By Brian Rexroth
Oakland University is in The Big Dance, but the question on everyone’s mind is who else will be dancing from the State of Michigan?  Oakland defeated IUPUI 76-64 to claim the Summit League Championship and advance via automatic bid to the field of 65.  This will be OU’s second NCAA Tournament appearance after [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I have a confession to make: I love football.
I know, that is an earth-shattering statement.
Readers of this site know that I must love football to devote my life to the Detroit Lions comedy show–or perhaps that means I hate football, but at least I think I love football.
With that said, enough is enough [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
As much as the signs of spring are beginning to show their face, we here at least in the north are not feeling much spring in our step instead having to un-bury ourselves from a mountain of snow.
Here are a few things I am looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
As the NBA trade deadline approaches at 3pm today and the rumors subside, it is clear that the Detroit Pistons will not be making a splash in the trade market until at least the end of the season.  The contracts of Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Ben Gordon, Jason Maxiel and Charlie V are [...]

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By Matt Pelc
In sports, the bad usually balances out the good.
For every Cleveland Cavaliers, there is a New Jersey Nets. For every New Orleans Saints there is a Detroit Lions, but in the NHL the good teams seem to outnumber the bad teams.
A good team is usually a team that finishes above .500.
We often lament [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Not since the likes of Bo Jackson and “Neon” Deon Sanders have we seen too many two sport athletes in sports.  Understandable given the money the teams have invested in the athletes and the multiple clauses in contracts that stipulate that the athletes are not allowed to partake in dangerous sports activities such [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Talks have sparked up this past week about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament being expanded from its current format of 65 teams (gotta love that play in game), to 96 teams.  The NCAA has the option this summer to opt out of its current CBS contract this summer to broadcast the games.
To me, [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Bah, football season is over.
It just seems like yesterday we put a countdown clock on the site to commemorate the upcoming football season. I remember it being around 45 days or so when we first put it up, making football season seem so far away. The season now seems like a blur and [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Coached by none other than Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz, the North All Star Team defeated the South All Star Team 31-13 in Mobile Alabama’s 2010 60th playing of the annual Senior Bowl.  Aside from winning the game, state of Michigan Senior’s had good outings in the game including Central Michigan’s Dan Lefevour [...]

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By Matt Pelc
So earlier today I predicted that the Indianapolis Colts would defeat the New York Jets to head to the Super Bowl.
So there is a chance that the two teams that were the best in each of their conference all season long could meet up in the Super Bowl, so will the New Orleans [...]

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