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D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Tigers Walk It Off, Down the Mighty Dodgers 2-1 at Comerica!

What a night at Comerica Park, where our battling Tigers found a way past the National League's best and beat the Dodgers 2-1 in front of 40,022.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 30, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football Opinion

MI Sports Chat - More Thoughts Aug. 29

The Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc - In what was once The Buick Open stop on the PGA Tour is now known as The Ally Challenge in the Champions Tour with a lot of the past history of the PGA elite golfers competing!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 30, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Rays Blank Our Tigers 3-0, Take the Series at Comerica

It was a quiet, frustrating afternoon at Comerica Park, as the Rays shut out our Tigers 3-0 in front of 21,482 to take the series 2-1.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Camp Breaks in Allen Park as Lions Turn Toward the Saints!

Thursday marked the final practice of training camp at the Meijer Performance Center, and just like that our Lions are done with the grind in Allen Park and pointed at what matters.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Turn Up the Drama at Camp Day 18 as Goff and the Offense Trade Blows With the Defense!

Day 18 down in Allen Park gave us exactly the kind of back-and-forth we live for, as the Lions backed down the intensity and length after going hard Tuesday, yet still packed an hour of practice with situational football that had both sides trading haymakers.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
HS High School · Soccer

Okemos Grabs the No. 1 Spot as Boys Soccer Rankings Drop for 2026-27!

The first Boys Soccer rankings of the 2026-2027 season are out, dated 8/25/2026 from the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association, and our High School squads are already staking their claim.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
HS High School · 🏐 Volleyball

Farmington Hills Mercy Takes the Top Spot in New Girls Volleyball Rankings

The first Girls Volleyball rankings of the 2026-2027 season are out, dated 8/25/2026 and produced by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association, and our Michigan powers are already staking their claims.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Friday Night Lights Are Back: 302 Games Kick Off Week 1 With Goodrich-Frankenmuth Under the Big House Roof!

It's back, and it comes in a flood — 184 games tonight, 112 on Friday, six Saturday, our high school teams pouring back onto the fields with roughly 33,000 players suiting up across the state in the most-played sport we've got.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

High School Football Kicks Off August 28 With a Slate of Showcase Classics!

The wait is over, folks — our high school football teams take the field August 28, and the calendar is loaded with the kind of showcase events that make late summer around here worth circling.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball Editor's Note

Tigers Snap the Skid, Blank the Rays' Rally in a 4-1 Win at Comerica!

The battling Tigers finally broke through, downing Tampa Bay 4-1 at Comerica Park to snap that losing streak and remind us why we keep the faith.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Gobles Steps Up to 11-Player Football, and the Tigers Are Ready

Big change for our Gobles Tigers this fall, folks: after four straight seasons of 8-player ball — a combined 31-10 record and MHSAA Playoff trips in four of the last five years — they're making the jump to 11-player football, where they land in Division 8.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 26, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Land on ESPN's Most-Likely-to-Improve List as Camp Heats Up!

Buckle up, because the national eyes are back on us: ESPN has our Detroit Lions among the teams most likely to improve in 2026, and after watching this camp unfold, it's hard to argue.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 26, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Set Their 53 as Saints Loom at Ford Field on Sept. 13

Cutdown weekend is upon us, Lions faithful, and by 6 p.m.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 26, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Tigers Snap the Skid, Get By the Rays 4-1 at Comerica!

Finally, the losing stops.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 26, 2026
HS High School · Soccer

Ameli, Dzebo Shine as Troy Athens Blanks Northville 3-0 in Hodges' Homecoming!

There is nothing like a clean sheet to open a season, and our Troy Athens Red Hawks gave us one Thursday night, dispatching the Northville Mustangs 3-0 to start the year on the right foot.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 25, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Unveil New Rivalries Uniform for November 1st Clash With the Vikings!

The wait is over, folks: our Lions have pulled the wrapping off the new Rivalries uniform, and it's set to debut November 1st against the Minnesota Vikings.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 25, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Red Wings Training Camp Is Just Over Three Weeks Away!

Grab your calendars, Wings faithful, because the wait is nearly over.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 25, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

ESPN's Panel Puts the Reigning Knicks Atop the East as the Wild Parity Era Rolls On

The parity era just keeps giving us a new king every June — eight different champions since 2019, from the Raptors to the Bucks to last year's reigning Knicks — and now ESPN's expert panel has laid its cards on the table for 2026-27.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 25, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays Take Down Our Tigers 4-1 as the Skid Hits Six Straight

It's getting hard to watch, folks.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 25, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Rookie Moore Announces Himself in Lions Preseason Debut vs. Washington

The wait was worth it.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 24, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Andrew Sears Gets the Call: Tigers' No. 14 Prospect Makes His MLB Debut Sunday!

It's a big day at Kauffman Stadium, as our Tigers hand the ball to a fresh face: Andrew Sears, the No. 14 prospect in the system, is up for his MLB debut Sunday against the Royals.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 24, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Sears Debuts, But Tigers Fall 11-7 as Wild Card Slips Away

It was supposed to be a night to remember for young Andrew Sears, and in flashes it was — the Tigers' No. 14 prospect opened his Major League career with a clean 1-2-3 frame and even struck out Bobby Witt Jr. after a leadoff walk in the fifth.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 24, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football Opinion

Lions Set Their Sights on a Playoff Return

The road back to the playoffs starts now, and for our Lions the mission this season is clear: get back to where this group belongs.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 23, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Hold Off Commanders 17-13 in Preseason Tune-Up at Home!

The Lion's took care of business in Detroit, edging the Washington Commanders 17-13 in a preseason grind that came down to the final minutes, and even without our biggest stars on the field, the Lions found a way to win at home.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 23, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Tigers Injury Report: Riley Greene, Jack Flaherty Working Back as September Nears

The medical ward is crowded down at Comerica, and we've got a lot to keep tabs on as the calendar turns toward September.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Dobbs Gets the Nod Saturday as O'Neill Keeps Making Plays at Camp Day 16

Day 16 down in Allen Park, and while Thursday was a lighter hour in shells — red zone, special teams, a few situations before Friday's walkthrough — the storylines out of the Meijer Performance Center keep stacking up ahead of preseason game No. 2 against Washington on Saturday.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
HS High School · 🏐 Volleyball

No. 1 Valley Lutheran Brings the Whole Band Back for Another Run

A year ago our Saginaw Valley Lutheran girls took a roster filled exclusively with sophomores and juniors all the way to the Division 3 Semifinals, before falling in three sets to a Kalamazoo Christian program that has now reached the Final Four four years running.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
HS High School · Golf

Concord's Haley Stimer Chases 20 Varsity Letters in Her Senior Run

Every once in a while an athlete comes along who does it all, and for us here in Concord that athlete is Haley Stimer — a senior walking into her final year with 15 varsity letters already stitched on her jacket and a goal that has folks talking: 20 letters over four years of high school.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Tabron Commits to Texas A&M as Cass Tech's Title Hopes Ride on Their Junior QB

There's a fresh spring in the step of our Detroit Cass Tech faithful this week, and it's easy to see why: junior quarterback Donald Tabron, one of the top recruits in the country in the Class of 2028, committed to Texas A&M on Saturday.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

River Ryan Headlines Tigers' September Callup Watch as Rosters Expand

September brings roster expansion in Major League Baseball, and the Tigers have a name worth watching as rosters climb from 26 to 28 in less than two weeks.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
HS High School

Glen Lake's Julie Bennett Rows 2,800 Miles Across the Pacific in 40 Days

Every so often a Laker story comes along that stops us cold, and this is one of them: Julie (Adams) Bennett, a 1982 Glen Lake graduate, just rowed clean across the Pacific Ocean.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Seider Cracks the Ranks of the NHL's Elite Defensemen

The word out of Detroit is one Red Wings fans have been waiting to hear: Moritz Seider has reached the ranks of the NHL's elite defensemen.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
S Spartans

Dan Bartholomae Takes the Throne as Michigan State's 22nd Athletic Director

The wait is over, Spartan faithful: Dan Bartholomae was announced as our new Vice President/Director of Athletics at Michigan State University, holding his introductory press conference inside the Tom Izzo Hall of History at the Breslin Center, televised live on the Big Ten Network!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
M Wolverines

Wolverines Draw Penn State as History Favors Our New Man in Charge

The 2026 preseason AP poll is out, and buried in all the SEC noise sits a number that ought to put a little pep in every Michigan fan's step this fall.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Goff Enters His Sixth Season in Detroit as We Look to Bounce Back from 9-8

Lion's QB Jared Goff is heading into his sixth season in Detroit, entering his 11th year overall, and the man just keeps rewriting his own story!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Tommy John, the Man Behind Baseball's Most Famous Surgery, Dies at 83

The somber news out of Bradenton this weekend: Tommy John has passed away at the age of 83, at his home in Florida, after time in hospice with bladder cancer and other ailments.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

The Red Wings Now Own the NHL's Longest Active Playoff Drought

There's no dressing this one up: our Red Wings now own the longest active playoff drought in the entire NHL, and it stings to write.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

Pistons Need Taurean Prince to Inherit Javonte Green's Mantle

We watched Javonte Green become the glue guy last season, the only Piston to suit up for all 82 regular season games and knock down 38% of his triples on three attempts a night, and now the torch has to pass.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Ratledge Shifts to Center as Our Lions Reshuffle the Offensive Line

The offensive line shuffle is in full swing in Detroit, and the Lions are getting creative up front after that 9-8 finish!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
HS High School Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 15, 2026)

Memories that last a lifetime.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 15, 2026
S Spartans

Meet the Spartans Set for Wednesday, Aug. 26 at Spartan Stadium

Mark it down, Spartan faithful: Meet the Spartans lands Wednesday, Aug. 26 at Spartan Stadium, powered by Biggby Coffee, and it won't cost you a dime!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
S Spartans

Spartans Volleyball Lands Six Matches on Big Ten Network for 2026 Season

The Big Ten dropped its nationally-televised volleyball selections Monday, and the Spartans are set for six matches on the Big Ten Network this season!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
M Wolverines

Michigan Volleyball Announces 2026 TV Schedule and Match Times

The wait for the 2026 Michigan volleyball season just got a whole lot easier to circle on the calendar, as the Wolverines announced their match times in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference out of Chicago, and we've got five games picked for national television.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Goff and Our Lions Turn the Page on a 9-8 Season in Allen Park

Out at Allen Park, the Lions got back to work with an intense two-hour Monday practice, and the message from Jared Goff and Dan Campbell was clear: 9-8 doesn't sit right around here!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions' Cade Mays Fractures Wrist, Set to Miss Eight to Ten Weeks

Rough news out of Allen Park this week, Lions faithful, as our new center Cade Mays fractured a small bone in his wrist during a recent training camp practice — and per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, that's expected to sideline him roughly eight to ten weeks.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
M Wolverines

Jason Beck Brings His Up-Tempo Offense to the Big House for 2026

The wait is nearly over, Michigan fans, because Jason Beck is officially the man calling the plays for the Wolverines offense in 2026, and if what he built at Utah is any indication, we are in for a very different brand of football at the Big House this fall!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 10, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

2026 Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic Announces Four Marquee Matchups at Wayne State

The Detroit Sports Commission has announced the game matchups for the 2026 Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic, and the slate is loaded with our best high school football!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 10, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Worst-Case Scenarios Loom Over Our Red Wings Heading Into 2026-27

Ten straight seasons without playoff hockey, and the offseason has only tightened the knot around our beloved Red Wings.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 9, 2026
Pro Teams Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 4, 2026)

There's a line in Hoosiers where Coach Norman Dale, played by Gene Hackman, looks over a thin roster and tells the gym his team is on the floor.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 4, 2026
Pro Teams Editor's Note

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 1, 2026)

MI Sports Chat is All Michigan, All the Time — coverage of everything Michigan sports has to offer, plus some deep thoughts on topics around town.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 1, 2026
S Spartans

MSU Hockey Schedule announced for 2026-27 season

MSU Hockey Season will drop the puck on Nov. 12-15 at South Bend vs Notre Dame before returning back to E. Lansing Nov. 19-22 vs Michigan!

Patrick Lowney · Jun 23, 2026
S Spartans

MSU football and Coach Fitzgerald prep for opener Friday Sept 4 vs Toledo

New head coach Pat Fitzgerald and his staff continue to work with team and get ready for the BIG Football grind!

Patrick Lowney · Jun 23, 2026
M Wolverines

Michigan Men's hockey schedule for 2026-27 season is out!

Michigan Men's Hockey will start their 2026-27 season at Ohio State on Oct. 29-Nov. 1 before returning home to host the Nittany Lions on Nov. 12-15 weekend!

Patrick Lowney · Jun 23, 2026
M Wolverines

Michigan football starts season at 7:30 pm kickoff on Sept 5

Michigan Football is deep in off season prep for the upcoming season but the schedule is shaping out to be another challenging one!

Patrick Lowney · Jun 23, 2026