ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Adreian Payne, a former Michigan State basketball standout and NBA player, has died in a shooting. He was 31.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a shooting at 1:34 a.m. Monday when Payne was identified and taken to a hospital where he was ...
Trotz facts:
• Stanley Cup winner with Washington Capitals, 2018
• Coached New York Islanders to Eastern Conference finals each of the last 2 years
• Coached Nashville Predators for their first 15 seasons, making playoffs 7 times
• 914 regular-season wins 3rd most in ...
By JORDAN GODWIN
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Aledmys Diaz hit a grand slam, Jake Odorizzi threw five innings of one-hit ball and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 on Sunday for a four-game sweep and their seventh straight win.
Diaz’s second home run of the season came in the ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON — Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. This was the third straight day the ...
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT — Bryan Reynolds doubled in Pittsburgh’s two-run seventh inning, and the Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 to split Wednesday’s doubleheader.
The Tigers won the first game 3-2 with the help of two key errors by the Pirates.
After pitching 4 2/3 ...
DETROIT (AP) — Tuesday’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tigers in Detroit was rained out, and will be made up as part of a doubleheader today.
The postponement was announced several hours before the game was supposed to begin, and will be made up at 1:10 p.m. today in a straight ...
By BOB TRIPI
Associated Press
ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions continued to make big investments on defense in the NFL draft and are hoping that they result in immediate rewards to a franchise that has struggled in recent seasons.
“We definitely felt like we got better as an organization ...
By LARRY LAGE
AP Hockey Writer
The Detroit Red Wings celebrated the return of Steve Yzerman three years ago, expecting one of their all-time greats to turn around the franchise as general manager.
It hasn’t happened yet.
Looking to shake up the rebuild, Yzerman fired coach Jeff Blashill ...
LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler pitched five scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Sunday, overcoming Miguel Cabrera’s 503rd career home run and his first this season.
Cabrera hit a two-run homer off reliever Phil Bickford in the eighth inning to help ...
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES — On a night Clayton Kershaw became the Los Angeles Dodgers’ career strikeout leader, the Detroit Tigers had enough timely hitting and put together a great pitching performance of their own to snap a six-game losing streak.
Javier Báez and ...
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
ANN ARBOR — Aidan Joseph Bernardi Hutchinson is an impressive reflection of his parents and his middle names honor a great-grandfather who was part of the World War II jungle fighting unit known as “Merrill’s Marauders.”
Jacksonville is expected to ...
By PAUL GEREFFI
Associated Press
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are champions of the NHL’s Atlantic Division. They look like a team that’s ready to win even more.
Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season and the Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th ...
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT — History is on hold in the Motor City.
Miguel Cabrera’s quest for his 3,000th hit was delayed for at least one more day when the game between the Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies scheduled for Friday night was rained out.
The game was called ...
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT — The Detroit Lions have been so bad in recent years, winning an average of four games since 2018, that they desperately need an influx of talent at a lot of positions on both sides of the ball.
Help might be on the way.
The Lions are going into the ...
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera was set to stroll to the plate and fans rose to their feet and roared, hoping to witness his 3,000th hit.
Instead, they saw his 236th career intentional walk.
A strategically sound move by manager Aaron Boone and the New York ...
DETROIT (AP) — A popular Zamboni driver for the Red Wings said he was dismissed for urinating in a drain.
Al Sobotka filed a discrimination lawsuit this week against Olympia Entertainment, two months after he was fired, following 51 years with the Detroit Red Wings. His lawyer said he has a ...
By ERIK ERLENDSSON
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Jakub Vrana had two goals, including the tiebreaking score in the third period, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.
The Red Wings beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy for the first time in 14 ...
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT — Gerrit Cole lasted a career-low 1 2/3 innings, and Clarke Schmidt combined with four relievers to pitch three-hit shutout ball and lead the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers 4-2 Tuesday night in a series opener.
On a frigid April night in ...
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin had core muscle surgery on Monday, ending his second season as the team’s captain.
The Red Wings say his recovery is expected to last eight to 10 weeks. The 25-year-old Larkin leads the Red Wings with 31 goals and 69 points in 71 ...
By MARC BOWMAN
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hunter Dozier homered to break a tie in the sixth, and lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
After Carlos Santana walked with one out, Dozier lifted an 0-2 pitch from Will Vest (0-1) into the left ...