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NHL 2013: A Refresher on Some Frequently Used Terms
The NHL is back! It’s been nine months since the Red Wings slapped a puck, elbowed a face, mucked a corner, yanked a sweater over anyone’s head and flicked broken teeth out of their mouths...
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Detroit Tigers' Alan Trammell May Not Be a Hall of Famer, but He Has 1987
September baseball is all-or-nothing baseball. It is baseball that is played either in front of swelling crowds with palpable tension or in a cold ballpark sparsely dotted with paying customers where the peanut vendors are the loudest voices...
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Calvin Johnson's Big Year Is Part of the Detroit Lions Problem
It’s a question that has tantalized the football fans in these parts for some 55 years (and counting)...
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Lomas Brown's 'Reprehensible' Act Goes Against NFL's Code of Honor
It was done with a wink—a victimless act perpetrated at a rather harmless time. The boys in blue were all over the place, but not one of them sounded the alarm...
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Merry Christmas: Holiday Gifts for the Nice (and Naughty)
Wax up the sleigh. Check it for flight. Shine St. Nick’s boots. Make sure Rudy’s nose is bright and squeaky clean. Test the GPS . Gather the weather reports. Check the sack for rips...
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Detroit Tigers Are Right to Sign Anibal Sanchez; Now, Trade Rick Porcello
The Tigers have so many of these introductory press conferences nowadays, they’ve turned to re-introducing guys...
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Detroit Lions Ownership Lacks Detroit Tigers' Sense of Urgency
There was a time, believe it or not, when Bill Ford wasn ’t a very patient man. There was a time when coaches of his football team were held accountable for their records, for their incompetence...
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Detroit Lions Need a 2-Minute Defense
Thirty-three points at home, in the NFL , ought to win you a boatload of football games. You score 33 points, your offense should be on the sideline, laughing and joking in the waning moments...
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Detroit Pistons Fans Once Again Proving to Be the Fair-Weather Kind
Life on the road in the NBA is supposed to be a battle of attrition, fraught with jet lag, living out of suitcases and sleeping in airports...
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Detroit Lions Lack Calm and Discipline, and It's Jim Schwartz's Fault
Vince Lombardi is dead. Mike Ditka has faded away. Bill Belichick is all the rage. Mike McCarthy lives on...
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Detroit Lions Haven't Played Thanksgiving Day Game with Fury in 50 Years
In the mostly inglorious history of Thanksgiving football in Detroit, the Lions have dragged themselves onto the field with a variety of emotions...
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5 Ways Torii Hunter Will Improve the Detroit Tigers in 2013
The Detroit Tigers showed their continued commitment toward winning that elusive World Series ring, as owner Mike Ilitch has once again opened his pocketbook, reportedly inking free agent outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million deal...
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Detroit Lions' Fate Tied to Matthew Stafford's Arm, Not Running Game
The Detroit Lions scored four rushing touchdowns last Sunday in Jacksonville. They have 10 rushing TDs thus far, a pace that would give them 20 for the season, which would eclipse 2011’s mark by 11...
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Detroit Tigers: Prior to Jim Leyland, They Weren't Relevant
They each took their turns, none lasting more than three years, sometimes less than a full season. Each had, in his own mind, a fantasy that he could be the man who would bring relevance back to baseball in Detroit...
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2012 World Series: Burning Questions After Game 4
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager has been answering Burning Questions. Today’s BQ addresses Game 4 of the World Series. Where did you go? We all missed you after Game 3...
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Twin Towers in NBA Rare in Recent Years; Do Detroit Pistons Have Them Now?
Before the events of 9/11 sullied the term, Twin Towers conjured up a different meaning entirely in the world of sports. Basketball, specifically. Basketball is a tall man’s game...
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2012 World Series: Burning Questions After Game 2
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM ’s answers to the questions that many of you have about the previous night’s game...
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2012 World Series: Burning Questions After Game 1
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM ’s answers to ...
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Yankee Killers: Detroit Tigers Strong Arm Their Way to World Series
Thwack! It started with Doug Fister last Saturday night, and it ended with Max Scherzer on Thursday in the twilight. In between, there was Anibal Sanchez and Justin Verlander...
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2012 ALCS: Burning Questions After Game 4
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM ’s answers to the questions that many of you have about the previous night’s game...
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2012 ALCS: Burning Questions After Game 3
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM ’s answers to ...
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2012 ALCS: Burning Questions After Game 2
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game , come back here for MMM ’s answers to ...
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2012 ALCS: Burning Questions After Game 1
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM’s answers to the questions that many of you have about the previous night’s game...
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Detroit Tigers: Wild ALDS Part of an Emotional Week in Detroit Sports
That was the week that was. David Frost, don’t come at me with copyright infringement. I didn ’t capitalize all the words. Give me some artistic license here...
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2012 Tigers-A's ALDS Game 5: Burning Questions
Note: During the playoffs, Monday Morning Manager will be answering Burning Questions. The morning after every Tigers playoff game, come back here for MMM ’s answers to the questions that many of you have about the previous night’s game...
