Entries from February 2007

February 28, 2007

NHL Trade Deadline: Red Wings Acquire Bertuzzi, Calder

The NHL trade deadline passed yesterday afternoon, but prior to the magical ending of teams’ ability to trade players amongst each other, several trades were made, including two by the Wings.

Just before the deadline, the Red Wings traded forward Shawn Matthias and two conditional draft picks to the Florida Panthers for Todd Bertuzzi. While Bertuzzi [...]

February 27, 2007

Center Court 2.27.07: Looking at Pistons of Years Past

Since the All-Star Break, the Pistons have continued their winning ways, and have posted victories over teams from different places that contained familiar faces. At 36-19, the Pistons lead the Wizards, Cavs, and the entire Eastern Conference by 4.5 games. Detroit has now taken 11 of its last 12 games, and with time off until [...]

February 25, 2007

Bruins Claim MacDonald Off Waivers

With their shootout loss to the Oilers on Friday night, the Red Wings snapped a 13 game home winning streak. The streak’s end means the Red Wings missed out on tying the franchise record by just one game — the team last lost at Joe Louis Arena on December 12th.
The Red Wings placed goaltender Joey [...]

February 25, 2007

Gridiron 2.25.07: Millen Simply Laughs It Off

Matt Millen really has a sick sense of humor. As Lions fans, we’ve been put through dozens of losses, hopeless seasons, and consecutive drafts featuring wide receivers. Millen was asked about the top receiver in this year’s draft, Calvin Johnson.
“I am a wide receiver expert,” joked Millen, who spoke to a small group of reporters [...]

February 24, 2007

Late Night Leftovers

Up late? How about a sports fix — all the little things DSU just hasn’t had the the time to squeeze in for awhile.

Everyone knows that when it comes to sports, the ultimate source is SportsCenter, which recently aired episode #30,000. At the current rate, we have only four more years to go until the [...]

February 23, 2007

Around the Bases 2.23.07: Tigers Tickets — Coming to a Box Office Near You March 3rd

As the days on the calendar continue to fly by, bringing us ever closer to the month of March, Spring Training is beginning to pick up down in Florida. The Tigers have already been impressed by the batting practice from Gary Sheffield, and the pitchers have taken some of that pitcher’s fielding practice. Things are [...]

February 21, 2007

Blueline 2.21.07: Wings Entrenched in Battle for Central

With just over 20 games remaining on the schedule, the Red Wings are in prime shape to make one of their famous late-season runs. With 82 points, the Wings sit just one point behind Nashville, who leads both the Central Division and the Western Conference, in the standings. Don’t expect the Predators to move down [...]

February 19, 2007

Center Court 2.19.07: All-Star Roundup

Just as the Pistons began to pick up their momentum prior to the All Star Game, the Spurs ended their winning streak at seven behind an impressive showing from Francisco Elson highlighted by 18 rebounds and 12 points in Wednesday’s contest. The Celtics much longer streak of 18 straight losses was also snapped just before [...]