By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons are still clinging to the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs thanks to their biggest second-half comeback in three decades. Andre Drummond had 20 points and 17 rebounds and Ish Smith matched a season high with 22 ...
TORONTO (AP) — The New Jersey Devils will have the No. 1 pick at this year’s NHL draft. The team was announced Tuesday night as the winner of the draft lottery. The Colorado Avalanche had the best odds of landing the first pick at 18.5 percent, but they drew the No. 4 selection. The New ...
By MATT SCHOCH Associated Press DETROIT — Now down three key players in the season’s early going, the Cleveland Indians reclaimed their usual spot at the top of the AL Central on Tuesday. Corey Kluber earned his first win of the season in his third start, powered by four home runs that ...
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan youth basketball coach accused of punching a Kentucky referee, knocking him unconscious, has been charged with assault. News outlets cite a statement from the McCracken County sheriff’s office in Kentucky that says 40-year-old Keyon Menifield ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Ironwood star athlete Jim LaBlonde passed away unexpectedly from an aneurysm at his home with his family in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 31. He was 40 years old. LaBlonde is one of Luther L. Wright High School’s all-time greats, recently being inducted into the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer A look at where things stand in the NBA playoff picture, with three days remaining in the regular season: EASTERN CONFERENCE Finally, a lot of clarity. On Sunday, two of the remaining three spots were grabbed. Three more seeds were locked in, as was the ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill will lead the U.S. at the men’s world hockey championship next month in Slovakia. USA Hockey announced Monday that Blashill would be back to coach the team for a third straight year. The Americans finished third last year ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings ended a third straight season without a postseason bid, counting on a core of players 24 years old and younger to end the postseason drought next year. Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou, and Tyler Bertuzzi each set career highs ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Kemba Walker is keeping the Charlotte Hornets in the postseason picture Walker scored 20 of his 31 points in the first half to help Charlotte build a big lead and they went on to beat the Detroit Pistons 104-91 Sunday in a possibly pivotal game ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tyson Ross finally pitched at Comerica Park — and certainly enjoyed his new surroundings. Ross pitched seven impressive innings, and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five with a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals ...
DETROIT (AP) — Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, plans to have surgery to remove a brain tumor. Stafford shared the details Wednesday on her Instagram account. She says an MRI showed the tumor on cranial nerves after she had vertigo spells within the ...
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson has been named The Associated Press Division 2 girls Player of the Year for 2019 in Michigan. The 6-foot-2 senior led Edison to a third straight state championship, earning the title of Miss Basketball. She then competed in the McDonald’s ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — So much for the slow start. The seemingly endless string of injuries to bold-faced names, to the ones that left the Pittsburgh Penguins drifting aimlessly for long stretches. Then March came. April, too. And the Penguins did what they always ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT — With only four previous starts in the major leagues, Spencer Turnbull was easily the least experienced member of Detroit’s starting rotation. That made him an interesting choice to start the home opener — but the 26-year-old right-hander was ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo struggled with tears of joy as Michigan State knocked off top-seeded Duke to reach the Final Four. He was emotional again only a few hours later when fans packed the Breslin Center to welcome the gritty Spartans back to campus. This ...
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — The Yankees swung over slider after slider from Matthew Boyd, setting a franchise swing-and-miss record. Even when New York connected, the damage mostly blew back in the wrong direction. Boyd junk-balled through afternoon shadows for a ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Cassius Winston is already in elite company. The crafty point guard is among a handful of Michigan State players to win Big Ten player of the year honors and earn a spot on The Associated Press All-America team. And if he can help the Spartans ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Blake Griffin made it through almost the whole season without a significant injury. Now, as the Detroit Pistons try to hold on to a playoff spot, their star’s health is a concern again. Griffin missed a third straight game Wednesday, and ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The season did not end as Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett intended. The fabulous freshmen came to Duke to win a national championship and their bid came up short with a loss to Michigan State in the Elite Eight. Williamson and Barrett still managed to ...
By PAUL HARRIS Associated Press DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Penguins came up empty when they tried to clinch a playoff spot on Tuesday night. Tyler Bertuzzi led the way for the Detroit Red Wings once again. Bertuzzi had two goals and an assist, and Detroit beat Pittsburgh 4-1 for its sixth ...