DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings signed Filip Hronek to a three-year, $13.2 million Friday. The Czech defenseman will count $4.4 million against the salary cap through the 2023-24 season. Hronek has 16 goals and 64 assists for 80 points through his first 167 regular-season NHL games. ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Michigan will soon get a chance to accomplish something it failed to do last season. The Wolverines were winless at home during the pandemic-shortened season. They finished 2020 with two wins, four losses and three games canceled due to a COVID-19 ...
By STEVE KORNACKI Associated Press DETROIT — Jed Lowrie hit a three-run homer in the first inning to start Oakland’s eight-run rally with two outs against Matt Manning in the A’s 8-6 victory over the Tigers on Thursday. Mark Canha followed Lowrie’s shot with another homer for 4-0 ...
DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, No. 502 of his career, and drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh inning as the Detroit Tigers snapped a four-game skid with an 8-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Akil Baddoo and Harold Castro homered and ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Lions made a lot of changes in the offseason by bringing in a new general manager, coach and quarterback. The franchise with one playoff victory since winning the NFL title in 1957 is coming off three straight double-digit loss ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Matt Chapman made plays with his bat, glove and arm to lift the Oakland Athletics to their latest win in a push to make the playoffs. Chapman hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the third inning, cleared the fences again in the ninth and turned a ...
LANSING (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Western Michigan University from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement against four female soccer players, ruling they are likely to prevail on claims it violates their constitutional religious rights. District Judge Paul Maloney in Grand ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Longshot wide receiver Trinity Benson achieved his lifelong goal Tuesday, finally making the 53-man roster on his third try after spending two years toiling on Denver’s practice squad. He had to fly 1,200 miles to take that ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Mel Tucker would not budge. Michigan State’s second-year football coach was asked various questions in an attempt to find out who he’s starting at quarterback Friday night at Northwestern. Tucker had no interest in helping the Wildcats ...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — Detroit Lions backup quarterback Tim Boyle broke his right thumb in the team’s preseason finale and needs surgery. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday, adding the team is hopeful it was not a season-ending injury. Boyle was hurt in Friday night’s loss ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — Bailey Ober pitched six solid innings and Josh Donaldson’s two-run homer helped the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Monday. “We are very, very pleased with the way Bailey is throwing the ball,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines are looking forward to a fresh start. They need one. College football’s winningest program is coming off a rough season, even by pandemic standards. Michigan won just two games, lost four and had three ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Four female soccer players at Western Michigan University challenged the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for athletes Monday, saying it violates their Christian beliefs. The lawsuit came days after a Michigan State University employee sued ...
By ANDREW DESTIN Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Twice, Jackson Surma walked to the plate with runners in scoring position in the biggest game of his young life. Both times he delivered. Jackson drove in four runs and Ethan Van Belle struck out eight as Michigan beat Ohio 5-2 on ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Indianapolis Colts’ depth chart at quarterback took another hit. Rookie Sam Ehlinger was knocked out of the preseason finale with a knee injury in a 27-17 win over the Detroit Lions on Friday night. With Carson Wentz recovering from foot ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — Jose Berrios pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tigers 2-1 on Sunday, taking two of three in a low-scoring series with Detroit. “You don’t see a guy change his delivery during a season and have success, but he’s ...
GRAND BLANC (AP) — Joe Durant made a 5-foot bogey putt on the par-4 18th Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Bernhard Langer in The Ally Challenge on Sunday. The 57-year-old Durant closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 17-under 199 at Warwick Hills. He won for the fourth time on the PGA ...
By ADAM BABETSKI Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It’s championship weekend for the Little League World Series. In this tournament affected by COVID-19, four American teams — and no international clubs, because of travel restrictions — will play in the semifinals this ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added 16-year NBA veteran Rasheed Wallace as an assistant coach on a staff that also features former NBA coach Larry Brown. The Tigers announced the hiring Thursday with the move finally official. The announcement comes a day after ...
By JEREMY REISMAN Associated Press ALLEN PARK — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes will be using the team’s final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts to night to make their last decisions on the regular-season roster. Campbell, in his first ...