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Red Wing Chris Osgood’s No. 30 Ought to Hang from Rafters Post-Retirement
Posted: 21st October 2009 by Greg Eno in NHL
So this much we know. One evening, in the not-too-distant future, fans will look to the rafters at Joe Louis Arenaùor wherever the Red Wings will be playing by thenùand see a large red "jersey" with a white No. 5 and the name "LIDSTROM" adorning it, the years played for the Red Wings listed below it, in red on a white band. That much we know. But, ...
Detroit Lions: Momma Said There’d Still Be More Days Like This
Posted: 19th October 2009 by Greg Eno in NFL
Things are apparently so bad with the Lions that they donÆt even show up for their games anymore.
The Lions yesterday set football back in Detroit all the way toà2008.
If this is them turning the corner, then they just ran smack dab into a bus, like that girl in that scene from ôFinal Destination.ö
WHAM!!
The Green Bay Packers, if this was dinner time, would have been scolded by their mother for playing ...
David Dombrowski has been President/GM of the Tigers for eight baseball seasons, and just what has the team accomplished?
One playoff appearance.
DD is 1-for-8, and thatÆs a .125 BAùsomething that even Gerald Laird would scoff at.
ItÆs time to take a serious look at how Dombrowski has been minding the store.
ItÆs one thing to miss the playoffs; itÆs quite another to do so consistently in a notoriously weak division. ItÆs yet another ...
Detroit’s Spanking from Buffalo Could Leave Positive Mark on Red Wings
Posted: 14th October 2009 by Greg Eno in NHL
The Red Wings got a good, old-fashioned facewash Tuesday night in Buffalo. A regular butt kicking. The Sabres booted the Red Wings halfway back to Detroit, using a second period, four-goal barrage to beat them, 6-2.
It was utter, total annihilation, dropping the team to 2-3 on the season.
And thatÆs a good thing.
DonÆt look at me that way. Send back the men in the white jackets. Put the thermometer away. IÆm ...
Red Wings’ Enforcer Dennis Polonich Never Same After Brutal Attack
Posted: 10th October 2009 by Greg Eno in NHL
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Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, as he is wont to do, succinctly summarized why his team had signed Brad May to a contract.
ôWe had him for a few exhibition games and no one bothered our guys,ö Babcock said. ôThen we didnÆt have him and people started taking some liberties.
ôI donÆt mind it when tough guys are tough guys. But when guys who arenÆt tough start playing tough, that drives me ...
The Tigers played a baseball game Tuesday that we wonÆt forget, to end a season we certainly will never forget. For all the wrong reasons.
For nearly the entire summer, fans of the Tigers wrung their hands and squirmed in their seats, looking at their first-place team and just not seeing, well, a first-place team.
This morning, theyÆre seeing a second-place team. At the worst possible time of the seasonùthe end of ...
Last Night on ôThe Knee Jerksö: We Put the Gloves On, Then Took ‘Em Off!
Posted: 6th October 2009 by Greg Eno in MLB
We turned extra combative last night on ôThe Knee Jerksö, my weekly sports gabfest with Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience.
ThatÆs because our guest was none other than Marvin Hagler, Jr., son of the multiple world champion boxer.
Junior was on to discuss his upcoming professional boxing debut, set to take place on Saturday near Philadelphia. ItÆs the headliner of a Celebrity Boxing card, but Marvin is no typical celebrity ...
The Lions turned in another of those 30-minute jobs yesterday in Chicago, and it cost them, big time.
A 21-21 halftime tie turned into a 48-24 laugher for the Bears, but hereÆs whatÆs NOT funny.
Matthew Stafford dislocated his kneecap, according to ESPN.
The thing popped back into place on the sidelines, following a sack in the fourth quarter, when Stafford was clearly seen grimacing in pain and grabbing his right leg.
No, no ...
Minnesota Deserves the AL Central Crown, Detroit Fans Deserve Something to Cheer
Posted: 5th October 2009 by Greg Eno in MLB
One more.
One more trek up to that damn Metrodome for the Tigers.
One more jab in the side by its pincers.
One more hellish night spent in the freakish loudness of that sorry excuse of a ballparkûbig league, minor league, Pony League, or Little League. I wouldnÆt even let my kid play tee ball there, if you want to know the truth.
One more notch the Minnesota Twins can add to their belt ...
Matthew Stafford Has QB Presence Like No Detroit Lion in Years
Posted: 3rd October 2009 by Greg Eno in NFL
It was Super Bowl week, and Thomas Henderson wanted to try out some new material.What better opportunity than Media Dayùheld on Tuesday before The Big Gameùto show how brilliant you are, and how much the other guy isnÆt?Henderson, the bombastic Dallas CowboysÆlinebacker who encouraged the use of the nickname ôHollywoodö for himself, wanted to tell reporters just what he thought of the opposing quarterback, Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh ...