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Justin Verlander was almost unbeatable two years ago on his way to 24 victories, and wasn't far off on his way to 17 wins...
Jim Leyland is running out of things to say about Miguel Cabrera."I have been for a few years now," the Tigers mana...
furious six-minute stretch and a world-class shot. Put those two things together and you have the recipe for a Detroit Red Wi...
Just when it looked like Brendan Smith was going to be boiled, cooked, and tossed onto the barbeque for his first-period indi...
The pitching duel in Texas that fans expected to see on Thursday night from Justin Verlander and Yu Darvish showed up 24 hour...
Justin Verlander has made more memorable starts in his career than he can count. This wasn't one of them.Thursday night&#...
Lucas Harrell baffled the Tigers for 4 2/3 innings and protected a two-run lead. By the time he got the third out of the fift...
Center field is just half the challenge of replacing Austin Jackson in the Tigers lineup. Finding another leadoff man who get...
Center field is just half the challenge of replacing Austin Jackson in the Tigers lineup. Finding another leadoff man who get...
Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula each had a goal and an assist, and the Detroit Red Wings finished off the Anaheim Duc...
As Mickey Redmond likes to say, “This is no place for a nervous person.”The broadcaster’s popular phrase su...
Justin Verlander has arguably more above-average pitches than anybody in the game. He threw a no-hitter two years ago in Toro...
The Anaheim Ducks had a chance to eliminate the Detroit Red Wings and advance to the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Pla...
The brick wall behind the outfield seats used to be the standard for tape-measure home runs at Comerica Park. Just a handful ...
The series was billed as a potential World Series preview. For the Tigers, it ended up looking a little bit like a World Seri...
Forget any idea that the Tigers were getting off easy by not facing Stephen Strasburg in this two-game series against the Nat...
Forget any idea that the Tigers were getting off easy by not facing Stephen Strasburg in this two-game series against the Nat...
Forget any idea that the Tigers were getting off easy by not facing Stephen Strasburg in this two-game series against the Nat...
There won't be any so-called passengers on the Anaheim Ducks' plane back to Detroit. Nope, another trip to Joe Louis ...
It became a night of redemption for a couple of Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, and this Western Conference Quarterfina...
The Astros reached the point in the season on Sunday where the air had to be cleared. Someone had to step up and say what nee...
Jonas Hiller made 23 stops for his third career playoff shutout and Ryan Getzlaf posted a goal and an assist as the Anaheim D...
Alex Avila came into Friday's game batting .176 with three RBIs. Suffice to say he had been struggling.In the clubhouse a...
The Astros brought up two pitchers on Thursday from Triple-A Oklahoma City. They wasted little time in making contributions.H...
Make room for this edition of the rivalry between the Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings.The final 22 minutes of Game 2 in t...
Anibal Sanchez racked up more strikeouts. The Twins racked up early runs. In the end, the Twins got the win.In the end, the T...
Who else but Teemu Selanne could set the tone for this series?The face of the Anaheim Ducks is already enemy No. 1 in the min...
Justin Verlander has ended a lot of Aprils saying he feels like pitches are starting to come together for him. Statistically,...
Prince Fielder changed his walk-up music a few days ago to Mozart's Requiem because he wanted something dramatic. His fir...
The weather was miserable Sunday night, like somebody threw a mister over Comerica Park. The crowd didn't seem to care. T...
They are headed to the playoffs for the 22nd straight season after Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and an assist in a 3-0 vic...
Just when it looked like their season might draw to a disappointing close, the Detroit Red Wings are starting to look like th...
Was it all a mirage, this Tigers bullpen in working order? Or was it numbers working against them?It all lined up so well for...
It was a victory the Detroit Red Wings needed badly, and they made sure to get it Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings.Des...
The bullpen door opened, and Jose Valverde lingered there, like he had so many times before. He might as well have been waiti...
The bullpen door opened, and Jose Valverde lingered there, like he had so many times before. He might as well have been waiti...
It was an unusual sight, something rarely seen at Joe Louis Arena.It’s not often that a puck strikes a metal post behin...
Jackson Police have arrested 37 year old Tyree Cleary of Detroit and charged him with seven felonies including assault, kidna...
The dribbler to short on Rick Porcello's second pitch Saturday afternoon was not a good sign.The back-to-back ground ball...
Returning home from Western Canada with just a single point in the standings is disheartening, but the Red Wings like what th...
Brook Lopez sat on the bench in Newark last season, recuperating from a foot injury as his the Brooklyn-bound Nets were on th...
Brook Lopez sat on the bench in Newark last season, recuperating from a foot injury as his the Brooklyn-bound Nets were on th...
Steve Begin couldn't recall scoring a strangers pair of goals.Begin scored two goals in the third period, and the Calgary...
Steve Begin couldn't recall scoring a strangers pair of goals.Begin scored two goals in the third period, and the Calgary...
A game that threatened records for punchouts Wednesday night ended with Tigers backup catcher Brayan Pena absorbing a potenti...
The Mariners are waiting for everything to fall into place. They're waiting for their young hitters to break out of their...
Lawrence Frank walked quickly toward midcourt as the final seconds ticked away, greeting Doug Collins with a handshake and a ...
Lawrence Frank walked quickly toward midcourt as the final seconds ticked away, greeting Doug Collins with a handshake and a ...
The Detroit Red Wings have given themselves a little breathing room, at least for the moment.Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and...
Those convicted of animal abuse in Michigan would have thier own registry, underlegislation introduced in the State House.The...
Tailgating since 8:30 a.m., a lot of A's fans showed up at O.co Coliseum to watch the pitcher who was the reason the flee...
Patrick Marleau helped San Jose start strong and finish well.Marleau scored a short-handed goal early in the game and the sho...
The Tigers couldn't hold onto a five-run lead Wednesday, so they doubled it on Thursday. They didn't slug their way p...
No, Wednesday was not a good day for relievers at Comerica Park.Darin Downs, who nearly lost his life to a fractured skull of...
One struggling team was bound to get some good news Wednesday night.Detroit coach Lawrence Frank was happy to have something ...
The fourth-seeded University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 10 AP, No. 11 ESPN/USA Today) advanced to the NCAA To...
Justin Verlander casually mentioned in January how cool it would be to spend his entire career in a Tigers uniform. He took o...
Another night, another shutout for San Jose Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi.Niemi stopped 27 shots for his second shutout in as...
Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels engaged in the kind of pitching duel, albeit a brief one, that one would expect from them in...
Justin Verlander and Cole Hamels engaged in the kind of pitching duel, albeit a brief one, that one would expect from them in...
The scouting report against the Minnesota Timberwolves is pretty simple - pack the paint, because they can't shoot 3-poin...
State Representative Mike Shirkey on News Talk 970 recently said he would be hesitant to send more state funds to Detroit.Shi...
The Anaheim Ducks said they weren't concerned about a letdown following their epic matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks...
The Anaheim Ducks said they weren't concerned about a letdown following their epic matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks...
It's becoming almost commonplace now, this trend of the Miami Heat getting off to slow starts and having to dig their way...
The Minnesota Wild have bounced from time zone to time zone Mountain to Pacific to Eastern in less than five days. Jet lag ...
On a list that also must include David West and Luis Scola, count LaMarcus Aldridge as a power forward who bedevils the Pisto...
The Detroit Red Wings were feeling rather fortunate to have ended up with the win on Friday night.Pavel Datsyuk scored at 3:3...
David Lee has been able to do something this March that he rarely has for most of his eight-year NBA career: watch what is ha...
Back at home after a rough California trip, Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was back to his old self.The veteran goali...
Back at home after a rough California trip, Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was back to his old self.The veteran goali...
Columbus won its fifth consecutive game and completed a weekend sweep of the Detroit Red Wings with a 3-2 shootout victory at...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 7 AP, No. 8 ESPN/USA Today) had a share of the Big Ten regular-seas...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 7 AP, No. 8 ESPN/USA Today) had a share of the Big Ten regular-seas...
Dirk Nowitzki made two big shots down the stretch to lift Dallas to an important win.Afterward, he was still shaking his head...
Dirk Nowitzki made two big shots down the stretch to lift Dallas to an important win.Afterward, he was still shaking his head...
Bruce Rondon says he can tell when he hits 100 mph on a radar gun, by the reaction of the crowd and by the feel for the pitch...
Michigan's senior U.S. senator, Carl Levin, says he will not seek re-election in 2014. The Detroit Democrat is the longes...
Michigan's senior U.S. senator, Carl Levin, says he will not seek re-election in 2014. The Detroit Democrat is the longes...
The Detroit Red Wings continue to make sure Joe Louis Arena is a tough port of call for other National Hockey League teams th...
Carmelo Anthony was recovering from an injury for New York, and Detroit's top two big men were also out.The Knicks were r...
Colorado had most of the scoring chances. Detroit had the hot goaltender -- and the bounces.Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots and...
Colorado had most of the scoring chances. Detroit had the hot goaltender -- and the bounces.Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots and...
After his steal and slam put the Wolverines ahead with 20 seconds left, sophomore guard Trey Burke (Columbus, Ohio/Northland)...
Washington Wizards point guard John Wall hardly took the high road when asked whether his slow start affected him the rest of...
Anze Kopitar instinctively went to the net while his linemates dug for the puck along the boards. Dwight King knew where to f...
Junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (Miami, Fla./Palmetto Senior) led the team with 19 points, while sophomore guard Trey Burke (Co...
The Detroit Red Wings made Sunday a miserable afternoon for Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks.Damien Brunner had two g...
Aaron Craft got a career-high 21 points on Sunday - more than he had scored in the last three games combined - to lead No. 18...
Riding a dubious five-game winless streak into Saturday’s game with Central Division rival Nashville, the heat was on f...
After a slow start this season, Shea Weber has found his stride.Nashville's captain scored 44 seconds into overtime to gi...
It hasn't been much of a season for the Detroit Pistons.They lost their first eight games, their most exciting player -- ...
They might not be all the way there yet, but Wednesday's overtime win in a building that's been difficult on them cer...
Jimmy Howard did it all for the first 59 minutes Sunday afternoon.After the Los Angeles Kings struck in the final minute to e...
The Calgary Flames got a win but may have lost their goaltender.Playing just their second road game of the season, the Flames...
Brandon Knight could tell the Detroit Pistons needed a little boost after the trade earlier this week that sent Tayshaun Prin...
Henrik Zetterberg made sure the Detroit Red Wings didn't let this game with the St. Louis Blues get away from them.The Re...
The Detroit Pistons played in shock while their former teammates watched from the locker room.Just before tipoff at Indiana, ...
The combination of Pavel Datsyuk to Valtteri Filppula was too much for the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.Datsyuk set up two g...
The Detroit Pistons don't get a lot of chances to dominate games with their post presence. When they got an opportunity T...
Junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (Miami, Fla./Palmetto Senior) recorded his second double-double of the season with 15 points an...
For the first third of the season, the Detroit Pistons kept finding new ways to lose games in the fourth quarter.They almost ...
Sophomore guard Trey Burke (Columbus, Ohio/Northland HS) and junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (Miami, Fla./Palmetto Senior) comb...
Austin Daye had only one thought when he caught a pass on the right wing on the game's crucial possession."Don't...
After claiming two fourth-quarter leads, the University of Michigan football team (No. 19 AP/No. 22 USA Today) fell to South ...
Tayshaun Prince made the game-winning shots from the free throw line. His work in the low post set it up.Prince made two free...
LeBron James and the short-handed Heat were no match for Detroit's brilliant bench.Will Bynum had 25 points and 10 assist...
Matt Ryan got what he wanted, helping the Atlanta Falcons win a game they needed to earn home-field advantage throughout the ...
Michigan State gave its players another opportunity to relish.Keith Appling matched a career high with 25 points to lead the ...
The Denver Nuggets have watched this scenario play out a few times already this season - just from the opposite viewpoint.Ty ...
Behind double-digit scoring performances from all five starters, the University of Michigan men's basketball team defeate...
Joakim Noah was standing near the scorer's table during the first half, visibly upset with his team's performance whi...
In a battle of young backcourts, the Golden State Warriors were an easy winner over the Detroit Pistons.Klay Thompson (27 poi...
Andre Drummond was drafted to shore up Detroit's interior defense - and the Cleveland Cavaliers found out just how active...
Freshman guard Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 22 points, including 12 from behind the arc, to help lift the University of ...
Before leaving the court after their most lopsided win in nearly five years, the Detroit Pistons huddled near midcourt for a ...
Brandon Knight outplayed Damian Lillard in a matchup of young guards - and had plenty of help from a couple of unexpected con...
Unable to score in the second half, the University of Michigan football team fell at Ohio State, 26-21, on Saturday at Ohio S...
Unable to score in the second half, the University of Michigan football team fell at Ohio State, 26-21, on Saturday at Ohio S...
After all the debate, all the rhetoric, all the statistical and historical analysis, it wasn't close. Miguel Cabrera was ...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 5 AP/No. 5 ESPN/USA Today) held Cleveland State to 14 first-half po...
With five players contributing in double-digit scoring, the University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 5 AP/No. 5 ...
With five players contributing in double-digit scoring, the University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 5 AP/No. 5 ...
The University of Michigan football team used last-minute heroics to send the game to overtime to overcome a 10-point second-...
Behind a three-touchdown performance by junior quarterback Devin Gardner (Detroit, Mich./Inkster), the University of Michigan...
James Harden agreed to a big new contract extension - and he certainly looked worth it in his first game with the Houston Roc...
It's a spot Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been in too many times.Late in the game, trailing on the scoreboard an...
The Tigers needed a miracle to get back into the World Series. They had to settle for a teeth-chattering nail-biter on their ...
Justin Verlander likes to say the Tigers have been playing must-win baseball since September. Now, for just the second time t...
The smirk on Justin Verlander's face as Tigers pitching coach Jeff Jones slowly ambled to the mound in the third inning s...
As devastating was Max Scherzer's changeup was on Thursday, it was nothing compared with the curveball that the Tigers th...
Nobody makes a two-run lead feel like a chasm like Justin Verlander. In case anybody forgot, the Yankees nearly erased it at ...
This is why the Tigers felt they could do something in October if they could only get there. Whatever the other factors, they...
The Yankees' game-tying four-run rally off Jose Valverde in the ninth Saturday had plenty of Tigers fans calling for some...
The A's seemingly had destiny on their side. The Tigers had Justin Verlander on theirs.Destiny didn't stand a chance....
The Tigers stood three outs away from a return to the American League Championship Series. All the ups and downs of the seaso...
The roar of a sellout crowd quashed any hope that the Tigers could stroll through town and get a win like it was a regular-se...
Behind a 340-yard (235 rush, 105 pass) performance from senior quarterback Denard Robinson (Deerfield Beach, Fla./Deerfield B...
Technically, the A's hold home-field advantage in this American League Division Series. But when Justin Verlander opens a...
As October marches on, the Tigers will play far more important games. But when the regular season's final out was made, M...
One night after clinching their second consecutive American League Central Division championship, the Tigers' cast was mi...
The Tigers' roller-coaster season led them to town with three chances to wrap up their second straight American League Ce...
The Tigers knew what the White Sox were doing Saturday afternoon. They couldn't miss it on the huge out-of-town scoreboar...
On a day when Doug Fister struck out nine Royals in a row to set an American League record, the Tigers blew a save and rallie...
The groan from the crowd at Comerica Park when Jhonny Peralta hit a ground ball in the eighth inning was unmistakable. So was...
This is why the Tigers traded for Anibal Sanchez, for nights like Tuesday. It just took him a while to fit into it."That...
Justin Verlander can spot a 99-mph fastball on the corner to strike out a hitter, come back with curveballs to get ahead of t...
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Sunday morning it could be a tough day at Comerica Park. He wasn't expecting this.He was ...
Unable to overcome five first-half turnovers, the University of Michigan football team (No. 18 AP/No. 17 USA Today Coaches) f...
They know the feeling, watching the White Sox on television after the Tigers' game has ended and wondering where they'...
The pitch count Wednesday night looked like the 2010 version of Justin Verlander, but it's actually more modern than you ...
County Commission Chairman Steve Shotwell told WKHM the Detroit company hired to take down the Inn on Jackson Square has been...
The Tigers came home off back-to-back one-run losses that cost them three games in the standings and broke out the bats in a ...
The tarp went on the infield at U.S. Cellular Field almost as soon as the White Sox recorded the final out of the Tigers 5-4 ...
The Tigers' Most Valuable Player candidate did everything in his power to ease the tension on Sunday, but even Miguel Cab...
Quintin Berry has never been caught stealing in his brief Major League career, 19-for-19 in stolen bases. On Saturday, he tri...
The University of Michigan football team (No. 17 AP/No. 18 USA Today Coaches) used a balanced attack, earning touchdowns from...
So much for the usual Chicago-to-Cleveland letdown the Tigers have suffered whenever they've gone from beating the first-...
Stop me if you're heard this one: Justin Verlander and Chris Sale will walk onto a mound with the American League Central...
The Tigers awakened from their September slumber on Tuesday, just in time to even their four-game division clash with the Whi...
Rick Porcello went four weeks without the Tigers scoring a run while he was pitching. On the night his offense finally got hi...
Sunday's game began and ended just like Saturday's for Detroit, with a Mike Trout leadoff homer and a Tigers loss.Whi...
Senior quarterback Denard Robinson (Deerfield Beach, Fla./Deerfield Beach) threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more scor...
Justin Verlander couldn't help but notice the Tigers' opportunity to move into a first-place tie in the division afte...
If you disconnected from the outside world for the summer and wanted the abbreviated version of the Tigers' season, this ...
The big showdown for the Tigers and White Sox awaits Sunday night. The big performance from Detroit's other shutdown pitc...
The eighth-ranked University of Michigan football team was unable to overcome a 31-point first-half deficit, falling 41-14 to...
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said it best."When you score that amount of runs with [Justin] Verlander on the mound, you fi...
Drew Smyly doesn't show nerves easily. Neither, for that matter, does Jhonny Peralta.One of them is a veteran shortstop w...
The Blue Jays went two years and 13 innings between hits off Justin Verlander. They nearly got out of town with two hits stru...
The Tigers began August with plenty of offense. Detroit tallied 63 runs in its first nine games this month and carried a .318...
This is what the Tigers had in mind when they signed Prince Fielder to hit behind Miguel Cabrera. It's not just about big...
When the Yankees come to town, count on two things: The crowds are big, and the at-bats are long.They were right on both coun...
Tigers manager Jim Leyland set the expectations before Justin Verlander had arrived at Comerica Park on Monday."Hopefull...
It's cliche to say baseball is a crazy game. But sometimes there's just no other way to describe it. Look no further ...
The Tigers scored more than three runs just three times on this nine-game road trip that began in Cleveland and stopped over ...
Max Scherzer had a tough act to follow Thursday. One night after Doug Fister's eight-inning, two-hit, 10-strikeout perfor...
Tigers manager Jim Leyland has repeatedly said that pitching will be the determining factor in how far Detroit can go this se...
One year ago Tuesday, the Tigers were coming off a complete-game shutout at the hands of ex-teammate Edwin Jackson and trying...
This is the kind of comeback victory the Tigers were expected to get this year. As a result of Monday's 8-6 win over the ...
Even on the losing end of Saturday's four-hour, 43-minute marathon, the Tigers couldn't help but appreciate the quali...
As the Tigers were hovering below .500 for much of the first half of the season, manager Jim Leyland never questioned the cal...
It will be remembered as a disappointing first half of the season for the Tigers, but in their final week leading up to the A...
For the Tigers, Saturday's win to get above .500 was a complete team effort.Doug Fister wasn't especially great and J...
UPDATE, The missing woman Troopers spent most of Monday searching for has turned up safe and sound in Rives Junction. Trooper...
The Tigers didn't get back to .500 for the season, as they had hoped by the end of their three-city, 10-game road trip, b...
The Rays held a throwback night to 1979, nearly a decade before Rick Porcello was born. Porcello threw back to his May 2011 o...
For the second consecutive night, the Tigers put up more than a dozen hits and set a career high against their opposing start...
Late Tuesday Officers from the Jackson Police Department responded to the Citizen's Bank on East Michigan Avenue for an a...
It's not a hump, that .500 mark for the Tigers. It's more like a road bump, the way they see it.Still, as many times ...
Argue all you want about whether there's such a thing as a big pitch with an eight-run lead. When it involves Rick Porcel...
Argue all you want about whether there's such a thing as a big pitch with an eight-run lead. When it involves Rick Porcel...
Argue all you want about whether there's such a thing as a big pitch with an eight-run lead. When it involves Rick Porcel...
Three runs doesn't exactly seem like an insurmountable deficit, but with the way Detroit's hitters have performed lat...
Detroit didn't register a hit until the sixth inning, losing in Pittsburgh for the second day in a row, 4-1, on Saturday.
It was a promising season debut for Jacob Turner, but the 21-year-old still doesn't have a Major League victory in four c...
Jim Leyland wants more of a mean streak out of his Tigers. At least once every five games, he doesn't have to look beyond...
With two outs in the fourth inning, the rain began pouring down on a sold-out Father's Day crowd of 40,619 at Comerica Pa...
Hours after Tigers manager Jim Leyland talked about his team badly needing a right-handed hitter, the reason behind recalling...
Manager Jim Leyland described baseball at Wrigley Field as more of a happening than a game. The audible Detroit fans contribu...
No lead seems insurmountable for a Detroit offense that's scored at least three runs in an inning to tie or take the lead...
Two pivotal close calls going against Jhonny Peralta led to the Tigers thwarting their own comeback attempt after the club ra...
Justin Verlander's winless streak stretched to four games Saturday. He didn't particularly care.The line from Verland...
A smile isn't something seen in the Tigers' clubhouse too often as of late. But after picking up his first career vic...
The Tigers are still trying to get out of the corner. They're at least swinging. They just couldn't do enough damage ...
The last time Justin Verlander lost three consecutive starts, he ended up leading the American League in losses. That was 200...
The potential was never been in question with Casey Crosby when he has been healthy. But potential doesn't shut down the ...
Don't ask manager Jim Leyland what he's going to do with Quintin Berry once Austin Jackson returns, because he doesn&...
Five days ago, Justin Verlander threw 100-mph fastballs in the eighth and turned in an inning to remember during a loss in Cl...
The Tigers' road trip of disagreement resumed Monday at Fenway Park. Unlike their arguments last week in Cleveland, howev...
For the second year in a row, the Indians swept the Tigers out of town in Detroit's first stop at Progressive Field. As a...
Tigers manager Jim Leyland could have authored the game Wednesday night, the way his words unfolded Wednesday afternoon. He p...
Say what you will about the Tigers' first eight innings Tuesday night against the Indians, from Ubaldo Jimenez's scat...
Struggling for hits all season, even under ordinary circumstances, the Pirates were no match for the extraordinary on Friday ...
Doug Fister's path back to the dominance he enjoyed in the Tigers' rotation down the stretch last year took a wild tu...
The Tigers offense everyone expected finally showed up Tuesday.It was a good thing, too, because the Tigers needed every last...
The Tigers solved part of the equation Monday night in attempting to break out of their season-long offensive funk. As for th...
Justin Verlander is still the Tigers' constant.Weary of the checkerboard pattern of wins and losses on the calendar? Worr...
Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and the rest of the Detroit Tigers are swinging and missing far too often lately.And for the f...
The Tigers found the form they'd been looking for out of Brandon Inge ever since last summer. It just came in the wrong u...
Of course manager Jim Leyland predicted Thursday his team was going to hit. He didn't necessarily mean that night, but he...
Drew Smyly deserves better than what he has gotten during his four weeks in the big leagues.The Tigers, meanwhile, probably g...
Forget about the standings. The way the Mariners seem to play the Tigers every time, Detroit had to battle to finally get a w...
A year after hitting 21 home runs, Jhonny Peralta went through the first month of the 2012 campaign without finding his power...
The Tigers couldn't quite pull off the late come-from-behind victory on Wednesday afternoon.Behind a two-run home run fro...
A walk-off passed ball was the capper to a long day for the Tigers in which everything seemed to go wrong.Some of it is what ...
Ben Gordon came into the Detroit Pistons' season finale with one goal in mind: He wanted to help his teammates send Ben W...
For the second straight season, the Mariners have swept a three-game series at Comerica Park in the final week of April. This...
The Tigers couldn't have liked their chances at beating Felix Hernandez when they took him to a full count with the bases...
Indiana coach Frank Vogel couldn't have asked for much more Monday night.Three starters rested, no one got hurt, and the ...
Ben Gordon gave the Detroit Pistons a winning end to an otherwise ugly game.The Pistons shook off an awful first half and Gor...
No, it wasn't fair -- the go-ahead squeeze bunt, as replays showed. The run support the Tigers put up for Drew Smyly in h...
The Nashville Predators are young, deep and talented. They're also the NHL's first team to advance this postseason.Th...
The Tigers will have to wait a day to resume their American League Championship Series rematch with the Rangers. A line of sh...
The Tigers will have to wait a day to resume their American League Championship Series rematch with the Rangers. A line of sh...
It took almost three full seasons, but the Minnesota Timberwolves finally won a game in April.Nikola Pekovic scored 23 points...
Memo to the American League: If you want to apply the shift and pack the right side of the infield against Prince Fielder, pr...
Pekka Rinne made the Detroit Red Wings' dominant performance meaningless.Rinne made 40 saves, and Kevin Klein scored a go...
The Tigers got what they expect will be a sneak preview of coming attractions on Tuesday night. Miguel Cabrera stings the opp...
Shea Weber knew he wouldn't be popular in the Motor City.The star defenseman didn't really care, he just wanted to wi...
Nine games into the 2012 season, the vaunted Tigers rotation has finally gotten off the ground with a victory. The first one ...
Remember when Tigers manager Jim Leyland was talking about the good pitching the Tigers had managed to grind through during t...
Scoring in his NHL debut last season was so special for Cory Emmerton that he won’t ever forget the euphoric feeling th...
For the first time this week the Detroit Pistons had some fun.But then, most teams do these days against the NBA-worst Charlo...
Drew Smyly stared at the heart of the Rays' order with the bases loaded before recording his first Major League out. His ...
The Red Wings insisted they wanted the chance to open the postseason on the road. The Nashville Predators have given them a r...
The Tigers weren't going to win them all. But nobody imagined them losing their first like this.What started as Justin Ve...
Rick Porcello looked calm, confident and controlled Tuesday like the kind of veteran pitcher the Tigers are hoping he becomes...
Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said his team showed probably its most toughness of the season in grinding out a win against Phi...
Alex Avila was in the Tigers' dugout for their division tiebreaker in Minnesota in 2009 and was at the heart of their Ame...
James Jones had a big night for the Miami Heat, and coach Erik Spoelstra is going to have some big decisions soon.LeBron Jame...
Pavel Datsyuk limited the Wings' air travel through at least the first round of the NHL playoffs.With 46.4 seconds left i...
Hawks stars Joe Johnson and Josh Smith draw much of the attention from opponents, and Jeff Teague loves to take advantage of ...
The New Jersey Devils had some satisfying milestones to celebrate after their 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thurs...
The Tigers came home Thursday morning as a team billed with star power. They left Comerica Park later in the afternoon lookin...
Though they will be a lower seed in the playoffs, the Detroit Red Wings showed the St. Louis Blues who is still boss.Johan Fr...
Early last season, the Orlando Magic came into the Palace with four key players sidelined because of a stomach virus.They bea...
The Florida Panthers are inching toward their first division title - one point at a time.Tomas Fleischmann scored in the firs...
Luol Deng understands it might not mean much if the Chicago Bulls are still banged up once the playoffs roll around. Even so,...
The Nashville Predators moved ahead of the Detroit Red Wings in the race for home-ice advantage in the opening round of the p...
Kyrie Irving's first season in the NBA has been unlike any in his life. He's mostly gotten used to the travel and the...
The Red Wings knew they would face a much tougher version of the Columbus Blue Jackets after Detroit routed them earlier this...
With three minutes left in a game Pistons coach Lawrence Frank called "ugly, grimy, grindy" - and his team won, bea...
JaVale McGee's debut with the Denver Nuggets was punctuated by a smashing finish.And the Nuggets needed it to overcome Be...
With the Pittsburgh Penguins lurking right behind him, the New York Rangers have gotten back to the winning ways that vaulted...
Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk needed less than a period to get warmed up and back into it. In his his first game back since...
The Phoenix Suns are striving for a bit more than reaching the .500 mark.Jared Dudley scored 23 points and Steve Nash matched...
Amtrak passengers in Michigan will be experiencing delays because of repair work being done by Norfolk Southern Railway on ce...
A happy postgame locker room was a rare sight early in the season for the Detroit Pistons, a struggling team that was playing...
Although the Anaheim Ducks' playoff chances are shrinking by the day, they're still winning games with style and prov...
Al Jefferson looked at the ceiling and pounded his chest as he does after every game.Monday night it was different. Jefferson...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team had its Big Ten Tournament run cut short by Ohio State, 77-55, in the se...
The Chicago Blackhawks are on one of their good streaks.Alternating losing and winning streaks of at least three games since ...
The 13th-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team closed the regular season with a 71-65 victory at Penn State...
With stars Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom out and Detroit on a three-game losing streak, Henrik Zetterberg's go-ahead...
The Detroit Pistons rebounded in a big way against the Charlotte Bobcats.One night after Tayshaun Prince said his team was &q...
With stars Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom out and Detroit on a three-game losing streak, Henrik Zetterberg's go-ahead...
The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday announced that seven Michigan facilities are among over 200 mail processing centers natio...
The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the shootout to win three times during their NHL-record, 23-game home winning streak....
The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the shootout to win three times during their NHL-record, 23-game home winning streak....
The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the shootout to win three times during their NHL-record, 23-game home winning streak....
Less than halfway through his rookie season in the NBA, Kyrie Irving keeps adding to his reputation as a clutch player.The 19...
Corey Crawford and the Chicago Blackhawks did just fine without captain Jonathan Toews on Tuesday night.The Detroit Red Wings...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 17 AP, No. 19 ESPN/USA Today) led for all 40 minutes to upset Ohio ...
Tim Duncan made his move to the basket and didn't come close to scoring. After he released the ball, the San Antonio star...
Red-and-white clad fans haven't seen the Detroit Red Wings lose at home in more than three months.The NHL has never seen ...
The Red Wings have finally started to embrace a record they've been chasing.Detroit equaled an NHL mark with its 20th str...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 22 AP/No. 25 ESPN/USA Today) had four players score in double digit...
JaVale McGee had a few fans in the stands to cheer his big game for the Washington Wizards.The center, who was born in nearby...
On a night when a pair of hockey legends struck longevity milestones, Todd Bertuzzi managed to finish the night off right wit...
The Phoenix Coyotes needed a boost after an exhausting first half of the season.Beating San Jose was a big step. Following th...
Brandon Knight learned a harsh lesson earlier in the week when he was shut out in a game at Milwaukee."I just remember n...
Carmelo Anthony came back and the New York Knicks' offensive woes went away.Anthony scored 25 points in his return to the...
The Detroit Red Wings are virtually unbeatable at home. They hope they have found the answer for success on the road, too.Jir...
The Detroit Red Wings are virtually unbeatable at home. They hope they have found the answer for success on the road, too.Jir...
Wednesday morning emergency responders from all over Jackson County responded to a train derailment in Leoni Township. The ac...
Bucks coach Scott Skiles is not quite ready to call Brandon Jennings an All-Star. With a few more victories, he might be.Jenn...
Federal Court records say a longtime Detroit Lions fan threatened to blow up the new Orleans Superdome during the Lions&rsquo...
Joe Johnson stole the ball near his own basket and brought it up the court a bit gingerly.Something was bothering him, althou...
The Montreal Canadiens went into the All-Star break with a blowout victory. The Detroit Red Wings played as though they start...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 20 AP, No. 22 ESPN/USA Today) withstood a 20-6 run by Purdue in the...
Ted Lindsay was in the house Saturday afternoon to watch a 47-year-old Red Wings’ record that he helped establish durin...
The Red Wings looked Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena like they don't want to begin 2012 quietly.In a physical matchup with...
Matthew Stafford led a victory-lap parade around the perimeter of Ford Field, high-fiving fans that have been waiting since 1...
The Detroit Red Wings pushed aside the tired Winnipeg Jets.Jiri Hudler scored twice and Detroit beat Winnipeg 7-1 on Saturday...
The University of Michigan men's basketball team used a 21-5 second-half run to defeat Iowa State, 76-66, and keep its perfe...
Junior/sophomore running back Fitzgerald Toussaint (Youngstown, Ohio/Liberty) rushed for 192 yards and the Wolverine defense ...
This wasn't the way the Tigers' season was expected to end, even if they didn't get to the World Series.Close, heartbreaking ...
The University of Michigan football team (No. 12 AP/No. 11 USA Today Coaches) outscored Northwestern 28-0 in the second half ...
Justin Verlander looked at Alex Avila in the Tigers' dugout and smiled as the raindrops fell. Considering he was in the same...
Junior running back Vincent Smith (Pahokee, Fla./Pahokee) had touchdowns rushing, passing and receiving in his team's first f...
Before Sunday night's nationally televised game between Detroit and the White Sox, Tigers manager Jim Leyland planned to spe...
An hour earlier, lightning, thunder, and gale winds had moved through Comerica Park, bringing on the tarp, and sending home s...
The Detroit Tigers have placed second baseman Carlos Guillen on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left wrist.To fill his s...
Magglio Ordonez hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning and Detroit went on to beat the San Franci...
The Tigers officially retired Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson's No. 11 on Sunday in an emotional pregame ceremony, capp...
Justin Verlander still remembers his struggles at U.S. Cellular Field earlier in his career. After seven straight wins again...
Ten days after Justin Verlander and Josh Beckett battled to no-decisions, their rematch Sunday night at Comerica Park came d...
For all the blame Patrick Marleau has shouldered for past postseason failures by San Jose, it was only fitting that his winni...
The Tigers were in and out of town in less than 48 hours. It only seemed like an eternity with every play at Target Field.In ...
The Tigers have seen slow starts from the Twins before. They remember 2006 and '09 pretty well, at least the players who were...
Henrik Zetterberg and Valtteri Filppula scored less than two minutes apart in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings ral...
This was a game, manager Jim Leyland said on Monday afternoon, that if he were at home as a fan, he would like to watch on t...
Justin Verlander further cemented his place among the Tigers' all-time greats by throwing the second no-hitter of his career...
The nostalgia was so thick in the air at the Palace at Auburn Hills, you could have sliced it with a vintage Piston.Dennis R...
Timofey Mozgov's initiation to NBA life was so shaky that he eventually went to the bench and stayed there for three weeks.He...
The injury-plagued Detroit Red Wings are heading into the All-Star break on a winning note - thanks to two of the best offens...
