Category Archives: Detroit Pistons

Photo Friday: Detroit Skyline by Paul Hitz

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say “Wow.” It’s probably obvious from this photo that Paul loves his city. If not, a visit to the Detroit Tigers or Detroit Pistons groups he helps to manage might help, and the fact that he stepped in to oversee the complexity of exposure.Detroit [...]

Piston’s Tayshaun Prince to play for USA Basketball

In ESPN’s Daily Dime for May 23, Rick Bucher writes: The lip service USA Basketball has paid to selecting more than a glorified All-Star team to represent the country has finally taken a turn with the addition of Pistons small forward Tayshaun Prince. He, of course, never has been an All-Star. He’s simply a winner, [...]

Detroit Pistons / Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Eastern Conference Finals Preview

I was going to scour the web, looking for all the best posts on the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers which start tonight. Fortunately, my first stop was Matt Watson’s Detroit Bad Boys post So, Cleveland, we meet again. Pretty much all I have to do now is [...]

Detroit is top-rated sports city … mostly

The latest issue of ESPN: The Magazine has their “Ultimate Standings” for US sports franchises. It will come as little surprise to learn that Detroit scored three teams in the top 20 for the 2007 rankings. The rankings are a combination of record, ownership/management, coaching, players, affordability, fan relations, stadium experience and “bang for the [...]

Massive trade sends Legislature, Governor to Guam

Dave Dombrowski, Joe Dumars & Jim Leyland, shown evaluating their new acquisitions. DATELINE: APRIL 1, 2007, LANSING, MICHIGAN Residents of Michigan were stunned today by the announcement of a massive trade that sent Michigan’s full House, Senate, Governor and a number of key government officials to be named later to the Territory of Guam in [...]

Just go read it: Tuesday Edition

Mew by Nicole Rork Journalist and journalism professor Jack Lessenberry says Journalism is sort of the nation’s circulatory system. Journalists at their best carry light, air, and information throughout society. Science Daily (via Dave Dempsey) reports that new analysis of data from buoys, weather stations, and historical ice records indicates that summer surface temperatures of [...]

Joe Dumars, Flip Saunders and the Gopher in the corner

Saunders by MichSt In an excellent post this morning, Joe Dumars addresses the Flip Saunders question, Matt Watson over at Detroit Bad Boys analyzes Detroit Piston President Joe Dumars’ appearance on ESPN’s Daily Dish Podcast. Matt writes: I’ve listened to this a couple of times and I can’t make up my mind what he really [...]

Interview with Detroit Piston writer Krista Jahnke

HORNETS Vs Pistons by Jennifer Pitts Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys has a great interview with Detroit Free Press beat reporter Krista Jahnke. It’s a great and wide-ranging interview that takes you a little closer to what it’s like covering the team. The pre-game locker room situation is not great for us beat writers. [...]

State of the 2007 Detroit Pistons

:grumble: A browser crash and a masterful Pistons’ quarter-season update vanishes. Hopefully the recreation captures some of it… Share this:

Detroit Pistons 2006 Basketball Preview

Watch the 2007 Detroit Pistons Trailer Video! Jump Ball by Ryan Imitates Art Heat Over Pistons photo-set For our 2006 Pistons Preview, we need to start where we ended: as one on the best four teams in the NBA. While memories of Pistons v. Heat like Ryan’s great set of photos are no doubt painful, [...]