By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — In a stellar matchup of senior point guards, Payton Pritchard prevailed. Pritchard scored 19 of his 23 points after halftime, and No. 10 Oregon outlasted No. 5 Michigan 71-70 in overtime Saturday. With the game on the line, Pritchard repeatedly ...
DETROIT (AP) — Anze Kopitar passed Wayne Gretzky on the all-time scoring list — for the Los Angeles Kings, that is. Kopitar scored twice to help the Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 Sunday night. The goals gave Kopitar 919 career points, moving him past Gretzky and into fourth place ...
HOUSTON (AP) — When the Detroit Pistons had a comfortable lead entering the fourth quarter Saturday night, coach Dwane Casey knew the Houston Rockets would make a run late and he’d need someone to step up to hold them off. He got that boost from Derrick Rose, who came off the bench to ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — There were a fair number of empty seats at Ford Field, and at times, the crowd’s silence made the place seem emptier than it was. For most of the first half, the Detroit Lions’ performance fit the scene. The Lions staggered to their seventh ...
BIG RAPIDS (AP) — Austin Reed threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and Andre Duncombe had an interception and fumble recovery among six turnovers forced by the defense as West Florida rallied to defeat Ferris State 28-14 in the NCAA Division II semifinals on Saturday. The ...
ROCKFORD (AP) — Ralph Munger, one of the most successful high school football coaches in Michigan, is retiring after 335 victories and three state championships. Munger has been coach at Rockford High School, near Grand Rapids, since 1992. He earlier coached the football team at ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have recalled defenseman Madison Bowey from Grand Rapids of the AHL. The team announced the move Friday. Bowey had been sent down to Grand Rapids earlier in the week. He has one goal and seven assists in 22 games this season for the Red Wings. Detroit ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jameis Winston has plenty to play for and Darius Slay does, too. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions have been eliminated from the playoff picture, putting their team goals out of reach. But Winston and Slay are among a group of players who will have something at stake ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers and catcher Austin Romine agreed to a $4.15 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 31-year-old Romine has backed up Gary Sanchez for the New York Yankees the past four seasons. Praised ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major league teams are getting an extra roster spot in 2020, and clubs went fishing for options at the Rule 5 draft Thursday. The Detroit Tigers selected right-hander Rony Garcia from the New York Yankees with the first pick at the winter meetings draft of unprotected minor ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic’s Spanish was flawless. His game was pretty good, too. Doncic scored 41 points and posted his eighth triple-double of the season, Seth Curry added a season-high 30 points off the bench and the Dallas Mavericks topped the Detroit Pistons 122-111 on Thursday ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Robby Fabbri backhanded a pass toward the slot, and it bounced into the net off the leg of an opposing defenseman. The following period, Fabbri took a shot from the right circle that was saved by the goalie — before bouncing in, pinball style, ...
By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kofi Cockburn got Michigan coach Juwan Howard’s attention. The 7-foot Illinois freshman from Jamaica had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks to help Illinois upset No. 5 Michigan 71-62 on Wednesday night. “He’s very strong on the ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp and Patrik Laine scored in a two-minute span in the second period and the Winnipeg Jets dealt the Detroit Red Wings their 12th straight loss, 5-1 on Tuesday night. Wheeler began the barrage at 16:43 of the second when he beat Eric Comrie, ...
By LEE THOMPSON The Bay City Times PICKFORD (AP) — Jimmy Storey has a textbook middle linebacker mentality. Bringing the thunder is the Pickford High School senior’s favorite part of football. “He’s all-out, all the time. He arrives at the hole with authority,” Pickford coach Josh ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK — Matt Patricia appears to look and seems to sound as if he expects to lead the Detroit Lions again next season. Patricia’s Lions have lost six straight games and nine of 10, giving him a 9-19-1 mark as a first-time head coach with a franchise ...
By PETER FINNEY JR. Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Derrick Rose is 31 and his body has taken a beating, but the 2011 NBA MVP showed once again he can still take over a game and knock down the decisive shot. Rose hit a 14-foot jumper in the lane with 0.3 seconds left and scored 17 of his ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — No. 11 Michigan State pulled away and beat Rutgers thanks to two staples of Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo’s program. Defense and rebounding. Cassius Winston had 23 points and seven assists, helping the Spartans top the Scarlet Knights 77-65 on ...
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The first three plays for David Blough and the Detroit Lions on Sunday were an ominous sign. The rookie quarterback’s first two passes were deflected at the line of scrimmage. Then he was sacked for a 6-yard loss. The Minnesota Vikings made ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — It was just over a year ago that Central Michigan introduced Jim McElwain as its new football coach, and at that point, the Chippewas were about as far from a championship as possible. They’d won one game all season, and it was vs. an FCS ...