DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers’ aggressive approach at the plate against White Sox starter Hector Noesi paid off in a six-run first inning. The Tigers had combined to score six runs over a four-game losing streak entering Wednesday’s game against the White Sox at Comerica Park. The Tigers pounded out six runs on the first […]
DETROIT — A Detroit Tigers pitcher now with the Toledo Mud Hens was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a 45-year-old woman in March at a Motor City Casino Hotel room. Evan Reed, 28, met the woman about midnight March 30, when she and her friend were invited to sit in a […]
CHICAGO — If Shilique Calhoun can do to the “C” gap what he did to the Hilton Chicago Continental Ballroom on Tuesday, he and Michigan State will be on their way to fulfilling expectations. The ballroom, Calhoun owned. It was packed with Big Ten coaches, players and media members at round tables, but none produced […]
DETROIT — First came the blunders, then the back-to-back home runs off Joakim Soria. The Detroit Tigers allowed the Chicago White Sox to snap a 2-2 tie and score seven runs in the seventh inning on Tuesday night at Comerica Park. The Tigers made four miscues in the field, and were scored for three errors, […]
ALLEN PARK — Maybe it was the weight of contract talks being lifted from his massive shoulders, the realization that, for the next five months at least, the only thing that matters is what happens on the field. But when Ndamukong Suh stepped to the podium Monday to take questions about the Detroit Lions’ decision […]
CHICAGO — Same ballroom, same podium, same basic questions and answers — with the occasional soccer query to mix things up — but Big Ten football media days started Monday with a different perspective for Mark Dantonio. For the first time in his eighth appearance here as Michigan State’s coach, Dantonio spoke from the top […]
CHICAGO — Brady Hoke may be under pressure entering this season, given Michigan’s regressing record during his three seasons. So far, though, he’s not showing it around Ann Arbor. “Coach Hoke is still the same laid-back type of guy,” U-M defensive end Frank Clark said Monday at the Big Ten preseason football meetings at the […]
The Detroit Lions will start training camp today. But Matthew Stafford will start something entirely more significant. After five years in the NFL, the Lions’ talented-but-inconsistent quarterback will begin the second part of his career. And if history is any indication, Stafford’s next five years are likely to be better than his first five. Here’s […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — David Freese hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning on Sunday off Detroit reliever Joba Chamberlain as the Los Angeles Angels went on to top the Tigers, 2-1. Detroit starter Rick Porcello was sharp in seven innings, allowing just one unearned run on five hits with six strikeouts, but the Tigers […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Joakim Soria has 177 career saves, so theoretically, he could replace Joe Nathan as the Detroit Tigers’ closer before the postseason. But what seems more important for now is that Soria, acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers late Wednesday night, will prevent manager Brad Ausmus from trying to get through […]