By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK — Bob Quinn has spent two years reshaping the Detroit Lions’ roster and staff, bringing in players and coaches he knew from their years together with the New England Patriots. The Lions have won nine games in each of the past two seasons, which ...
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jose Osuna made the most of his brief stay with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Osuna, called up from the minor leagues to serve as an extra player for the second game of a doubleheader, hit a three-run home run to lift the Pirates to an 8-3 victory ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — The weather keeps wreaking havoc on the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers. Steady rain at PNC Park on Tuesday forced the clubs to postpone a game for the third time in the first month of the season. The game was the 28th postponement in ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Shea Patterson has impressed Michigan coaches and teammates over the last month, making plays with both his arm and feet. When the former Mississippi quarterback goes under center for the Wolverines on Tuesday as they wrap up spring practice, his ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT — Buck Farmer kept throwing changeups to Mike Moustakas, and the Kansas City slugger eventually adjusted. “After the first three or four, I was starting to sit on it,” Moustakas said. “Finally, he ended up leaving one up, and I was able to ...
ZEELAND, Mich. (AP) — A health care center in western Michigan is accused of agreeing to requests by patients for white-only caregivers. Six black certified nursing assistants filed a lawsuit April 11 against Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where they all work or formerly ...
By NICK BUCKLEY Battle Creek Enquirer AP Member Exchange BATTLE CREEK, Mich.— Children sat elbow-to-elbow on a crowded floor or sandwiched between bookshelves, hoping to catch a glimpse of the creatures encased and covered on the table in front of them. Spring break week meant the ...
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials have approved an energy company’s request to build two natural-gas-fired turbines outside Detroit. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved a permit last week for DTE Energy Co. to construct the turbines in Dearborn, The Detroit ...
ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) — There will be no shortage of hand-me-downs for this Michigan kid. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Kateri and Jay Schwandt welcomed the birth of their 14th son on Wednesday, five days before he was due. They have no daughters. WOOD-TV reports that the boy weighs 8 ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) — Dixon Machado came to the plate with only one big league homer to his name, but the way this game was going, anything seemed possible. "Walking to the plate I was thinking, 'What if I hit a homer right here?'" the Detroit infielder said. ...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber is the latest gymnast to sue Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee over former sports doctor Larry Nasssar's sexual abuse. Wieber was on the "Fierce Five" team that won gold in 2012. She filed a ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) — Shane Greene breezed through the ninth inning to wrap up a much-needed win for the Detroit Tigers. Actually, the Tigers were probably relieved just to play a game amid the miserable weather that's been wreaking havoc with their ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ezekiel Ansah signed his franchise tag Tuesday, signaling his return to the Detroit Lions . "That's a pretty big guy to have returning," Lions coach Matt Patricia said recently. "If he was out there in the free agent market with some other team ...
MARINE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan organizers are set to unveil a Titanic memorial in May honoring the nearly 70 Michigan-bound passengers who died when the ship sank more than a century ago. The Great Lakes Titanic Connection will reveal the Michigan Titanic Memorial in Marine City on May ...
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) — A Bavarian-themed city in Michigan will soon welcome its visitors with a nearly $1 million archway. A new steel and concrete archway crossing M-83 will welcome people to Frankenmuth, a city northwest of Detroit that serves as a popular tourist destination, the ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press DETROIT — Thousands of fired-up Michigan Democrats endorsed Dana Nessel on Sunday in a hotly contested race for state attorney general, backing the former prosecutor-turned-civil rights lawyer to wrest back control of an office the party last held 16 years ...
By ALICE YIN Associated Press LANSING — Before her brother took his own life, Mary Miller-Strobel said she and her father begged every store in town that sold firearms to turn him away. “‘If he comes, call me,’” Miller-Strobel said her dad pleaded while waving her brother’s ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Two victims of former sports doctor Larry Nassar criticized Michigan attorney general candidate Dana Nessel on Thursday for expressing concerns about Nassar-inspired bills under consideration in the Legislature, lending support to her opponent Pat ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight has indicated on social media that he is transferring to UCLA. Speight posted a short video on his Instagram account Thursday night showing the Rose Bowl and the UCLA logo, along with the words: “new chapter.” Speight could ...
By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor sparked Cleveland’s slumbering offense with one big swing. Then he kept going. Lindor hit his fourth career leadoff homer, drove in three runs and scored three times, and the Indians beat Detroit 9-3 on Thursday night for their ...