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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 bombshell [...]

Today’s High Five:

The Lions hired Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz to be their next head coach.
Tom Kowalski, who might be the best beat reporter in the history of sports, has been all over the story, even predicting early in the day that the Lions’ silence meant the team was close to an announcement. He’s got [...]

Today’s High Five:

Jiri Hudler scored twice and Detroit notched a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over Chicago in the Winter Classic, played outdoors at Wrigley Field. And apparently the game also resurrected Chicago hockey.
More reasons not to expect the Lions to make a front office hire soon.
Brian at MGoBlog rains on the MSU football parade by questioning [...]