By Brian Rexroth
Sports Guy Bill Simmons most recent offering chronicles the history and intricacies of the NBA, according to the author.  Even reading this book is no small undertaking and at 700 pages, the reader is told by the author that it should be read over the course of a few weeks.
I enjoyed this book [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With a little more than two weeks left until the NBA trade deadline on February 18th and the team in the bottom of not only the Central Division but also in almost every statistical category compared to the rest of the league, Piston President Joe Dumars is sticking close to his vest about [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Last week, we talked about the possibilities of the Red Wings and Pistons sharing an arena in Detroit and the fact that the Red Wings may be playing their games at the Palace while things sort themselves out for a new arena in the city.
We covered the possibilities in that last article, but [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
I stumbled across the following site allowing fans to simulate the NBA Draft Lottery and wanted to bring it up here and see what people thought about it and others like it that in my opinion jump the gun of the sports year’s natural progression and kind of ruin the fun of a sports [...]

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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 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 Brian Rexroth
The Detroit Pistons shooting woes of late must be the cause of some sort of drugging by a higher basketball power than we mere mortals can imagine.  Despite the return of both Richard “Rip” Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince, the Pistons have barely shot 40% from the field and despite shooting more shots than [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With the clock ticking down on 2009 and the end of a year and a decade in sports, one is left to reflect what does sport mean in your life?  To me, either playing or watching sports (or a great sports movie–my personal favorites both golf movies Caddyshack or Tin Cup) is a [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The other day I helped my three-year old daughter Kelsey write her letter to Santa and of course she told the jolly old fat man that she wanted the moon and the stars.
For a kid, once Christmas morning comes and there are scores of gleaming and neatly wrapped (as long as the wife, [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Behind the shooting of Rodney Stuckey, the growth of Jonas Jerebko, the rebounding of Ben Wallace, and the unlikely step up of a veteran in Chucky Atkins, the Pistons have now won four out of their last five contests.  The Pistons hand AI’s old/new team, the Philidelphia 76ers, their 11th loss in a [...]

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