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HS High School · ⚽ Soccer

Corder Rewrites De La Salle's Record Book as the Pilots Chase a Historic Three-Peat

Every so often a kid comes along who makes you rethink what's possible, and for us watching Warren De La Salle Collegiate, that kid is senior Andrew Corder.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · ⛳ Golf

Offer Sisters Lead Forest Hills Central to First-Ever Girls Golf Title!

What a story coming out of Forest Akers West: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central claimed their first Finals championship in girls golf, taking Division 2 with a two-day score of 642 and leaving no doubt over a South Lyon squad that posted 687 for its best finish in a two-day Final.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
S Spartans

Heartbreak in East Lansing: No. 25 Northwestern Edges Spartans 24-21 on Last-Second Kick

There was no quit in our battling Spartans on Saturday, but the math turned cruel at the end.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · 🎾 Tennis

Troy Repeats as D1 Champs as Pioneer Sophomore Grant Miller Takes the No. 1 Singles Crown!

Back-to-back it is for Troy, who defended their Lower Peninsula Division 1 crown Friday at the Midland Tennis Center on the second and final day of the Finals, piling up 29 points to hold off Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (20) and Ann Arbor Pioneer (19).

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Almont Edges Lutheran North 28-27, Clinches Share of BWAC Crown!

Week 7 gave us a thriller up in the Blue Water Area Conference, as our undefeated Almont (7-0) survived a one-point classic over newcomer Macomb Lutheran North, 28-27, to clinch at least a share of the league title.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · 🏊 Swimming

Buford Rewrites the Record Book at Macomb County Championships!

Our High School teams keep giving us reasons to brag, and this week it's Sterling Heights Stevenson senior Olivia Buford taking the spotlight as Swimmer of the Meet at the Macomb County Championships.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · ⛳ Golf

Cass City's Langenburg Heads to Third Finals Trip as Red Hawks Punch Return Ticket!

The Lower Peninsula finals arrive Friday and Saturday, and we have a Cass City senior worth watching every swing: Lindsey Langenburg is making her third Finals trip, and she earned it the hard way.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School Editor's Note · 🏈 Football

MI Sports Chat High School Picks - Week 9

MI Sports Chat High School Picks - All games at 7pm unless noted Week 9 High School Picks - Last Week of Regular Season!

Patrick Lowney · Oct 21, 2026
HS High School · 🎾 Tennis

Country Day Reclaims D3 Tennis Crown, Edges Cranbrook 34-33 — Same Score, New Champion

One point.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 20, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Come Out of the Bye With Branch and Mays Back for Packers Sunday

Coming off our Week 6 bye, the big questions get answered this week, and the answers are the ones we wanted to hear: both Brian Branch, nursing that Achilles, and Cade Mays, dealing with the wrist injury he picked up back in training camp, have returned to practice.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 20, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Launch One Pride Worldwide and Set Course for Munich!

Our Lions just went global, and they want us along for the ride: Detroit has launched One Pride Worldwide, a new fan membership platform powered by LAVA that you can pull up on the Lions app or right in your web browser.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

DeBrincat Locks In Long-Term as Red Wings Land Seven-Year Extension!

The news we needed in a rough stretch: Alex DeBrincat and our Red Wings are finalizing a seven-year extension worth $13 million annually, and it's a massive win for interim GM Shawn Horcoff.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Lions Roll Cardinals 45-21, Head to the Bye at 3-2

What a way to walk into the bye week.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 14, 2026
HS High School Opinion · 🏈 Football

MI Sports Chat H. S. Football Picks - Week 7

Well, we test our luck on the High School gridiron picks.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 8, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

John Collins Needs Just 17 Minutes to Win Over Detroit

If you wanted a first impression, we got one Monday night at Little Caesars Arena.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Larkin Answers the Boos as Red Wings Down the Senators 5-3

Well, here's a storyline you don't script.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Week 6 Separates the Perfect From the Rest Across Michigan Prep Football

Week 6 is in the books and the perfect clubs are stacking up all across our high school landscape, with 90 leagues racing this fall and the title picture finally coming into focus.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Larkin Returns a Star as Wings Down the Senators 5-3!

Well, what a way to make an entrance.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 7, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Panthers Hang On, Lions Fall 32-26 in Charlotte

Tough one to swallow down in Charlotte, folks, as the Lions dropped a 32-26 heartbreaker to the Panthers on Sunday night under the NBC lights.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

Duren Stays Home: Jalen Inks Five-Year, $200M Deal to Anchor Our Pistons!

After a four-month standoff over the value of his next contract, Jalen Duren is back where he belongs, and we could not be happier about it.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Panthers Edge Our Lions 32-26 in a Charlotte Shootout

The Lions walked into Charlotte Sunday night on NBC and walked out on the wrong end of a 32-26 track meet.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
M Wolverines

Gophers Outlast Our Wolverines 20-14, Reclaim the Jug After 49 Years

Down in Minneapolis the Golden Gophers outlasted Michigan 20-14, and for the first time since 2014 Minnesota got the better of the Wolverines — then hoisted that Little Brown Jug in front of their home crowd for the first time in 49 years.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 5, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

Duren Is Staying! Pistons Lock Up Their All-NBA Center on a Five-Year, $200M Deal

After a four-month standoff that had all of us sweating, our big man is coming home: Jalen Duren has agreed to a five-year, $200 million fully guaranteed contract to stay with the Detroit Pistons, his agent Chafie Fields confirmed.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Red Wings Open At Home Tonight Against The Rangers Amid A Messy Off-Season

Tonight the Wings open at home against the New York Rangers, and if this feels less like a celebration and more like a wake, well, we've earned the gloom.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Red Wings Expecting a Different Michael Brandsegg-Nygard This Season

There's a buzz building around the Red Wings, and his name is Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 2, 2026
W Detroit Red Wings · Hockey

Red Wings Set 23-Man Roster Amid the Noise as Rangers Loom Friday

Nobody said this camp would be quiet, and it wasn't.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 1, 2026
P Detroit Pistons · Basketball

Pistons Remake the Roster Around Shooting as Camp Opens in Detroit

The remaking of our Detroit Pistons is officially underway, and the fingerprints are everywhere as training camp opened Tuesday at the Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center.

Patrick Lowney · Oct 1, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

MI Sports Chat Week 6 High School Picks

Well, we test our luck on the High School gridiron picks.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 30, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Week 5 Statewide: Portland's Streak Hits 31 on a Last-Second Boot!

We've passed the midway point of the 2026 season, and Friday night gave us a Michigan high school slate worth every minute.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 29, 2026
M Wolverines

Iowa Steals One in Ann Arbor as Hawkeyes Drive 91 Yards for the Win, 20-19!

This one hurts, and there's no dressing it up: No. 17 Iowa marched 91 yards on the final drive and Hank Brown found Reece Vander Zee on a 16-yard game-ending touchdown to beat the No. 18 Wolverines 20-19 Saturday in Ann Arbor.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 28, 2026
M Wolverines Opinion

MI Sports Chat - What a Weekend of Sports!

It was a weekend filled with heartbreak, milestones, and unforgettable comebacks across Michigan sports.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 28, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Gibbs' Third TD Sinks the Jets as Lions Hold On 31-24!

Down in Detroit on Sunday it took a fourth-year phenom to slam the door, as Jahmyr Gibbs caught an 11-yard go-ahead score with 2:25 left to lift our Lions past the New York Jets 31-24.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 28, 2026
L Detroit Lions · Football

Aaron Glenn Brings League's No. 1 Defense Back to Ford Field in Week 3

Here we go, folks: Week 3 sends the New York Jets into Ford Field, and this one comes with a story we all know by heart.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 25, 2026
HS High School

Week 5 Brings the Heavyweights: Undefeateds Collide Across Michigan

Friday night in Michigan is where the pretenders get sorted from the contenders, and Week 5 stacks the card with unbeaten-versus-unbeaten showdowns from the Thumb to the U.P. Millington (4-0) rolls into Cass City (4-0) for a Big Thumb Conference White title rematch — the two shared the crown a year ago, and Cass City already handled the Cardinals in overtime 17-14 last time these teams met.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 25, 2026
HS High School · 🏐 Volleyball

Michigan Multi-Sport Numbers Hold Strong: Detroit Community, Watersmeet Post a Perfect 100 Percent!

The MHSAA's eighth Multi-Sport Participation Survey is in, and our high school kids are still doing it the old-fashioned way — playing more than one game.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026
HS High School · 🏈 Football

Imlay City Storms to 4-0, Sits Atop the Blue Water Area Conference!

What a Week 4 across our High School gridirons, and no story lands harder than Imlay City.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball

Nationals Edge Our Tigers 3-1 as Abrams Goes Deep Twice at Comerica

Well, Washington edged the Tigers 3-1 on Tuesday night, evening the series at a game apiece after the Tiger's handled them 9-2 on Monday night, and the whole thing came down to one man: CJ Abrams, who homered twice and drove in the three Nationals' runs.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026
HS High School Editor's Note · 🏈 Football

MI Sports Chat - Week 5 Football Picks

Well, we are back again to test our luck on the High School gridiron picks for Week 5.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026
D Detroit Tigers · Baseball Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts Sept. 22

What's in a Name?

Patrick Lowney · Sep 23, 2026