By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Mark Dantonio can look back on plenty of miscues from Michigan State's loss last weekend. The big concern now for the Spartans is what happens next. They'll try to avoid a repeat of last year — when an early defeat against ...
By The Associated Press RASMUSSEN HELPS RED WINGS BEAT BLACKHAWKS In Detroit, Michael Rasmussen's tiebreaking goal with 4:37 left pushed the Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Matt Puempel, Matthew Ford, Chris Terry and Luke Glendening also scored for Detroit. Jimmy Howard ...
By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians' dominance of Detroit is reaching a historic level. Cleveland beat the Tigers for the 15th straight time, a 7-2 victory Tuesday night that improved the Indians to 16-1 in the season series — with a loss at Comerica Park With ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — Jordy Mercer hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Monday to split a four-game series between the teams with the worst records in the major leagues. After the first series in American League ...
GRAND BLANC (AP) — Jerry Kelly played bogey-free Sunday at Warwick Hills and closed with a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Ally Challenge, his second victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions and moving him a little closer to the top of the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Kelly ...
DETROIT (AP) — In the big picture, the Detroit Tigers are helping themselves with a bad finish to a terrible season. Edwin Jackson allowed five runs in five innings, and the Tigers took control of the race for the top pick in next June’s amateur draft with an 8-2 loss to the Baltimore ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Mark Dantonio will have to wait a bit for his next milestone after the last couple minutes went terribly wrong for Michigan State. James Franklin and Kirk Ferentz were a bit more fortunate, but they had reason to sweat while Penn State and ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Matthew Stafford and Darius Slay had a lot to do with the Los Angeles Chargers leading the Lions for three-plus quarters. And, both players bounced back in the final minutes to lift Detroit to a 13-10 victory Sunday. Stafford threw a go-ahead, ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions got off to solid starts in their openers, building double-digit leads in the second half before blowing them and going to overtime. Los Angeles led Indianapolis by 15 points midway through the third quarter ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer This was the moment early last season when Michigan State’s offense hit its first major snag. Faced with a tricky nonconference test on the road, the Spartans wasted opportunities throughout the game and eventually lost to Arizona State on a last-second ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT — The New York Yankees wrapped up their visit to Detroit with two victories and a couple new injuries. All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez became the Yankees’ latest health concern when he exited the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader with left ...
DETROIT (AP) — CC Sabathia’s next trip to the mound will have to wait a bit. The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers were rained out Wednesday night, and the game was rescheduled as part of a traditional doubleheader starting at 1:10 p..m today. Sabathia, who has dealt with right knee ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Mark Dantonio's name will soon stand alone atop the list of all-time winningest football coaches at Michigan State. On the cusp of breaking Duffy Daugherty's record, Dantonio said he is thankful for all the people on the field, ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Playing the worst team in the major leagues, the New York Yankees took a six-run lead in the second inning. Not enough. Jordy Mercer capped the comeback with a game-ending single off Chance Adams in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers ...
By MATT SCHOCH Associated Press ALLEN PARK — There were many plays that caused the Detroit Lions to blow an 18-point late lead in Sunday’s opener in Arizona. The instance getting the most attention, while being added to the long list of miserable Lions memories for the fan base, is a ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh hired Josh Gattis and handed him the keys to Michigan’s offense last winter, hoping the offensive coordinator would bring the program up to speed in college football. Harbaugh envisioned and touted a new brand of football that would ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Manaea matched his career high by striking out 10 in his second start following shoulder surgery, and the Oakland Athletics beat Detroit 3-1 on Sunday to give the Tigers their first 100-loss season since 2003. Manaea (1-0) pitched five scoreless innings against ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kyler Murray had already produced a few storybook moments during his first game as an NFL quarterback and seemed on the verge of another in overtime. On third down, the Arizona Cardinals rookie bounced around for a moment and then fired a ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jordy Mercer fired up his teammates and helped them put an end to another skid in a sorry season. Mercer put the Tigers ahead with their third home run of the fourth inning, and Detroit overcame a three-run deficit in a victory for the first time this year by beating ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler hit his 39th homer to set a Royals team record Tuesday night, and manager Ned Yost thought that might really open the floodgates for the breakout slugger. Relieved to have the record in his pocket, a relaxed Soler stretched his total to 40 with a 450-foot ...