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 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 Brian Rexroth
With the recent “Big Wins” by Michigan and the Detroit Pistons against top teams the thought came to me, what does a “Big Win” really mean to the rest of the season or even the next game?  It makes good headlines for sure, but what does it really mean in the scheme of [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Fitting that with the advent of  the tmony.com site we would have our first movie review here on jlabanners.
Ever since I heard about the premise for this movie I was excited to check it out when it released.  Big Fan is about a fan of the New York Giants played by Patton Oswalt, [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
There would be no better time than now to turn this 13 game losing streak around than with a winning streak against a strife ridden Washington Wizards team with the Gilbert Arenas fiasco and two games against an underperforming New York Knicks team that was one of the losses in the streak.
In more than half [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Ford Field has been the site of many attendance records in recent years and in the recent trend of utilizing NFL stadiums for sporting events other than NFL Football (In the Lions case if you can call it that).  It has been the site of record attendance at an NCAA Basketball Championship game during the 2009 Final [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Yesterday we discussed Saturday’s games that pits the New York Jets against the AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals and the NFC East rivals Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys playing for a second straight week in Cowboys Stadium.
Following the Saturday action, the 2009 wild-card weekend concludes with two games on Sunday.
Again, remember the Saints, [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I can always gauge my interest in a sport with the frequency I watch the postseason when my team is eliminated.
For the past decade, my football team, the Detroit Lions, have been eliminated from the postseason usually by the end of September, yet despite their presence in the postseason more infrequent than a [...]

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By Nick Raubenolt
Notre Dame has settled on their new head coach, a mere 10 days into their search.

Brian Kelly has been hired to replace Charlie Weiseffective Today, Friday December 11th, 2009. Kelly signed a 5 year deal which has been the norm at most colleges. He will have a press conference today at 1:30pm from [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The past few days in college football are perhaps the most exciting for me as a fan of the sport.  I am not a fan of a potential playoff system and I feel that if every conference could settle their own business on the field, i.e. a championship game, than both the bowl [...]

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