My 9-11 experience began exactly three months before the towers fell in New York City. I roamed a darken patch of open fields in Oklahoma City outside a Federal prison talking about the terrorist attack on the United States. It was the morning that master mind Timothy McVeigh was executed in a Federal prison in…
By Ryan O’Bleness Woodward Sports Michigan State got off to a rocky start under the Pat Fitzgerald era, but we discovered a lot about him during the Spartans 30-20 come from behind victory over Toledo at Spartan Stadium. The new version of Fitzgerald has a little Dan Campbell in him. He is aggressive on fourth…
DETROIT, MI – The Detroit Pistons took center stage in the NBA after reports of an impending deal with All-NBA big man Jalen Duren. Jake Fischer broke the news Tuesday, via Bleacher Report on August 25, 2026. The Pistons and Duren are nearing a 4 year-$160M+ contract. According to sources close to the situation, Duren…
You have left the bar at 2 a.m. on a weekend night. You are drunk and hungry. What is your next stop? I asked our group of sports enthusiasts at the Woodward Sports Network to list their top five stops. Let me make a confession. I changed the entire landscape with the voting because I…
The Detroit Tigers dropped a BAG in the offseason, leading to sky-high expectations in 2026 that ultimately were never met. I thought this team could win the American League, hands up. Little did I know it would be one of the most disappointing seasons of my lifetime… CUT THE CHECK Detroit Tigers spent this offseason….
Detroit is king. And it’s not even close. I asked our staff at Woodward Sports what their five favorite Michigan cities were and Detroit with its ballparks, watering holes and restaurants won in a landslide over second place Grand Rapids with its minor league ballparks, microbrews and open spaces. Detroit is about to get even…
Nicholas Kohloff | Detroit Tigers Beat Reporter | Woodward Sports Blockbuster Trade! A blockbuster goes down in MLB as the back-to-back Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal gets traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for OF Zhir Hope, RHP River Ryan, and RHP Brady Smith. I heard they were interested in trying to trade for Victor…
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…