Weekend High Five: Several sources are reporting that Shack Harris is in line to join the Lions’ front office as the personnel specialist. (Dave Birkett from the Oakland Press blogs that “a person close to Harris said suggestions he could soon be a Lion ‘are not untrue.’”) Harris left the Jaguars at the end of [...]

Today’s High Five: The Pistons’ current skid, combined with the season’s halfway point and the analysis that comes with that milestone, threatens to tip Detroit’s season from a disappointment to a debacle — especially for rookie head coach Michael Curry. Witness Exhibits A & B. Here’s a great post from Dylan at UM Hoops breaking [...]

Today’s High Five: Joe Rexrode reports that MSU RB Javon Ringer played the last several games of his college career with a lateral meniscus tear. Which means that a) Ringer is tough; and b) everyone who argued that Ringer’s incredible workload would make him vulnerable to injury have some evidence in their favor. The other [...]

Today’s High Five: Who should the Lions draft at #1? Tom Kowalski recommended USC safety Taylor Mays, but that’s a moot point now that Mays is staying in school. Lots of other folks think it should be Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. But . . . Bradford isn’t coming out, either. So the Lions have the [...]

Today’s High Five: Great update from SI’s Don Banks on this year’s NFL coaching carousel, specifically how Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo may not get a head coaching job, even though he’s been generally considered to be the top candidate. Banks also says the Titans’ Jim Schwartz would be a good fit in Detroit. Schwartz [...]

Weekend High Five: There are several stories today in the Detroit papers about the Pistons’ trip to Denver to take on Chauncey Billups and the Nuggets. Here’s the view from Denver on taking on former teammate Allen Iverson and Chauncey’s impact. Bonus coverage from the Rocky Mountain News: Lions’ head coaching candidate Todd Bowles interviewed [...]