I feel like rambling.
The Big East had a great record last weekend at the NCAAs, but don’t forget how highly those teams were seeded. When you’ve got three #1s and two #2’s, all you did so far was avoid being upset — something that those teams did by some fairly narrow margins. I’m not calling [...]

Today’s High Five:

Lions: Shack Harris is officially on board. There are some other personnel tidbits here as well — Jason Hanson, for instance, isn’t going anywhere despite his free agent status.
Tigers: Tom Gage runs down Detroit’s issues heading into Spring Training.
Pistons: Drew Sharp uses the All-Star break as a chance to assess (bleakly) the state [...]

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 the [...]

Today’s High Five:

Henrik Zetterberg won’t be leaving Detroit any time soon. With his new 12-year contract, the Wings’ star center joins the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera as long-term staples of the Detroit sports scene.
I don’t put much stock in most Pistons trade rumors. But when it’s ESPN’s Chad Ford — friend of Joe Dumars — who [...]

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 down the [...]

Today’s High Five:

The Lions fans who’ve tried to organize boycotts the last couple of years on the theory that the Lions don’t care about winning because they make money anyway . . . turns out the Lions don’t make money after all. Not only that, but they’re the only team in the league to have [...]