1. Electric Football: Norman Sas' Invention Thrilled Kids Before Video Games

    So it really took an MIT grad to come up with electric football? Not exactly. But it took an MIT grad to come up with electric horse racing and then decide that there was no money in that, but that there might be in a football version...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 10 months ago 1,878 reads 3 comments

  2. Detroit Tigers Shouldn't Be Afraid to Trade Prospect Nick Castellanos

    Twenty-five years later, people in Detroit are still talking about John Smoltz for Doyle Alexander. It’s the Motor City’s version of the Alamo...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 10 months ago 3,634 reads 31 comments

  3. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 2-1 This Week: LAA (7/16-19); CWS (7/20-22) So, What Happened? Justin Verlander got torched in the All-Star Game, AL manager Ron Washington scolded him publicly and JV was linked to supermodel Kate Upton ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 10 months ago 1,426 reads 5 comments

  4. Penn State Football: Forever Stained by Joe Paterno

    What I’d like to know is how Joe Paterno could even look at Jerry Sandusky for 14 years, let alone be a friend and confidante...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 10 months ago 1,563 reads 16 comments

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

    Last Week: 5-2 This Week: All-Star Break (7/9-12; at Bal 7/13-15) So, What Happened? To quote last week’s MMM: “MMM expects no less than a 5-2 week and an All-Star break record of 44-42...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 757 reads 1 comments

  6. Hey, Hey Hockeytown: Ryan Suter, Zach Parise Don't Think Red Wings Are All That

    Since when did Hockeytown turn into the Second City? What is happening here? The Red Wings being left at the altar? GM Kenny Holland having to return Mike Ilitch his checkbook? ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 9,051 reads 232 comments

  7. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 4-3 This Week: MIN (7/2-5); KC (7/6-8) So, What Happened? The Tigers ground through the rest of their 10-game road trip by stumbling in Texas then righting themselves in Tampa...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 449 reads 5 comments

  8. NBA Draft 2012: Why the League Shouldn't Allow Teenagers to Be Selected

    At first blush it would appear that Tigers great Al Kaline and Detroit Pistons draftee Andre Drummond have about as much in common as Ann Coulter and Rachel Maddow . But it’s very appropriate that Drummond was drafted this week...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 571 reads 2 comments

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

    Last Week: 3-3 This Week: at Tex (6/25-27); at TB (6/28-7/1) So, What Happened? Interleague play is done for 2012, and for the Tigers it’s bittersweet...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 757 reads 9 comments

  10. Detroit Lions: Don't Look Now, but They Are Model of Consistency

    Roger Staubach stood at the rostrum at his Hall of Fame induction in Canton, Ohio in 1985 and addressed the crowd. He was barking out signals one last time. But this was no football huddle, and the play that Staubach was calling moved him to tears...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 2,953 reads 37 comments

  11. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 4-2 This Week: STL (6/19-21); at Pit (6/22-24) So, What Happened? Is that actually a winning record MMM sees next to “Last Week”? Yes! The ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 922 reads 6 comments

  12. Quintin Berry: Detroit Tigers Fans Shouldn't Get Carried Away

    It’s not Quintin Berry’s fault that he’s not Austin Jackson , just as it’s not saccharin’s fault that it’s not sugar, not Dan Quayle’s fault ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 2,494 reads 28 comments

  13. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 3-3 This Week: at CHC (6/12-14); COL (6/15-17) So, What Happened? Monday Morning Manager (MMM) thinks that’s the question Cincinnati Reds manager ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 11 months ago 962 reads 6 comments

  14. Thomas Hearns: Boxing Hall of Famer Made Detroiters Proud at the Right Time

    To the cynical, Joe Louis Arena is aptly named. Name a hockey arena after a boxer? Well, you’ve heard the old joke. “I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 561 reads 0 comments

  15. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 2-5 This Week: CLE (6/5-7); at Cin (6/8-10) So, What Happened? The Tigers played seven games against the Red Sox and Yankees , and the week was like walking across hot coals...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 623 reads 3 comments

  16. Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland: The Best in the Biz Faces Toughest Challenge

    First, you must know that the Detroit Red Wings aren’t a team. They aren’t a franchise. They are, in hockey vernacular, an “organ-EYE-zay-shun.” That’s your first lesson in hockey speak...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 2,899 reads 3 comments

  17. Nicklas Lidstrom: His Stealth Perfection Is Irreplaceable

    When Nick Lidstrom first suited up for the Red Wings in 1991, George Bush was president—the first Bush. The Tigers’ first baseman was Fielder—the first Fielder...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 608 reads 0 comments

  18. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 3-3 This Week: at BOS (5/28-31); NYY (6/1-3) So, What Happened? The Detroit Tigers were sweepers and sweepees last week...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 417 reads 2 comments

  19. Pistons Center Greg Monroe: A Modern Day Willis Reed or Bob Lanier?

    Under normal circumstances, I would dismiss the comparisons of a second-year NBA big man to the likes of Hall of Famers Bob Lanier and Willis Reed as so much horsepucky, figuring ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 2,769 reads 5 comments

  20. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 3-4 This Week: at Cle (5/22-24); at Min (5/25-27) So, What Happened? Every time the Tigers get a "big win," you think it might be the win to trigger a winning streak...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 12 months ago 713 reads 2 comments

  21. 1972 Detroit Tigers: A Forgotten Team Whose Destiny Was Nearly Great

    The Tigers came out of spring training in Lakeland confident of their hitting. Their lineup was rich with veteran bats and some young ones. The offense didn ’t figure to be a problem...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 1 year ago 591 reads 2 comments

  22. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 3-4 This Week: at CWS (5/14-15); MIN (5/16-17); PIT (5/18-20) So, What Happened? The mysteriously quiet bats of the Detroit Tigers lingered ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 1 year ago 507 reads 10 comments

  23. Ramon Santiago: Detroit Tigers' New Elder Statesman

    He is the most senior of Tigers , with the cashiering of Brandon Inge a couple weeks ago. He played for Luis Pujols and Alan Trammell. He experienced 43-119 as a starter and the World Series as a bench warmer...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 1 year ago 437 reads 7 comments

  24. Monday Morning Manager: A Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last Week: 3-2 This Week: at Sea (5/7-9); at Oak (5/10-13) So, What Happened? The Tigers won a game they should have lost, lost a game they should have won and split a series they needed to sweep...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 1 year ago 621 reads 6 comments

  25. Martin Brodeur: Still Chasing the Stanley Cup at Age 40

    In your world or mine, a 40-year-old goalie nine years removed from his last Stanley Cup is probably wearing a suit and gabbing in between periods for one of the TV networks...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about 1 year ago 1,716 reads 3 comments