By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh was hired five years ago at Michigan, hailed as the coach who would restore glory for college football’s winningest program. It might happen, but it hasn’t yet. The future, Harbaugh insisted, is bright. “I feel good about ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Michigan State played perhaps its best game of the season at least in part because Cassius Winston and Xavier Tillman were clicking together on the court. Winston had 21 points and Tillman scored 19, leading the 14th-ranked Spartans to a 76-56 ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — On a night when Paul George only played half a game, the Los Angeles Clippers had plenty in reserve. Bench stars Montrezl Harrell scored 23 points and Lou Williams added 22 in a 126-112 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night that ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. — Jerry Jeudy could have sat out Alabama’s bowl game and still almost certainly would have been a first-round draft pick. He played instead — and if this was his finale, his stock likely soared. Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes, ...
DETROIT — Michigan Tech and Michigan will meet at 2:30 p.m. today for the championship at the 55th annual Great Lakes Invitational college hockey tournament after winning semifinal games on Monday. The Huskies (11-8-1) advanced to their fifth straight final with a 4-2 win over No. 18 ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Amid early offensive struggles, the Utah Jazz never wavered on defense. The surging Jazz pulled away for a 104-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night by leaning on their trademark rugged defense. Utah ran the Pistons off the ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK — Matthew Stafford stood in front of his locker, surrounded by a slew of reporters inquiring about the back injury that cost him half a season and spoiled any shot the Detroit Lions had of having a successful season. Stafford insisted fans of the ...
DALLAS (AP) — Western Kentucky freshman kicker Cory Munson ran onto the field, then off and then back on. All of that before kicking a career-long 52-yard field goal with no time left after a rules review moved him five yards closer to the goal posts. And Munson, who’d sliced a 29-yarder ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer After ending the season on a positive note with a bowl victory, Mark Dantonio and Michigan State now face a daunting future. That reality was clear Monday, when cornerback Josiah Scott announced he was leaving early for the NFL draft. After finishing 7-6 in ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point delivered the highlight of a game lacking in action. Point scored a power-play goal in the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to three games with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. Ondrej Palat also scored ...
By MATT SCHOCH Associated Press EAST LANSING — Without his star point guard, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo went with some notable coaches’ sons Sunday night to run his offense. And though they are a far cry from senior All-American Cassius Winston, Foster Loyer and Jack Hoiberg acquitted ...
By MATT SCHOCH Associated Press ANN ARBOR — With Isaiah Livers out because of an injury, Michigan coach Juwan Howard went big. That was a problem for undermanned UMass Lowell. Jon Teske had 25 points and eight rebounds, and the 7-foot-1 senior center and his towering teammates created ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — The Detroit Lions played their last game of the season with heavy hearts. One night earlier, the team had announced the death of wide receiver Marvin Jones’ son Marlo. There was a moment of silence at Ford Field before Sunday’s game against ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Aaron Rodgers was on the money when Green Bay needed him most, overcoming one of his worst games this season. Rodgers threw a short and accurate pass to Aaron Jones, whose 31-yard reception set up Mason Crosby’s 33-yard field goal as time expired ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer The road to the Big Ten title looks like it will run through Michigan. The state. Not just the program. After a couple of early losses by Michigan State, the nation’s preseason No. 1, the Spartans appear to have found their stride. They haven’t ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — Mike Panasiuk ripped off his Michigan State helmet and hoisted it in the air, unleashing the hidden part of his scruffy beard that’s normally a no-no at Yankee Stadium. Facial hair is banned for all Yankees, and so, for the Spartans, are the ...
Sunday’s game: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.; TV: Fox-U.P. ------------------- By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer There was actually a point this season when the Detroit Lions looked like real threats in the NFC North. On Oct. 14, the Lions led 22-13 in the fourth quarter ...
By Journal Sports Staff EAST LANSING — Some changes may be noticeable in late February and March during Michigan High School Athletic Association basketball and hockey tournaments. For the first time, the MHSAA has introduced a limited amount of seeding for district tournaments in girls and ...
ANN ARBOR (AP) — Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye has decided to return for his senior season. Paye announced his plans with an Instagram post on Thursday night, ending speculation he might enter the NFL draft. He led the Wolverines with 12 1/2 tackles for losses and was second on the team ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons didn’t want to take a six-game losing streak into their longest road trip of the season. Turns out, Pistons coach Dwane Casey and his banged-up squad were facing one of the few NBA teams dealing with even more injuries ahead of ...