Bear McBride The Detroit Lions have spent the offseason renovating their ground game. After another dismal display of rushing in 2017, General Manager Bob Quinn made it a priority to repair the running attack which has been reflected through his signings in the free agency and NFL Draft. Most notably Quinn picked up new pieces for the offensive line, … Read more
With the 20th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Bob Quinn and the Detroit Lions selected Interior Offensive Lineman Frank Ragnow from Arkansas. “Anybody hit their mock draft this year?” That was the first thing Quinn said in his post-round press conference last night. For the vast majority of media members, analysts, and myself, the … Read more
The NFL draft is a game of psychological chess where smokescreens, decoys, and fake news is pumped out by GMs so they can throw other teams off their trail. As ridiculous as that sounds, it is also stupid amounts of fun to try to figure these guys out by making mock drafts. The conversation about … Read more
JaCoby Jones becomes the second Tiger in three days to end a game with a walk-off home run. This time it was in the 10th inning off of Royals reliever Brad Keller to give the Tigers a 3-2 win in their series opener. Jones led off the inning and sent a 2-2 laser over the left field … Read more
Five-time All-Star Victor Martinez is likely calling it a career at the end of the 2018 season. The switch-hitting DH alluded to his retirement in a reflective interview with MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince. In the interview, V-mart recalled leaving the field during last year’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays where he needed electroshock therapy to … Read more
For the first time in three years, Detroit Lions lineman T.J. Lang is not spending his offseason recovering from a major injury or surgery. Lang expressed his happiness about his health, and displayed some excitement for the signings of LeGarrette Blount and Matt Patricia in a press conference on Thursday. Embed from Getty Images The … Read more
As Miguel Cabrera was taking a sip of coffee in the clubhouse preparing for extra innings on his birthday, Dixon Machado ended Wednesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game was a 2-1 affair heading into the eighth inning, which included a solid … Read more
It’s week 2 in preseason play, and the Detroit Lions are off to Oakland to take on the Raiders in this week’s Friday night match-up. Detroit will be looking to noticeably improve from last week’s performance against the Browns, especially on the defensive side of the ball. The coaches will be expecting the offense to … Read more
DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers (65-54; 2nd in AL Central) will see a very familiar face manning center field during their three game set against the Seattle Mariners (65-55; 3rd in AL West), beginning on Friday. Austin Jackson will be back in action at Comerica Park, taking the field he defended for Detroit since 2010. … Read more
DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers’ bats finally heated up in game three of the four game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. A game in which Buck Farmer, a rookie who was throwing in Class A ball a few weeks ago, made his MLB debut. Leading the offensive charge, Nick Castellanos and Victor Martinez both had … Read more
Matchup: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Detroit Red Wings Venue: Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, MI Time: 5:00 PM EST Television: Detroit – FSD+, Tampa – SUN The Detroit Red Wings (15-10-9, 39 points, 4th place Atlantic Division), are now in the midst of a 4-game losing streak. The sudden lack of offensive production mixed with the … Read more
It was a shell of what the game will look like come Week 1, but don’t let the low score fool you. The Lions’ first preseason game against the Browns brought a lot of position battles, player analyses, and coaching strategies into the spotlight. Detroit ultimately pulled off a 1-point victory off of a late … Read more
102 years. 28 United States Presidents. Two World Wars. The addition of two of the United States. 101 World Series Champions. It has been over a century since the Detroit Tigers had scored in every inning of a home game. On Saturday night, the 42,811 fans who were in attendance at Comerica Park (not to … Read more
DETROIT – With under a half hour on the clock to make a move, Dave Dombrowski and the Tigers struck a three-team deal to acquire David Price to add more firepower to the already-dominant starting rotation. Price, a 4-time All-Star winning the Cy Young award and MVP award in 2012, has been an ace off of the … Read more
DETROIT – It took all of one-third of an inning for the Tigers to match their total offensive output of the previous four games combined, peppering White Sox starter Hector Noesi for six hits and six runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Austin Jackson struck out to begin the bottom of the … Read more
