By Matt Pelc
The Tigers made a move on the day of the trading deadline which adds some depth to a rotation that lacked some after the big arms of Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson when they picked up Jarrod Washburn (8-6, 2.64 this season) from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Luke French, who had [...]

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By Brian Rexroth and Matt Pelc
Lions training camp opens on Friday and the NFL season will officially begin.
Let’s look at the positives, coming off an 0-16 season, if we win one game this year we will have 100 percent improvement over last year’s mess of a season.
Many questions will need to be answered but most [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It’s another piping hot Wednesday full of absolute wonder.
So without further ado, let’s get wondering.
ADIOS BRETT FAVRE
I have tried, I really have, to keep JLABANNERS.com a Brett Favre-free zone.
Last summer when I worked on another site, all we ever wrote about for a couple weeks was Favre and his drama of waffling on [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I came across this while doing the writing for my “day” job.
MLB: WHITE SOX BATTLE IN DUGOUT IN LOSS
I always thought A.J. Pierzynski was a bit of a punk and have loathed him as the ugly, redneck face of an ugly redneck team from Chicago and I think this (fighting with Alexi Ramirez) [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Golf fans, this weekend might be your last chance to catch Tiger Woods in Grand Blanc Michigan for the state’s only PGA tour event.  After 51 years, the Buick Open is most likely going away due to sponsor Buick pulling out after this year’s event.  Tom Pernice Jr., a member of the tournament’s [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I initially liked the hiring of Rich Rodriguez a year ago and despite suffering the worst season that any Michigan fan could have ever imagined in their worst nightmares, I had still supported Rich-Rod, saying that he needs a couple years to implement his system and his players.
Now with just about a month [...]

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By Matt Pelc

Perhaps the chosen one, Brett Favre, should not have delayed his decision on whether or not to return to football, because he is about to be upstaged.
The NFL announced on Monday that they would “conditionally reinstate” Michael Vick for the 2009 football season.
ESPN: VICK CLEARED FOR PRESEASON PARTICIPATION
Vick will be allowed to participate [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Last week all of us Tiger fans, me especially, became increasingly nervous with the fact that the Tigers seemed to be handing the division over to the Chicago White Sox and that Chicago had all the momentum after Mark Buerhle threw a perfect game on Thursday.
The teams came into this past weekend’s series [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Spartans have been picked for third in the Big Ten, behind Ohio State and Penn State, at one and two, respectively.
Today is the Big Ten’s media day in Chicago.
FREEP: MEDIA PICKS MSU TO FINISH THIRD
Meanwhile, for the first time in a long, long time (I believe the Wolverines were picked at three [...]

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By Brian Rexroth

After this summer the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull, what was known for many years as simply “the corner” is no more.  And with the demolition many memories of baseball history and time spent with friends, family, and complete strangers are left behind for all of the Michiganders who enjoyed afternoons at the [...]

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