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Red Wings sign All-Star forward DeBrincat to 7-year contract

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings signed two-time All-Star forward Alex DeBrincat to a seven-year contract worth $13 million per season on Wednesday. The move provided desperately needed good news for a franchise mired in a decade-long postseason drought with an interim general ...

Pistons favored to repeat as Central champs

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons are favored to repeat as NBA Central Division champions, but they're behind Philadelphia, the New York Knicks and Boston in odds to win the East a season after winning a conference-high 60 games. That seems reasonable because the other contenders appear to ...

Contreras sparks a winning vibe for Brewers

MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras' trots around the bases after his homers are as much of a spectacle as the blasts themselves. The Brewers catcher hit his third homer of the postseason on Monday night, a majestic, 436-foot shot that tied the score in the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-4 ...

Jets spill Knights in Great Lakes Eight

SPALDING — The lights were bright enough that a jet could take off and that is exactly what happened as the North Central Jets defeated the Norway Knights 29-14 here Friday. It was sophomore Pryar LaBonte who stripped the ball from Norway late in the third quarter to preserve a ...

Lions needed 4th-down conversions to fuel blowout

DETROIT (AP) — When an NFL team wins a game 45-21, there's not usually one play that serves as an obvious turning point. That wasn't the case for the Lions' rout of the Arizona Cardinals, though, and Dan Campbell knew it. "It really started with the fourth-and-3," Detroit's coach said ...