Category Archives: WJR Sports
New Lions Leadership Raises Hopes for Playoffs Run
Photo ~ Nuccio DiNuzzo / Getty Images December 8, 2020 ~ Steve Courtney and Paul W. Smith talk with Interim Head Coad Darrell Bevell about the Lions' win this past Sunday against the Bears in this, hi...
Dec 08, 2020
Matthew Stafford Talks Management Changes with Mitch Albom
Photo: Grant Halverson / Getty ImagesDETROIT, December 1, 2020 ~ Detroit Lions Quarterback Matthew Stafford speaks with WJR's Mitch Albom about the team's recent dismissals of Head Coach Matt Patricia...
Dec 01, 2020
Lions fire head coach Matt Patricia, General Manager Bob Quinn
Matt Patricia (Photo: Detroitlions.com) By Michael Stets Two days after the embarrassing 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving, the Lions have fire...
Nov 28, 2020
Detroit Piston Select Killian Hayes with the Seventh Pick in the 2020 NBA Draft
(Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) Detroit, Michigan - The Detroit Pistons announced tonight that the club has selected Killian Hayes with the seventh overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Hayes, 6-5, 21...
Nov 19, 2020
Tyler Bertuzzi Awarded One-Year Contract
DETROIT, October 27, 2020 - Detroit Red Wings left wing Tyler Bertuzzi today was awarded a one-year, $3.5 million contract. The terms of the contract were based on the ruling of an independent arbitra...
Oct 28, 2020
Detroit Adds Defensemen Troy Stecher
(Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) DETROIT, October 10, 2020 - The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with defenseman Troy Stecher on a two-year contract. Stecher, 26, has accrued four ...
Oct 12, 2020
Namestnikov Agrees to Terms with Detroit
(Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images) Detroit October 11, 2020 - The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with center Vladislav Namestnikov on a two-year contract. Namestnikov, 27, was orig...
Oct 12, 2020
Red Wings Add Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo and Kevin Boyle
(Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Detroit October 9, 2020 - The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with right wing Riley Barber on a two-year contract and center Kyle Crisc...
Oct 09, 2020
Red Wings Agree to One-Year Deal with Bobby Ryan
(Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images) DETROIT October 9, 2020 - The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with right wing Bobby Ryan on a one-year contract. Ryan spent the las...
Oct 09, 2020
Red Wings Agree To One Year Extensions With Adam Erne and Taro Hirose
(Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images) DETROIT, October 8, 2020 - The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with left wings Adam Erne and Taro Hirose on one-year contract extensions. Erne, 25...
Oct 08, 2020
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April 17, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson spoke with Nolan Finley, Detroit News opinion editor. They discussed Sen. Slotkin’s presidential ambitions and Finley’s related column, “Ready or not, here comes Elissa Slotkin in ’28.”
April 17, 2026 ~ Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters joins Kevin Dietz to discuss tax returns, political accountability, and what’s ahead heading into the midterm elections.
April 17, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson spoke with State Sen. Michael Webber. Webber discussed his bipartisan bill, which aims to protect local government funding and provide stability for essential community services.
