Steve Yzerman through the years

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‘We needed this’: Gardenhire’s message helps Tigers vanquish five-game skid

The Tigers big boppers combined for five hits and four RBIs in a 9-7 win over the White Sox on Thursday.

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‘We’ll just continue to win’: UM confident in future, even with early departures

No matter what Michigan’s roster looks like by next month, don’t expect the returning Wolverines to lower their expectations for next season.

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Former four-star recruit Myles Sims transferring from Michigan

Mike Zordich, Michigan’s cornerbacks coach, did not mention Sims when he was offering an evaluation of the corners during a news conference this week.

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MSU mailbag: Plenty of concerns on offense; defense, not so much

The News' Matt Charboneau answers your questions on football and basketball.

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CMU fires gymnastics coach for urging athlete to lie about concussion

The university will self-report the incident to the NCAA, as it could be a violation, the university said in announcing Jerry Reighard's firing.

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Lions GM Bob Quinn: We lack ammunition to trade up to top of draft

Quinn has repeatedly made it clear he'd prefer to trade down and add more picks.

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Lions not making contingency plans for QB Matthew Stafford

Stafford's wife, Kelly, was scheduled to have a brain tumor removed on Wednesday.

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Lions won’t be deterred from drafting an undersized defender

There are many defensive players in the upcoming draft class who are considered less than ideal in some facet.

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Lions 2019 draft preview: It’s a good year to need a tight end

The Lions' tight ends under-delivered in 2018, leading to another revamp of the room. There are plenty of options to complete the overall in this draft.

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Trieu: In Snow, MSU gets ‘physical’ player with strong ties to Spartans

The commitment of Darius Snow to Michigan State has been a long time coming.

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‘Good change of scenery:’ James McCann back at Comerica after Tigers breakup

When the Tigers opted not to tender him a contract last winter, in his second year of arbitration, it hurt.

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Tigers put Christin Stewart on the injured list; Brandon Dixon up

Stewart felt a spasm in his medial quad muscle after he flew out in the eighth inning Wednesday.

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Tigers’ Spencer Turnbull keeps spinning his magical cutter

Hitters this season are 0-for-18 against Turnbull's cut fastball. He got four strikeouts with it Wednesday night.

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Prep baseball preview: David Goricki’s top teams

Woodhaven tops the rankings, with five starters returning from last year's team that made the state finals.

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Prep baseball preview: David Goricki’s top players

Woodhaven lefty Colin Czajkonwski, who is Michigan bound, is the No. 1-ranked player in the Metro Detroit area.

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Thursday’s NBA playoffs: 76ers cut down Nets without Embiid

Without their All-Star man in the middle, the 76ers relied on Ben Simmons slashing to the basket and Tobias Harris shooting from the perimeter.

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Thursday’s NHL playoffs: Hurricanes ‘hold serve,’ even series with Capitals

Carolina beat the defending Stanley Cup champions, 2-1, to square the series at two games apiece, with Teuvo Teravainen scoring the go-ahead goal.

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Spencer Pigot revving up to ‘be a force’ in IndyCar

Pigot is still looking for his first top-10 finish of the season after finishing 11th at St. Petersburg and Austin, 17th in Alabama and 18th at Long Beach.

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Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin, Luke Glendening heading to world championships with Team USA

Both Red Wings are listed on the preliminary roster released Thursday by USA Hockey. Jeff Blashill is coaching for the third consecutive year.

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Lions yuk it up in hilarious ‘group text’ unveiling 2019 schedule

In announcing the regular-season schedules, each team seemed to be trying to outdo the others in terms of creativity. And the Lions did quite well.

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WMU adds home-and-home with Pitt, Syracuse; here are each state team’s future nonconference foes

Syracuse will play in Kalamazoo on Sept. 26, 2020, while Pittsburgh will visit Western Sept. 17, 2022.

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Solid first half isn’t enough as Pistons fall to Bucks in Game 2

After an embarrassing Game 1 loss, the Pistons played better in Game 2. It turns out that even their better wasn’t enough.

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Lions schedule unveiled: Here are five observations

The Lions will open on the road, followed by a stretch against three playoff teams from a year ago and close the season hosting the Green Bay Packers.

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With Bush’s departure, Michigan linebackers shoot for ‘higher standard’

On paper, it appears life post-Devin Bush could be difficult for the Michigan linebacker corps.

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Michigan State lands 4-star safety Darius Snow, son of ex-MSU hoops star Eric Snow

The 6-foot, 215-pound Snow is the nation's 20th-ranked safety, according to the 247Sports composite, and ranked No. 31 overall in the state of Texas.

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Frustration, injuries, hitting woes piling up as Tigers drop 5th straight

Spencer Turnbull pitched a strong six innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs, but he's still searching for first career win

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‘He’ll be ready’: MSU’s Brian Lewerke ready to shake off bad attitude, bad season

By the time he’d finished, Lewerke played in 11 games, starting 10. He threw at least one interception in all but one game.

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4-star guard ‘Rocket’ Watts makes it official, signs with Michigan State

Mark “Rocket” Watts, the first commitment to Tom Izzo’s 2019 class, signed his national letter of intent, the first day of the spring signing period.

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Michigan’s Charles Matthews to forgo final season, stay in NBA draft

Charles Matthews, a redshirt junior, announced on Wednesday that he will forgo his final season of eligibility at Michigan and stay in the NBA draft.

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Michigan’s Ignas Brazdeikis, Jordan Poole still in wait-and-see mode for NBA draft

Before the team’s awards banquet at Crisler Center on Wednesday, Brazdeikis and Poole both said they haven’t made up their minds on whether they’ll head to the NBA and will weigh all their options as the pre-draft process unfolds over the next month.

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Lions 2019 draft preview: Starters return, but Detroit lacks depth at LB

It's not a great year to be going into the draft needing a linebacker, so it's probably a good thing the Lions are returning their starting tandem.

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Here are MSU’s Big Ten opponents for the 2019-20 basketball season

Michigan State faces Michigan, Wisconsin and Maryland — the three teams that finished 3-5 this season in the Big Ten — both home and away.

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Here are Michigan’s Big Ten opponents for the 2019-20 basketball season

Michigan will play Indiana, Penn State and Wisconsin at home only and will have single-play road games at Maryland, Minnesota and Northwestern.

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Tigers’ Matt Moore will miss rest of season after knee surgery

Moore, who worked 10 scoreless innings to open the season, will miss the remainder of the 2019 season after undergoing meniscus surgery in Dallas.

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Lions grinding through offseason program without Matthew Stafford, Damon Harrison

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is taking care of his wife as she has a brain tumor removed.

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Griffins carry long losing skid, but fresh start, into playoffs

The Grand Rapids Griffins are heading into the playoffs — it's just not the way they envisioned. They're riding a nine-game losing streak.

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UM’s Don Brown says new offense helps his defense

Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown met with the media Friday.

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Friday sports on TV/radio

A complete listing of the day's sports on TV/radio.

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Notable sports deaths in 2019 (Updated: April 15)

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