By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Michigan State’s Cassius Winston is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and Purdue’s Matt Painter is its coach of the year. Winston, Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ were unanimous picks to the AP’s ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer While it might not land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Big Ten was arguably the nation’s top conference during the regular season. The league’s upper-class depth and middle-class drama could make for a fascinating postseason tournament, which ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Lions addressed needs on both sides of the ball while reuniting their coach and general manager with former New England Patriots cornerback Justin Coleman and receiver Danny Amendola. Coleman agreed to a $36 million, four-year contract ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Nick Ward is expected to play for No. 6 Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament nearly a month after having surgery on his left hand. Ward is Michigan State’s second-leading scorer at 15.1 points a game and third-leading rebounder at 6.7 per ...
By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK — The Nets haven’t been to the playoffs in four years. On Monday night, they looked ready to return. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 19 points and Brooklyn held the Detroit Pistons to the lowest shooting percentage in an NBA game in 3 1/2 ...
By BILL WHITEHEAD Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov reached 30 goals for the first time in his career, helping the Florida Panthers rout the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Sunday. Josh Brown and Dryden Hunt each scored their first NHL goal as Florida earned its second ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons are playing one of the biggest games of their season on Monday in Brooklyn. That's why they were happy to get Sunday's game out of the way as quickly as possible. Playing at noon on the day after daylight saving time went ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — All too often this season, the Detroit Pistons’ offense has devolved into throwing Blake Griffin the ball and watching whatever happens. Griffin was happy to see his teammates doing the heavy lifting Wednesday. On a night when the star forward ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer Iowa and Maryland tussled for the Big Ten title all season, with the Terrapins emerging as the outright champions despite a loss at Iowa in late February. The Hawkeyes might get another crack at the Terps in Indianapolis this weekend with a shot at their ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Kenny Goins and Matt McQuaid have been role players for much of their careers at Michigan State. On the same night and in timely fashion, the seniors were stars for the ninth-ranked Spartans. Goins scored 21 of his career-high 24 points in the ...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed defensive end Romeo Okwara to a two-year contract extension. The Lions announced the move Tuesday. Okwara started 14 games for Detroit last season, leading the team with a career-high 7 1/2 sacks. Okwara originally entered the NFL with the New ...
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was impressed with Casey Mize’s brief stint with the major leaguers. “The kid was awesome. He had a ball here,” Gardenhire said. “Having him pitch yesterday and seeing him out there was impressive.” Mize, the No. 1 ...
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon wiped away a season’s worth of overtime frustration with a goal that was critical to Colorado’s playoff push. MacKinnon scored 2:29 into OT and also had an assist to help the Avalanche rally past the skidding Detroit Red Wings ...
(AP) — Jim Delany helped the Big Ten grow to 14 schools, launched the first athletic conference television network and helped construct the College Football Playoff while steadfastly protecting the league’s relationship with the Rose Bowl. Over three decades, as Big Ten revenues soared ...
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — When Michael Fulmer arrived in the major leagues in 2016, his impact was impressive and immediate. Now, the Detroit right-hander will settle for steady progress. Three years after that sparkling debut season, Fulmer is at a bit of a crossroads. He won AL Rookie of the ...
DETROIT (AP) — Plans are moving forward for the demolition of the former home of the Detroit Red Wings in downtown Detroit. Detroit Building Authority Director Tyrone Clifton tells the Detroit Free Press that demolition of Joe Louis Arena is expected to begin in the next four to six weeks ...
By LARRY LAGE and NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writers DETROIT — Ted Lindsay lived to do what he thought was right. He pioneered the first NHL players’ union despite intense opposition from team management, began the tradition of taking the Stanley Cup closer to fans by skating it around the ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons may be peaking at the right time, winning nine of 11 games to surge in the standings, and would probably feel confident about their chances if they match up with Toronto in the playoffs. The Pistons, though, will likely have to ...
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Playing with intensity and emotion after being cut down to size in defeat, Michigan used a strong performance from its relentless starting lineup to remain in the hunt for the Big Ten title. Ignas Brazdeikis scored 21 points, Jon Teske ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Cassius Winston is a reflection of his parents and Michigan State is reaping the benefits. The point guard plays and sounds like his soft-spoken father, Reg. The junior controls the tempo, speeding it up at times and taking it slow at others, ...