Category Archives: WJR Sports
Nobody does Opening Day like Detroit, as Tigers beat Royals
By: Trevor Hooth DETROIT — There are few places where the first home game of the major league baseball season can be considered a holiday. However, right on schedule, Michiganders take off work ...
Apr 5, 2019
Tigers OF Christin Stewart flashes potential in Astros series
By: Trevor HoothFor a team in a rebuilding stage, such as the Detroit Tigers, September roster expansion means seeing players that will become the future of the franchise. This September, the player t...
Sep 13, 2018
Justin Verlander returns to Comerica Park to standing ovation
By: Trevor Hooth Justin Verlander trots out to the mound at Comerica Park like he has done hundreds of times before. He goes through his warm-ups, the crowd is giddy with anticipation for first pitch....
Sep 11, 2018
Lions’ Frank Ragnow is excited for first padded practice: ‘It’s real football now’
Photo: WJR By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK — Frank Ragnow, the Lions’ 2018 first-round draft pick out of Arkansas, hasn’t been in pads since suffering a season-ending ankle injury during...
Jul 29, 2018
Lions’ Golden Tate awaits new contract, congratulates receivers who signed ‘big deals’
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK - Lions wide receiver Golden Tate is entering the final year of his five-year contract, which he signed back in 2014, but the veteran doesn’t ...
Jul 27, 2018
Matthew Stafford is out to prove himself right, not prove everybody wrong
Photo: WJR ALLEN PARK - Matthew Stafford is entering his 10th season as Lions quarterback, thus entering his 10th training camp. While acknowledging he’s not in his 20s anymore, the veteran sign...
Jul 27, 2018
Tigers draft son of Roger Clemens, 7 others on 2nd day of MLB Draft
By: Trevor HoothThe Detroit Tigers made a big splash on Day 1 of the MLB Draft by taking Auburn star Casey Mize with the No. 1 overall pick. They followed it up by taking outfielder Parker Meadows, th...
Jun 6, 2018
Tigers select P Casey Mize, OF Parker Meadows on 1st day of MLB Draft
By: Trevor HoothThe day the Detroit Tigers have been waiting for since they finished with the worst record in baseball last season. They already got Victor Reyes out of the deal, and now it is time to...
Jun 5, 2018
Lions’ Jarrad Davis: Matt Patricia is family
Photo: DetroitLions.com By Michael Stets DETROIT - As far as Lions second-year linebacker Jarrad Davis is concerned, once you don the Honolulu blue and silver, you become a family member. And that, of...
May 17, 2018
Lions, Matt Patricia respond to report of 1996 sexual assault indictment
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets Lions head coach Matt Patricia, as well as the team’s front office and ownership, released statements late on Wednesday evening after a Detroit News repo...
May 10, 2018
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