The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that they had once again failed to sell out Ford Field, blacking out the local broadcast for the third time in four games.  The NFL Blackout policy, in effect since 1973, states that an NFL game must be sold out within 72 hours of kickoff, or you are subject [...]

Things are getting worse for the number one golfer in the world. His list of problems is almost as long as the list of women he’s slept with. One list is getting shorter though, and that’s his list of sponsorships. Earlier this week, Accenture announced that it was dropping Tiger Woods as its product and [...]

By MIKE CRANSTON The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, a day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Henry was 26. “We knew him in a [...]

After a pretty good week – 7 points in 5 games – the Wings have worked their way back into 3rd place in the Central Division, and are sitting one point out of the playoffs in the Western Conference standings.  This despite a continuation of the unimaginable injury streak that has plagued the Wings with [...]

With the news that nine MSU football players will be charged with assault and conspiracy due to an incident at a dorm hall on Nov. 22, it’s clear that coach Mark Dantonio faces his toughest challenge yet as Spartan head coach. Loved for his competitiveness, Dantonio put an indelible imprint on the MSU program when, [...]

So the Pittsburgh Steelers’ All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu doesn’t think he’ll be able to play for the rest of the season with his bashed up knee. Polamalu injured the Posterior Cruciate Ligament in his left knee and has missed the last three games. Pittsburgh has lost the three games that Polamalu missed due to this [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers made an agreement on Tuesday sending center fielder Curtis Granderson to the Yankees’ dugout, as part of the first major deal in this year’s winter meetings. Detroit will also send right-handers Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy to Arizona as part of the three-way deal. In [...]

Apparently Daunte Culpepper was a bit aggravated last week prior to the Detroit Lions’s annual Thanksgiving game, when he learned that Matthew Stafford would be getting the start.  Culpepper reportedly stated “Not mediocre enough?!?  My middle name is Mediocre!  Actually it’s just Rachard, but don’t tell anyone.” Actually he didn’t say that at all, but [...]

12-year-old Jake Olson has spent his entire life fighting cancer. Diagnosed when he was one with retinoblastoma, a type of cancer that attacks the eyes, vision is not something he has ever taken for granted. Early on, his left eye had to be removed. And at age 12, the time had come that he’d have [...]

The draw is out, and it’s joy for U.S. supporters and utter dread for North Koreans, who must be wishing that their dreams of Dear Leader becoming Mecha Jong-Il will come true between now and June. The U.S. has been drawn into a group with England, Algeria and Slovenia, not an easy group, but probably [...]