By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer New Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay welcomes the opportunity to cover the opponent’s best receiver. “I love the challenge,” Slay said in a conference call last week. “I kind of ask for it a lot because the fact that I want the game on ...
DETROIT (AP) — Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as "Mr. Tiger," died Monday. He was 85. John Morad, a friend of Kaline's, confirmed his death, and the Tigers did so as well in a statement. No cause of ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Khalid El-Amin remembers Connecticut’s resolve to win a program-changing national championship. The last hurdle to transforming the Huskies into a national power? Edging a dominant Duke team in a classic title game 21 years ago. “We thought and we ...
"We held out some hopes that the winter tournaments could be finished, but with school not returning now, those plans kind of went out the window." — ALEX TISEO, Marquette Senior High School athletic director, U.P. representative on MHSAA Executive ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Eric Ebron isn’t worried about Ben Roethlisberger’s surgically repaired right elbow. The same goes for Ebron’s balky ankle, which the newly signed Pittsburgh Steelers tight end said had “a whole lot of mess” in it before getting cleaned ...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — The Detroit Lions have agreed to terms with free agent cornerback Darryl Roberts. The Lions announced the move Friday. Roberts spent the past four seasons with the New York Jets. Like many of Detroit’s recent acquisitions, he also has ties to the New England ...
By BRIAN CALLOWAY Lansing State Journal Aaliyah Nye didn’t have any specific aspirations when she arrived in the East Lansing girls basketball program as a freshman. All she cared about then was just being on the court and playing. But a sophomore year when Nye emerged as a standout while ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Denver’s players, if they’re so willing, have the same assignment each day: Go to their phone or tablet, launch an app and view their individualized daily workout plan that was created by the Nuggets’ strength and conditioning staff. For now, it’s ...
EAST LANSING (AP) — Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman defended basketball coach Tom Izzo on Thursday after Izzo was accused in an ESPN report of contacting a witness who was part of a 2017 criminal sexual conduct investigation involving one of his players. According to a police ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. — Gonzaga and Michigan stood out in a study that seeded men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head-coaching ranks. The Zags were a No. 1 seed in both brackets ...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Army has hired Tenarius “Tank” Wright as defensive line coach. Wright joins the Black Knights after serving as associate director of football strength and conditioning at Michigan the past two seasons. He helped coach and mentor two first-round draft picks, two ...
During her four prep years at Detroit Edison Public School Academy, Gabrielle Elliott helped the Pioneers win three state championships and go 95-7 overall. Elliott, a 5-foot-10 senior wing, also had the Pioneers primed to make another run at the Division 2 state title in 2020. They were 23-0 ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Roger Penske, at 83 and considered high risk for the coronavirus as a 2017 kidney transplant recipient, still makes the daily three-minute commute to his suburban Detroit office in Bloomfield Hills. He works 12 or more hours a day from his conference room ...
By BRIAN CALLOWAY Lansing State Journal and Journal Sports Staff Before her arrival in high school, Hannah Spitzley used to spend her time at the top of the bleachers as part of the film crew for the Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball program. Spitzley knew then, while closely watching her ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Former Syracuse University head football coach Frank Maloney, who succeeded the winningest coach in school history when the program was in decline, has died. He was 79. Maloney died Monday at his home in Chicago, his family confirmed, with the cause listed as metastic ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (AP) — The Denver Broncos have finalized a three-year, $7 million deal with free agent punter Sam Martin, the third former Detroit Lions player signed by general manager John Elway this month. Martin joins former Detroit teammates Graham Glasgow and Jeff Driskel in ...
KALAMAZOO (AP) — Western Michigan promoted Clayton Bates to be its basketball coach Saturday, with its athletic director saying the coronavirus crisis impacted the school’s search. Bates was previously an associate head coach for WMU. He replaces Steve Hawkins, whose tenure ended this ...
ANN ARBOR (AP) — Michigan forward Isaiah Livers is applying for early entry into the NBA draft. The school said Livers is not hiring an agent and would work with the Michigan coaching staff during the evaluation and pre-draft processes. Even if a player does use an agent during the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer After Michigan lost to Ohio State in the semifinals of the women’s Big Ten Tournament, coach Kim Barnes Arico and her staff immediately hit the road. They intended to take advantage of a full week off before the NCAA Tournament by making visiting as many ...
By GREG WICKLIFFE Ann Arbor News and Journal Sports Staff It was clear from the moment Bree Salenbien played her first high school basketball game that she was a phenom in the making. Now, the question is where Salenbien will rank among the state’s all-time great players when she ...