UPDATE AUGUST 2, 2026: TARIK SKUBAL TRADED! The Detroit Tigers traded back to back AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Detroit lands Top 100 prospects Zyhir Hope and River Ryan, along with RHP Brady Smith. This changes the future of the Tigers franchise. Published Thursday, July 30, 2026: The word…
Will he be the next Justin Verlander? The next Tarik Skubal? Will the Detroit Tigers develop another ace, only to watch him win a World Series somewhere else? The sky’s the limit for Detroit Tigers first-round pick, No. 22 overall in the 2026 MLB Draft, RHP Cameron Flukey out of Coastal Carolina. Those are massive…
Woe is me.I can’t breathe the air. I can’t eat salad and I can’t go to Taco Bell. Can life get any worse? What is going on around here? Is there a witch or evil spirit haunting us? The Canadian wildfires are hundreds of miles away so why does Michigan get the brunt of the…
Las Vegas, NV – Physicality was the name of the game for the Detroit Pistons and Ebuka Okorie all week at summer league. And against the Phoenix Suns the challenge reached a peak with players like Koa Peat, Rasheer Fleming and Khaman Maluack putting pressure on the paint offensively. But their defense was flying around…
After no BIG MOVES, are the Detroit Pistons better than last year? Trajan Langdon’s belief in Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson HAS to pay off.
Here is a dirty little secret regarding the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Sports columnists were on no-hitter alert any time Justin Verlander pitched for the Detroit Tigers. If you were at the beach you were on alert. You had to be prepared to jet out of your kid’s birthday party or a hot…
In 1994 I watched World Cup matches in the United States only because I had to. I covered the World Cup at the Pontiac Silverdome and the Finals at the Rose Bowl for the Detroit News. I hated soccer and wanted nothing to do with the sport. Today, I am a different man. Although the…
DETROIT, MI – The Detroit Pistons opened preseason at home with a 120-87 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. The game started off reminiscent of last season through the first quarter. They went nearly 5 minutes without scoring after Jaden Ivey put the Pistons up 3-0. A Cade Cunningham iso three stopped the Bucks run, but…
Detroit Tigers fans are understandably frustrated. The 2024 trade deadline moves signaled a longer rebuild than many anticipated, pushing the timeline for competitiveness out another two to three years. This decision, focusing on younger prospects rather than Major League-ready talent, has unfairly drawn parallels to the less successful eras of previous front office regimes. Despite…
As the MLB trade deadline approaches, Tigers fans are lost in a maze of maybes. After a decade-long drought of irrelevance, the Tigers, teetering around .500, have reignited excitement not felt since the 2014 playoffs. As the trade deadline looms, fans are like gardeners, unsure whether to prune their prized roses or let them grow…