By ERIC HE Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Trey Sweeney had four hits, including a home run, Ty Madden struck out seven and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday. The Tigers, looking to make a late rally in the AL Wild Card race, took two out of three in ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Quinshon Judkins rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns, freshman Jeremiah Smith had 119 receiving yards and a touchdown, and No. 2 Ohio State scored 35 points in the first half on the way to a 56-0 rout of Western Michigan on ...
By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Jonathan Kim converted a 37-yard field goal with one second left to give Michigan State a 27-24 victory over Maryland in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday. Spartans quarterback Aidan Chiles, a transfer from Oregon ...
By ERIC HE Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brant Hurter pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Saturday. Detroit moved back over .500 after losing three of its previous four games. The Tigers (72-71) haven't had a winning ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy knew when he was prepped for knee surgery that the absence or presence of a brace on his right leg when he awoke from the procedure would provide an immediate sign of the state of his rookie season with the ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions know they have to put the 2023 season behind them and focus on 2024. That won't be easy. Detroit opens the season on Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams in a rematch of their wild-card game in January — won by the ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has played in many marquee matchups in recent years. Only the high-stakes games, including three straight trips to the College Football Playoff, did not happen early in the season. Texas is coming to town this week and it ...
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Stewart Cink won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory over K.J. Choi. The 51-year-old Cink, the 2009 British Open champion, won in his 10th career start on the 50-and-over tour. He ...
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Riley Greene, Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter homered, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night. Detroit won for the seventh time in nine games, bouncing back nicely after losing 3-1 to Chicago in the series ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Judge sure got the rock-star treatment from hundreds of Little Leaguers who went wild for the New York Yankees slugger — holding out baseballs for autographs, pleading for selfies, even asking him about the size of his ...
DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 44th home run and Gerrit Cole struck out eight in six innings as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 on Friday night. Oswald Peraza also went deep in his first big league game this season for the Yankees, who improved to ...
DETROIT (AP) — Connor Stalions, the former low-level recruiting staffer at Michigan who was at the center of a sign-stealing scandal, is running the defense at a Detroit high school. "I got the most hated man in college football right now, Connor Stalions. He's my defensive coordinator," ...
DETROIT (AP) — Kerry Carpenter homered twice in his return from injury, Jake Rogers drove in seven runs and pitcher Tarik Skubal earned his MLB-leading 14th victory as the Detroit Tigers routed the Seattle Mariners 15-1 on Tuesday night. "I was getting chills before the game just from seeing ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams this season, a massive change that will profoundly impact the sport and how success is defined. The system is also kind of quirky. The second-best team in the country by the selection ...
By ALEX ESPINOZA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brett Wisely hit a two-run double in the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants rebounded after being no-hit for four innings, beating the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Saturday. After being held without a hit for four innings by ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year, show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players during the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics ...
By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Parker Meadows homered and drove in two runs, Keider Montero pitched six strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night. Montero (2-5), making the eighth start of his career, allowed just four hits, ...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh on Monday said he has no reason to apologize as he continued to deny having any knowledge of the impermissible-scouting operation that triggered an NCAA investigation of his Michigan program during its championship run last year. "Never ...
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dan Campbell and Brian Daboll wanted a highly competitive workout when the Detroit Lions and New York Giants opened two days of joint practices in New Jersey on Monday. And the two coaches may have gotten a little more than ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — MJ Melendez hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth inning to rally the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Trailing 2-0 going into the top of the ninth, Hunter Renfroe and Freddy Fermin reached on singles ...