Category Archives: Detroit Pistons

Massive trade sends Legislature, Governor to Guam

April 1, 2007 – 1:55 pm

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 exchange for left [...]

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Just go read it: Tuesday Edition

March 28, 2007 – 9:26 am

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 Lake Superior [...]

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Joe Dumars, Flip Saunders and the Gopher in the corner

February 28, 2007 – 8:55 am

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 means in [...]

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Interview with Detroit Piston writer Krista Jahnke

February 7, 2007 – 10:12 am

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. Four of [...]

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State of the 2007 Detroit Pistons

December 13, 2006 – 10:23 am

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

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Detroit Pistons 2006 Basketball Preview

October 30, 2006 – 11:28 am

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, they are also [...]

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