ANN ARBOR (AP) — The entire University of Michigan athletic department is pausing after several positive tests for the new COVID-19 variant that transmits at a higher rate. The state Department of Health and Human Services issued the mandate Saturday, with the school saying it follows the ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Detroit Lions and quarterback Matthew Stafford are planning to part ways. The Lions and Stafford have mutually agreed to explore the possibilities of trading him, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The person spoke Saturday night ...

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — Pius Suter exhaled after he scored his first NHL goal. Once he got his second, he started thinking about another one. Suter collected his first three goals in his sixth game and Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves, helping the Chicago Blackhawks beat the ...

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Joel Embiid had 33 points and 14 rebounds, and his two free throws with 7.2 seconds left helped the Philadelphia 76ers seal a 114-110 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night. Ben Simmons added 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists ...

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Isaiah Livers matched his season high with 22 points, Eli Brooks added 11 and No. 7 Michigan relied on a staunch defense to beat Purdue 70-53 on Friday night. The Wolverines (13-1, 8-1 Big Ten) maintained their stranglehold on the ...

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Jerami Grant’s driving layup on the final play came too late, and the Houston Rockets held on for a 103-102 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Down one with 3.4 seconds remaining, the Pistons inbounded to Grant, who faked a ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Dan Campbell is emphatic about the hard times people have had in Detroit, in their lives and as fans of the Lions. And, the new coach of the long-suffering franchise is fired up for an opportunity to help the NFL team and people in the Motor City. “We ...

ANN ARBOR (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has hired Maurice Linguist and George Helow to be assistants on defense, the latest moves that have reshaped his coaching staff, the coach announced Wednesday. Harbaugh added that defensive line coach Shaun Nua has agreed on a contract extension ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Detroit Lions landed the coach they coveted from the start of their search by hiring Dan Campbell. The Lions tweeted a photo of the former New Orleans Saints tight ends coach signing his deal Wednesday, one day after the team formally introducing Brad ...

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin, right, and Hawks center Clint Capela vie for control of the ball during the second half Wednesday in Atlanta. Griffin scored 17 points and pulled in seven rebounds but the Pistons still lost 123-115 in overtime. The Hawks outscored Detroit 24-7 to end ...

By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Thursday night marks the first of three consecutive days of state championship high school football games to be televised by Fox Sports Detroit and Fox Sports Detroit-Plus. Most of the schedule was found online at ...

Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek, right, steals the puck from Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Oliver Bjorkstrand during the first period Tuesday in Detroit. Tyler Bertuzzi scored the game-winner about 15 seconds into the overtime period on an assist from Dylan Larkin to lift the Wings to a ...

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI — The Miami Heat eventually showed up to a game already behind schedule. Bam Adebayo had 28 points and 11 rebounds and the short-handed Heat got their biggest comeback win of the season, rallying from 19 down to beat the Detroit Pistons 113-107 on ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Brad Holmes was not even a candidate when the Detroit Lions began their search for a general manager nearly two months ago. After a process that included interviewing him and 11 others for the vacancy, Holmes won the Lions over and landed a job he ...

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Mike Smith made three early 3-pointers as No. 7 Michigan raced to a 17-3 lead, and the Wolverines had little difficulty beating Maryland 87-63 on Tuesday night for a season sweep. Michigan made its first five 3s — Isaiah Livers had the other ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT — Robby Fabbri scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:42 left in the third period, Dylan Larkin got his second goal into an empty net and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Saturday night. “They’ve got a deep D core over there, ...

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — When two of the Big Ten’s best and tallest players faced off just last week, Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson made his 7-foot-1 mark on a decisive win over Minnesota. Liam Robbins and his teammates stepped up in a big way to avoid the ...

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI — The Detroit Pistons had their most dominant quarter in nearly two years. And last season’s NBA Finals trip for the Miami Heat suddenly seems long ago. Jerami Grant scored 24 points, Derrick Rose had 23 off the bench and the Pistons — the ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT — Alexandre Texier and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored 1:16 apart early in the third period to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a two-goal lead and they held on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Monday. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored late in the second period ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Michigan State is postponing its game this weekend against No. 22 Illinois, moving a third straight basketball game due to a COVID-19 outbreak within coach Tom Izzo’s program. Izzo made the announcement Monday, a day after one additional player and two non-coaching ...