http://blog.detroitathletic.com All Tigers all the time. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:47:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He wasn't an overly popular man -- but he is unquestionably one of the Founding Fathers of Detroit baseball. Frank Navin's affiliation with the Detroit Tigers dates back to 1902.  He started out as a bookkeeper for then-owner Samuel Angus.  The very next year, Navin bought stock in the Tigers and ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/19/frank-navin-rip/ The Lions running game looked to be in full attack mode Sunday. Too bad the Panthers looked to be even better. For the fifth time in six games the Lions took the field looking for their first win and have nothing to show but a single-digit loss margin. This team ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/18/six-away-from-history/ There's no doubt Nicklas Lidstrom is an incredible hockey player.  But is the Detroit Red Wings captain the NHL's greatest defenseman of all time? You be the judge as you watch this incredible homemade highlight film.   http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/17/is-lidstrom-the-nhls-greatest-defenseman-ever/ The recent Wings-Pens game was much more than your average regular season game at the Joe. With storylines of past players meeting back up in the rink, and some anger boiling over from last season, the latest match-up between Motown and Steeltown ended up with an unfamiliar ending from last ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/14/stanley-cup-rematch/ It was appropriate that this was the game that marked the 75th anniversary of the Detroit Lions franchise.  As temperatures grow increasingly colder, Detroit's football fans are well aware of the sharp contrast between the Lions of old and the current squad of has-beens and wannabees. With the best Lions of all ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/11/0-9-7-to-go/ When the Detroit Tigers first left Tiger Stadium for Comerica Park in 2000, it seemed like they went on a road trip from which they never returned.  It took a very long time for countless Tigers fans to become used to the Tigers new home.  It seemed so antiseptic.  For ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/10/comerica-park-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary-in-2009/ Rumors have been flying around Detroit for years now that Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch wants to build a new hockey arena behind his Fox Theatre.  According to sources, the Ilitches have been amassing property in the area for the past decade. Forbes Magazine recently reported that the Red Wings are ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/05/will-the-red-wings-abandon-the-joe/ In a move that came totally out of nowhere like a fastbreak, Joe Dumars has shaken up his 2-0 squad by making another huge trade under his watch. In an attempt to reprise a failed trade from eight years ago, this time there was no Matt Geiger to get in ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/03/motowns-answer/ Detroit Red Wings legend, Alex Delvecchio, didn't learn to skate until he was twelve years old.  That's a remarkably late age for any Canadian boy -- let alone one who would become one of hockey's greatest players. Delvecchio played for the Wings from 1951 through 1974.  He holds the NHL records ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/02/alexander-peter-fats-delvecchio/ Ernie Harwell is the formost authority on baseball in Detroit -- if not the world.  So when he has a strong opinon about the talents of a ball player it really means something. In this short video clip, Ernie shares his thoughts on Al Kaline and declares him the best ball ... http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/11/01/ernie-harwell-rates-al-kaline-the-greatest-tiger-hes-seen/