06: Bonderman Given Extension

The Detroit Tigers and young pitcher Jeremy Bonderman have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $38 million. The deal puts Bondo in Detroit’s rotation through 2010, and at just 24 years old, he has a lot of time to reach his prime. Since playing on Detroit’s epic 119-43 team from 2003, Bonderman’s numbers have [...]

Gridiron 12.23.06: Walkout Gains Momentum

I wish a Happy Festivus to all of our readers as we now stand less than one day away from the Detroit Lions fan walk-out during the second quarter of tomorrow’s Ford Field matchup against the Bears. Our blog has been seeing record traffic thanks to those arriving to read the press release about the [...]

Center Court 12.22.06: Maxiell Begins to Shine

Who needs Ben Wallace when you’ve got Jason Maxiell? This guy provides one of the greatest sparks off the bench I’ve seen for quite some time — he takes his undersized 6′7″ frame into the post, and plays like he’s 6′11″ night in and night out. J-Max hit the game-winner against the Sonics on Sunday [...]

Gridiron 12.18.06: Packers Take Battle of Futility

For fans of the Green Bay Packers, yesterday’s 17-9 win over the Lions was hardly anything to be proud of. The two teams combined for nine turnovers — Brett Favre threw three interceptions, while the Lions’ Jon Kitna threw two picks and lost a fumble. By all accounts, the defense of the Lions was actually [...]

New Header Image

In the holiday spirit, I figured it was about time for a change. The old header image of Comerica Park was great, but considering that we are in the middle of summer, baseball isn’t the most relevant of sports right now. After searching Flickr, I found plenty of suitable images, however due to cropping restrictions, [...]

Around the Bases 12.16.06: ‘Tis the Season for Free Agency

The Tigers have locked up third baseman Brandon Inge to a four-year contract extension worth $24 million. Inge posted career highs in RBI (83) and runs scored (83) this past season, while also batting .253. Though his total number of errors from the hot corner was lower than only Alex Rodriguez, Inge is one of [...]