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NFL to begin releasing schedule today; 3-hour broadcast set for Wednesday

Get ready to make those viewing plans. The NFL schedule is coming out. The league's broadcast partners will begin to announce select games today and the full slate of games will be revealed Wednesday night. The thirst for football is so great the schedule release is a three-hour, prime-time ...

Detroit sweeps Colorado to conclude road trip

DENVER (AP) — Keider Montero pitched eight strong innings, Colt Keith homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 in the second game on Thursday to sweep their doubleheader. Spencer Torkelson had three hits and Brewer Hicklen singled in the third for his first career hit ...

Chet Lemon, a star on the Tigers’ 1984 championship team, dies at 70

CHICAGO (AP) — Chet Lemon, a three-time All-Star outfielder who helped the Detroit Tigers win the 1984 World Series, has died after a lengthy battle with blood cancer. He was 70. The Tigers announced his death in a post on X on Thursday. “The Detroit Tigers join all of baseball in mourning the passing of Chet Lemon,” the team said. “While he was a World Series champion and All-Star on the field, perhaps his biggest impact came off of it. That includes creating the Chet Lemon Foundation and dedicating much of his post-playing career to youth baseball development. Our thoughts ...

Tigers-Rockies postponed

DENVER (AP) — The opener of a three-game series between the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and the major league-worst Colorado Rockies was postponed on Tuesday because of inclement weather. It will be made up as the second half of a traditional doubleheader on Thursday, with the postponed game starting 30 minutes after the teams’ scheduled afternoon meeting. The Tigers enter the series having won eight of 11. The Rockies (6-28) are the only team in the majors with single-digit wins. Both teams pushed back their scheduled starters by a day, with Jackson Jobe (2-0, 3.38 ERA) ...

Sweeney, Carpenter carry Tigers past Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter each homered and had four hits, and they combined to drive in 11 runs as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Los Angeles Angels 13-1 on Sunday to win three of four in the series. After Sweeney singled in the first run off Jack Kochanowicz ...