Category Archives: Sports

Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2011: Play Ball!

March 31, 2011 – 9:18 am

“You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” ~Joe DiMaggio on Opening Day On The First Day of the Baseball Season, Every Team is in First Place (and other cliches) by DetroitDerek Photography It’s probably fitting to lead off with that quote [...]

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Pistons to Retire Dennis Rodman’s #10 Jersey on April 1st

March 28, 2011 – 10:01 am

The Detroit Pistons are retiring the jersey of Dennis Rodman this Friday (April 1) when the Pistons host the Chicago Bulls. Wikipedia’s entry for Dennis Rodman notes that that Rodman was voted to the NBA All-Defensive First Team seven times and was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year twice. He led the NBA in [...]

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March Michigan Event Calendar

March 10, 2011 – 7:45 am

Approaching Spring by mayerdavid1978 (sorry this update is a little late!) Our Michigan event calendar for the month of March features all kinds of signs that spring is just around the corner with some cautious reminders that objects around the corner may be further off than they appear. Quotes “March is a tomboy with tousled [...]

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Big Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons

December 23, 2010 – 9:15 am

The Detroit Pistons are having a pretty rough year, but at least they were able to Ben Wallace’s 1000th game. Wallace joined Avery Johnson and Moses Malone as the only undrafted players to reach the 1,000-game mark. That milestone came a few weeks after another much more significant achievement, Wallace’s 10,000th rebound. Wikipedia says that [...]

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Big Chill, Big House, Big Crowd

December 13, 2010 – 9:11 am

The Big Chill by Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com On Saturday (December 11 2010) the University of Michigan Wolverines met the Michigan State University Spartans in The Big Chill at the Big House (Wikipedia entry). A world-record smashing crowd of 113,411 saw the Wolverines pummel the Spartans 5-0, and UM AD Dave Brandon left open the [...]

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Seeking Michigan: Gobblers and the Gridiron

November 23, 2010 – 10:06 am

Seeking Michigan was established to connect you to the stories of our great state. The name is derived from the state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. 1934 Thanksgiving Day Game University of [...]

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Remembering Tiger Manager George “Sparky” Anderson

November 5, 2010 – 10:27 am

“My Daddy said ‘it will never cost you a dime son to be nice.’ I will never forget that. I was eleven years old and I will die with that because that means so much to me.” ~ George “Sparky” Anderson Wikipedia says that Sparky Anderson, who passed away yesterday at the age of 76, [...]

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2010-2010 Detroit Pistons Preview

October 25, 2010 – 7:59 am

Pistons at Timberwolves by First Team Photo Wikipedia notes that last year was the worst since 1994 for the Detroit Pistons as they finished with a 27-55 record, last in the Central Division. 2010-2011 starts with the roster, and the change starts with their two rookies. In her 2010-2011 Pistons Preview, Natalie writes: If you [...]

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Tracy McGrady is a Detroit Piston

August 17, 2010 – 8:43 am

Tracy McGrady by Keith Allison Those of you who weren’t producing a giant wine festival might have noticed that the Detroit Pistons signed 31 year-old all star Tracy McGrady. Yesterday, they made it official. Michael Rosenberg writes that the Pistons have nothing to lose with Tracy McGrady: Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars signed [...]

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Will Tom Izzo be a Cleveland Cavalier or MSU Spartan?

June 14, 2010 – 6:46 am

“I decided that this decision would put me here for life or not. I knew at the beginning, whatever decision I made, it was a decision for life.” ~Tom Izzo UPDATE: Tom Izzo chooses to stay at MSU. That wind you’re feeling is a sigh of relief from Spartan basketball fans as the winningest coach [...]

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