Gridiron: Wrapping up the Draft

One of the Lions’ second round selections, defensive end Ikaika Alama-Francis, happens to have a blog at Yardbarker, the Digg equivalent of sports. He appears to be excited about being drafted by the Lions — only fitting that a player from Hawaii will don Honolulu blue.
Overall, Matt Millen made a mediocre draft. While I have [...]

Center Court: Pistons to Face Bulls

The defending champion Miami Heat may not have had as strong a team entering this year’s playoffs, with Dwayne Wade still less than stellar as far as health was concerned. However no one was prepared for Chicago breaking out the brooms. Just as the Pistons swept the Magic, the Bulls swept the Heat with a [...]

Super Detroit Sports Saturday Roundup

Yesterday is always the most exciting day of the year in Detroit, though last year saw better scheduling for sports fans, with each event starting in succession. This year offered difficult choices, with both the Pistons and Red Wings having playoff games starting at 3pm. Still, it was a very fulfilling day for any Detroiter [...]

Wings Tie Series With Game Two Win

Things started miserably for the Detroit Red Wings. Jonathan Cheechoo scored the game’s first goal less than one minute after play began, and the Sharks went up 2-0 less than five minutes into the first period after a turnover deep in the Red Wings’ zone was put into the net by Joe Thornton off [...]

Pistons Sweep the Magic

With a win in Orlando today, the earliest the Detroit Pistons will take the court in a playoff game again is the end of next week, a long time to be sure. The Magic did not fall easily, however, giving the Pistons a fight until the bitter end. In the most challenging game of the [...]

Stanton Selected, BMW & McCown Traded

With the second overall pick, it was almost a given Matt Millen would screw it up.  Instead,  the Oakland Raiders took JaMarcus Russell, Louisiana State quarterback with the first overall selection, leaving Calvin Johnson on the board — a wide receiver. Durst Millen pull the trigger on his fourth first round wide receiver selection in [...]

Center Court: Pistons up 3-0

The real NBA season has began. Enough of that regular season monotony! After clinching the top overall seed with a win over Orlando back in mid-April, the Pistons were again set to face their southeastern foes. Featuring Dwight Howard, Grant Hill, and Darko Milicic, the Magic are usually an entertaining opponent, however they have not [...]

And With the Second Overall Pick in the 2007 NFL Draft…

…The Detroit Lions select wide receiver Calvin Johnson from Georgia Tech.
On the surface this may seem like another pathetic move by Matt Millen, the fourth top pick used on a wide receiver in five drafts, but Johnson really adds something to this Lions team. There will be more to follow, but no Lions fan should [...]