Remember when the Tigers had only around 120 televised games, the fewest of any team in the Major Leagues? Well those days are now just a memory — Jim Leyland wants us to turn the page and start looking towards the 2007 season. Well that shouldn’t be a problem after the 2007 television schedule was [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 29, 2007
Center Court 1.29.07: Flip Saunders is Mr. 500
Sunday evening’s win over the Pacers marked several large items of note for Pistons fans. Flip Saunders grabbed his 500th career victory in a game during which his team dominated or was at least in exceptional shape for most of the 48 minutes played. With a final score of 95-87, the Pistons are now 4-1 [...]
January 28, 2007
NHL ASG Ratings Down 76%
Well, a decrease in TV ratings was bound to happen, however such a drastic decrease in the ratings for the NHL All-Star Game could never have been predicted. The Wednesday night event on Versus grabbed an overall rating of 0.7, or short of 700,000 viewers. Fox’s American Idol put up an estimated 37 million viewers. [...]
January 28, 2007
Around the Bases 1.28.07: Tigers Sign Eischen
Since Jamie Walker left, the Tigers have been adding players that may have a shot at the lefty-specialist role. Most recently, they signed 36 year old Joey Eischen to a minor-league contract. Eischen should be able to make a run at winning that role, but it will be a close competition between Wil Ledezma, Bobby [...]
January 28, 2007
Gridiron 1.28.07: Furrey’s New Deal
After finishing the season with 98 receptions for over 1,000 yards, Mike Furrey has been signed to an extension. The Lions wide receiver’s three-year deal is worth over $9 million. Like Matt Millen always says, you can never have too many wide receivers. [ESPN]
Backup defensive tackle Tyoka Jackson is being sued after allegedly putting a [...]
January 27, 2007
West Takes All-Star Game, NHL Still Largely Unnoticed
The NHL All-Star break ended with the return of regular season hockey last night (the Wings lost to the Blues 2-1 in overtime). What the NHL should take out of this is that they have a great product, but are in trouble. Honestly, I can say that after watching the Red Wings last week Saturday, [...]
January 26, 2007
Friday Leftovers 1.26.07
A smorgasbord of sports news from the past week or so.
The United States will bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The two candidates for America’s bid are Los Angeles and Chicago. Personally, I think Chicago would be the better fit — less smog, more centralized location, better timezone for us east coast folks, plus LA [...]
January 24, 2007
Center Court 1.24.07: T-Wolves Have Issues, Artest Returns to the Scene of the Crime
Last Friday’s game against the Timberwolves turned out to be an interesting affair. During the fourth quarter, Kevin Garnett threw a punch at Antonio McDyess and the two had some heated words, resulting in both of them being ejected from the remainder of the contest. Ricky Davis was also benched for the finale after leaving [...]
