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Big Daddy’s little boy is back in town, and he’s all grown up. Fresh from signing a nine-year free agent deal worth more than $200 million, Prince Fielder was introduced...
Detroit welcomes a Prince-ly Tiger

Big Daddy’s little boy is back in town, and he’s all grown up. Fresh from signing a nine-year free agent deal worth more than $200 million, Prince Fielder was introduced…

Yesterday the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the results of the latest voting from the baseball writers. Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell once again fell far short of induction, and with...
Once again Trammell gets no respect from Hall of Fame voters

Yesterday the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the results of the latest voting from the baseball writers. Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell once again fell far short of induction, and with…

Who is the greatest athlete that Detroit has ever called its’ own? Is it a baseball player, a football star, a hockey legend, or maybe a hoop icon? How about...
Top 50 Detroit Athletes of All-Time

Who is the greatest athlete that Detroit has ever called its’ own? Is it a baseball player, a football star, a hockey legend, or maybe a hoop icon? How about…

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  • Wade Boggs won a Gold Glove for his play at third base in 1994 and 1995. Everyone has the right to jeer when they go to a baseball game. Once...0January 27, 2012

    When Wade Boggs gave me the evil eye at Tiger Stadium

  • Big Daddy’s little boy is back in town, and he’s all grown up. Fresh from signing a nine-year free agent deal worth more than $200 million, Prince Fielder was introduced...0January 26, 2012

    Detroit welcomes a Prince-ly Tiger

  • We know of him as “Mickey” or “Black Mike,” but his real name was Gordon Stanley Cochrane.  He was born 108 years ago in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in the spring of 1903...0January 26, 2012

    “Black Mike” and Detroit’s Roaring ’30s

  • The news of the Tigers signing Prince Fielder on Tuesday was … well, it was mind-boggling, stunning, almost too much to comprehend. If it had happened in New York, Los...2January 25, 2012

    Prince Fielder and a new era of The Tiger

  • Long before shortstops were expected to bat .300 and hit for power, the Detroit Tigers fielded a miniature fielding machine named Donie Bush. His career with the Tigers began in...0January 24, 2012

    The Detroit Tigers’ pixie shortstop Donie Bush

  • Although Chicago’s George “Papa Bear” Halas once called him “pro football’s greatest player,” in the annals of Detroit sports history, the name Earl “Dutch” Clark remains in relative obscurity compared...0January 23, 2012

    The Lions’ Dutch Clark: Detroit’s First Gridiron Hero

  • Forty-one years ago this year the Hockey Hall of Fame waived its mandatory five year waiting period to induct former Red Wing goalie Terry Sawchuk who had tragically died the...1January 22, 2012

    Remembering the Red Wings’ Legendary Goalie Terry Sawchuk

  • “What you guys need to understand is that this is not a tryout.” With these words, Jon Warden made it clear we were in Lakeland for fantasy camp, not a...0January 21, 2012

    Fantasy Camp: My week as a Detroit Tiger

  • There’s a saying about life … and it has to be described as an ‘old saying,’ because, well, there’s really no such things as a ‘new saying,’ right? … I...0January 20, 2012

    Saving Todd Bertuzzi

  • If you have never been to the annual Babe Ruth birthday party in Detroit you should really treat yourself this year. The 25th Annual Babe Ruth Birthday Bash to be...0January 19, 2012

    25th Annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party at Nemo’s February 4th

  • Like most young pitchers eyeballing a spot on a big-league roster, Steve Sparks was in a hurry. Trouble was, his fastball wasn’t. Burdened with a so-so speedball, he spent several...0January 17, 2012

    Steve Sparks knuckled down with the Tigers in 2001

  • Ask any knowledgeable hockey fan of a certain age to name the meanest hombre in the National Hockey League in the 1950s and ‘60s and he won’t hesitate. When it...1January 16, 2012

    Gordie’s greatest hits: The night Howe took apart Lou Fontinato

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