By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions selected defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike of Washington in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night. Onwuzurike played mostly nose tackle with the Huskies. He was a second-team All-American in the preseason, but he ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Rodon struck out a career-high 12 in six innings and the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit 3-1 Thursday in a doubleheader opener, the Tigers’ 11th loss in 13 games. Rodon (4-0) made his first home start since pitching a no-hitter against Cleveland on April 14. He allowed ...
DETROIT — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a career-high 42 points, helping the Dallas Mavericks overcome the absence of Luka Doncic in a 115-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. Trey Burke added 15 points for Dallas, which moved a game ahead of Portland for the No. 6 spot in the ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and assist for his first points in more than two months, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Thursday night to stretch their points streak to nine games. Teravainen was in his second game ...
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — Miguel Cabrera and Niko Goodrum homered, José Ureña went seven innings for his first win in two years, and the Detroit Tigers overcame a season-high five errors to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Tuesday night. Owners of the worst record in ...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — The Detroit Lions exercised the fifth-year contract option on Pro Bowl offensive lineman Frank Ragnow. The team announced the move Wednesday. Ragnow is entering his fourth NFL season after being drafted in the first round out of Arkansas. He’s started all 45 games he’s ...
MUSKEGON — Life has not been easy for Ke’Ontae Barnes, but the 18-year-old senior at Muskegon Orchard View has learned some virtues along such as diligence and patience. These days, he’s full of gratitude. The 6-foot shooting guard has been voted The Associated Press Division 2 Player of ...
Flint Beecher has turned into a factory for outstanding point guards. Keyon Menifield is the latest model to come off the assembly line. The latest wave of the production started with Monte Morris, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, in 2013. It continued with Malik Ellison in 2017 and Jalen ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patrik Laine and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in a shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Laine deked Thomas Greiss and beat him between the pads to ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — These plucky Kansas City Royals are just full of surprises. Jarrod Dyson doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the Royals bullpen preserved another lead, holding off the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Monday to complete a four-game sweep ...
By DAVID GORICKI The Detroit News DETROIT — Pierre Brooks II will enter Michigan State this fall as a state champion, a Mr. Basketball award winner and The Associated Press Division 4 Player of the Year. It would be safe to say Brooks II has been successful in every way possible his senior ...
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Nine of the 14 teams in the Big Ten appear set at quarterback heading into the fall. The five others will continue auditions in August, and no competition will be more closely watched than the one at Ohio State. With two-time Big Ten player of the year Justin ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Jerami Grant and Frank Jackson scored 18 points apiece to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 100-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. The Hawks shot just 39% from the field and 4 of 27 from 3-point range. It was their lowest-scoring game ...
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT — An off-campus shooting left two Central Michigan University students, including quarterback John Keller, hospitalized Sunday for gunshot wounds. Officers with the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers were without their two best inside players and getting dominated on the boards, yet found a way to win thanks to a timely defensive switch, balanced scoring and the Detroit Pistons’ sloppy ballhandling. Malcolm Brogdon scored 26 points, Caris LeVert ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jamie Benn scored 32 seconds into overtime, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Dallas has more than three times as many shots as Detroit and had the puck for much of the game, but trailed after Dennis Cholowski scored late in ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT — Danny Duffy pitched five scoreless innings, and the Kansas City Royals kept Detroit’s offense quiet again in a 4-0 victory over the Tigers on Sunday. A day after the Royals prevailed 2-1 in a game that took 2 hours, 10 minutes, Duffy (3-1) ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Anthony Russo went through plenty of change during his five seasons at Temple. Now he’s ready for a new adjustment — not just a new coach, but an entirely new school. Russo is at Michigan State now, competing to be the Spartans’ starting quarterback as ...
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin will be out for the rest of the season with an upper-body injury. Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill made the announcement Friday. Like many of his teammates, Larkin struggled this season. The 24-year-old center had nine goals and 14 assists ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions' best and perhaps only chance to turn around their franchise is to finally figure out how to hit more than miss on NFL draft picks. The Lions have tried and failed to find a general manager with the ability to project if ...