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The Motor City just lost its beloved hero to another National Hockey League team.
Is it a cause to rejoice for its former captain or reason for fans to feel betrayed?
Steve Yzerman, one of Hockeytown's all-time greats, has left Detroit to aid the ailing Tampa Bay Lightning.
Yzerman, who became a vital piece in the Red Wings' hockey operations as vice president after his retirement in 2006, announced his decision to relocate ...
San Francisco 49ers Jehuu Caulcrick: Catching Up with Caulcrick
Posted: 18th May 2010 by adam biggers in NFL
Current San Francisco 49er and former Michigan State Spartan football-great Jehuu Caulcrick has a lot on his mind these days.
From signing a future contract with the Niners in January, to attending camp and organized team activities—he has a lot going on in his professional life.
One thing that he's never too busy for is intense banter .
From chats about life in the National Football League , to touching on some of ...
Stanley Cup Playoffs: Sharks Bite Detroit, End Red Wings’ Cup Run in Game Five
Posted: 9th May 2010 by adam biggers in NHL
And so the season ends.
With a 2-1 Game Five loss to San Jose in the Western Conference semifinals Saturday night, the Detroit Red Wings' run for Lord Stanley's Cup has come to an abrupt halt.
"It was a good game," Red Wing coach Mike Babcock said in his post-game interview with Fox Sports Detroit.
"It's what I expected the whole series to be."
In a series clouded with questionable officiating, blown faceoffs ...
NHL Playoffs: Put The “D” Back In Detroit, Red Wings Drop Game Two To Sharks
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by adam biggers in NHL
The Detroit Red Wings haven't been shorthanded 10 times in a Stanley Cup Playoff game since 1997.
But they found themselves in a strangely unfamiliar predicament Sunday night.
In their 4-3 Game Two loss to San Jose, they were in fact, shorthanded 10 times.
And the Sharks capitalized twice—rather, Joe Pavelski capitalized twice.
The Sharks' young-gun scored his eighth and ninth goal of the postseason, and is quickly becoming the second round's x-factor, go-to-guy ...
Detroit Tigers fans remember Curtis Granderson.
Don't they?
Granderson was ushered off to New York in a multi-player deal, and the former fan-favorite is now a distant memory to the MoTown faithful.
In exchange for Granderson in the three-team merry-go-round, the Tigers received Austin Jackson, Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth and Phil Coke.
And the Arizona Diamondbacks got shafted.
Jackson and Coke have panned out, to say the least. Jackson went 5-for-5 Friday, and added a ...
NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers Win, But So Did Oklahoma City
Posted: 1st May 2010 by adam biggers in NBA
Kobe Bryant scored 32 points in the Lakers' 95-94 Game Six win over Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night, but it wasn't No. 24 that sealed the deal.
It was Pau Gasol.
With half a second left on the clock, Bryant missed what looked like a routine, dagger-delivering shot that we've all grown accustomed to seeing from the star.
But, the 7'0" Gasol was there to put it ...
New York Jets Acquire WR Santonio Holmes: Bold Move or Business as Usual?
Posted: 12th April 2010 by adam biggers in NFL
Saturday night the New York Jets' front office made one of the boldest moves of the NFL off-season.
Not only did the powers that be trade a fifth-round draft pick in a steal of a deal to Pittsburgh for wide receiver Santonio Holmes, but they also adopted one of the recent Pittsburgh "problem children."
Holmes may be best known for his Super Bowl XLIII performance, but not lately.
In the 27-23 victory over ...
Red Wings-Avalanche Brawls: 13th Anniversary, Forever in Our Minds
Posted: 26th March 2010 by adam biggers in NHL
Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday.
March 26, 1997 is a day that will forever live in Hockeytown lore.
Red Wing and Avalanche fans certainly remember the melee that ensued in the Joe (Joe Louis Arena) that spring evening just 13 years ago. "Fight Night" at the fabled rink wasn't a game; it was a battle that has been seared into the memories of those who watched it.
It's hard to believe that it ...
New York Knicks’ Nate Robinson Wins Third Slam Dunk Title In Worst Contest Yet
Posted: 13th February 2010 by adam biggers in NBA
The 2010 Sprite NBA Slam Dunk competition was highly anticipated. Was, being the keyword there.
Spectators were ready to see if the hype would be fulfilled by the supposed best skywalkers that the league had to offerùinstead it was dull, boring, and yawn evoking.
What happened to the days when the league's best would come out and show off their high-flying, jaw-dropping rim-rockers?
Dominique Wilkinsáreleased the hammer with his impressive windmills and tomahawk ...
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement vs. Greed: Who Will Pay the Price?
Posted: 13th February 2010 by adam biggers in NBA
Negotiations, negotiations, negotiations.
NBA fans have heard a lot of "that" talk in the last few days as players attempt to reach some sort of middle ground with the league that pays their salaries.
What it boils to do is simple: The NBA wants to tax teams that sign it's "employees" to insane contracts. There's no point of naming those with the gaudy agreements, we all know who they are.
The fact that ...