1. Stanley Cup Playoffs 2011: Detroit Red Wings on the Verge of History

    It’s now the thinkable. The Red Wings are Secretariat in 1973, the ‘51 Giants, the ‘78 Yankees. They’re the ‘68-69 New York Jets, the 2004 Red Sox...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 835 reads 8 comments

  2. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 5-2 This week: at Tor (5/9); at Min (5/10-11); KC (5/13-15) So, What Happened? MMM wonders if there was anything of note that happened involving the Tigers last week...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 450 reads 3 comments

  3. Detroit Red Wings' Nick Lidstrom: Will He Retire After the 2011 NHL Playoffs?

    I wonder how many of the 20,000-plus throng at Joe Louis Arena on Friday night were aware that they might have just missed an historic moment. Or rather, dodged a bullet...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 3,427 reads 7 comments

  4. Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera Will Never Be Big in Town Until He Learns English

    The best player the Tigers have had since Al Kaline is a no-name. The most powerful slugger in Detroit since Cecil Fielder was clearing the left field roof off the defending World Series MVP is an outsider...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 899 reads 9 comments

  5. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 0-6 This week: NYY (5/2-5); at Tor (5/6-8) So, What Happened? You’re going to make MMM go over it, aren’t you? You’re going to make MMM ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 224 reads 1 comments

  6. Nick Fairley: Detroit Lions Hit a Home Run with First-Round Pick

    It’s one of the most indelible images in Detroit Lions history. You’ve likely seen the photograph, in black and white...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 1,161 reads 9 comments

  7. Monday Morning Manager: Detroit Tigers Bounce Back With 5-1 Week

    Last week: 5-1 This week: SEA (4/26-28); at Cle (4/29-5/1) So, What Happened? Now that's more like it! MMM is feeling almost giddy this morning, in the wake of a ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 343 reads 1 comments

  8. Darren Helm: Detroit Red Wings Super Pest Can Do It All

    If Darren Helm weren't a person, he’d be a popcorn kernel stuck under your gum. If he were a TV character, he’d be Bobby Brady on that date with his brother Greg. If he were a beverage, he’d be sour milk...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 876 reads 12 comments

  9. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 4-3 This week: at Sea (4/18-20); CWS (4/22-24) So, What Happened? The Tigers somehow won four games last week with an offense that couldn’t punch its way out of a paper bag...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 368 reads 2 comments

  10. NHL: Mike Modano is Odd Man Out for Detroit Red Wings, Which Wasn't the Plan

    It’s easy to spot the scratched hockey player at the arena. He’s the one in the loose-fitting suit, with hair that looks like it’s still damp from the shower...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 2,547 reads 11 comments

  11. Detroit Tigers Need the 2010 Austin Jackson to Reappear Quickly

    It wasn't all that long ago that I issued a severe weather watch . Not a warning—that's what you give when you see signs of brewage, like with a tornado—but a watch...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 575 reads 4 comments

  12. Detroit Tigers: Monday Morning Manager

    Last week: 2-4 This week: TEX (April 11-13); at OAK (April 14-17) So, What Happened? Buzz saw, meet the Tigers ; Tigers, meet the buzz saw...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 258 reads 3 comments

  13. NHL Playoffs: Pain Don't Hurt This Time of Year

    The ankle inside Bob Baun’s skating boot was broken. It is the hockey player’s creed to never be helped from the ice unless amputation is on tap, but that’s what ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 951 reads 8 comments

  14. Detroit Tigers: Opening Day in Detroit Puts All Others to Shame

    They have Opening Days in 30 big league ballparks every year. But after seeing how we do it in Detroit, that’s like comparing 29 high school productions of “Cats” to the real thing on Broadway...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 1,164 reads 8 comments

  15. Monday Morning Manager is Back!! A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Another baseball season, another 26 weeks or so of the critically-acclaimed (work with me here) “Monday Morning Manager,” my weekly take on the Tigers. Like last year, the format will be: 1...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 414 reads 2 comments

  16. Detroit Red Wings Need the "Real" Henrik Zetterberg To Step Up in NHL Playoffs

    A quick glance at the numbers ought to tell you a little bit about the superstar hockey player. The superstar player should have numbers that cause eyes to pop, spit-takes to be made...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 1,248 reads 14 comments

  17. Detroit Tigers: After Just 1 Game, Alex Avila Already the Fans' Whipping Boy

    Sixth-tenths of one percent of the Tigers ' 2011 season has been played, and already it's a long one for catcher Alex Avila ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 2,964 reads 7 comments

  18. Scottie Pippen Seriously Needs to Get over the "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons

    It's been about 20 years since the Pistons did their infamous walkout on the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, and Scottie Pippen still can't get over it or the "Bad Boy" Pistons...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 2,572 reads 42 comments

  19. MLB: Like it or Not, the Detroit Tigers' GM/Manager Tandem Will Return Past 2011

    They are the Frick and Frack of baseball in Detroit . Some would call them Laurel and Hardy; on a good day, they're Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 691 reads 10 comments

  20. Ken Griffey Jr: A Brilliant Career That Still Left Us Wondering, "What If?"

    For the first time since Richard Nixon was president, no big league team will break spring training camp with a Ken Griffey on its roster—Senior or Junior. Every April from 1974 through 2010, there was a Ken Griffey in the majors...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 1,597 reads 15 comments

  21. NFL Lockout: Remember That Not ALL Players Are Millionaires

    In his finest hour, Jim Otto moved mountains. Actually, he moved defensive linemen, but they were mountainous men, and Otto used leverage, strength and sheer will to clear them out of the way...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 1,189 reads 24 comments

  22. Arizona Diamondbacks: Manager Kirk Gibson Could Have Been Football Coach Gibson

    If things had gone according to plan, Kirk Gibson might be preparing a college football team somewhere right now, getting ready for spring practices...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 441 reads 0 comments

  23. Austin Jackson Is Straw That Stirs Detroit Tigers' Drink

    The baseball was launched into the farthest, most terrifying reaches of Comerica Park, where the only ball caught is on a bounce or scooped up to stop it from rolling...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 883 reads 8 comments

  24. Detroit Tigers: Phil Coke Needs to Be Diluted with Realism

    The more we learn about Phil Coke , the more Detroiters are going to love this guy. But the more we learn about Phil Coke, the more Detroiters are going to worry about him...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 569 reads 0 comments

  25. Detroit Red Wings: Poof! Jiri Hudler Reappears Just in Time for the Team

    When the Red Wings brought forward Jiri Hudler back after a one-year exile to Russia, it was assumed that the diminutive Czech would simply pick back up from where he left off and start pumping goals into enemy nets...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 2 years ago 658 reads 4 comments