MI Sports Chat — All Michigan. All the time.
Section

Pro Teams

Tigers, Lions, Pistons and Red Wings — every Detroit squad, every swing, snap, shot and shift.

D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tigers Injury Report: Riley Greene, Jack Flaherty Working Back as September Nears

The medical ward is crowded down at Comerica, and we've got a lot to keep tabs on as the calendar turns toward September.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Dobbs Gets the Nod Saturday as O'Neill Keeps Making Plays at Camp Day 16

Day 16 down in Allen Park, and while Thursday was a lighter hour in shells — red zone, special teams, a few situations before Friday's walkthrough — the storylines out of the Meijer Performance Center keep stacking up ahead of preseason game No. 2 against Washington on Saturday.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

River Ryan Headlines Tigers' September Callup Watch as Rosters Expand

September brings roster expansion in Major League Baseball, and the Tigers have a name worth watching as rosters climb from 26 to 28 in less than two weeks.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Seider Cracks the Ranks of the NHL's Elite Defensemen

The word out of Detroit is one Red Wings fans have been waiting to hear: Moritz Seider has reached the ranks of the NHL's elite defensemen.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tigers Fall 4-3 as Lowe Walks It Off Down the Line at PNC Park

Three outs away from an eighth straight road series win, and it slipped through our fingers again as Brandon Lowe turned on a 1-2 pitch and hit the inside of the foul pole to walk it off in the ninth.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 20, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Goff Enters His Sixth Season in Detroit as We Look to Bounce Back from 9-8

Lion's QB Jared Goff is heading into his sixth season in Detroit, entering his 11th year overall, and the man just keeps rewriting his own story!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tommy John, the Man Behind Baseball's Most Famous Surgery, Dies at 83

The somber news out of Bradenton this weekend: Tommy John has passed away at the age of 83, at his home in Florida, after time in hospice with bladder cancer and other ailments.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Pirates Edge Our Tigers 4-1 at PNC as Ashcraft Cruises Through Eight

Rough night in Pittsburgh, as our Tigers dropped Game 2 by a 4-1 count at PNC Park to knot this series at a game apiece.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 19, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

The Red Wings Now Own the NHL's Longest Active Playoff Drought

There's no dressing this one up: our Red Wings now own the longest active playoff drought in the entire NHL, and it stings to write.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

Pistons Need Taurean Prince to Inherit Javonte Green's Mantle

We watched Javonte Green become the glue guy last season, the only Piston to suit up for all 82 regular season games and knock down 38% of his triples on three attempts a night, and now the torch has to pass.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Ratledge Shifts to Center as Our Lions Reshuffle the Offensive Line

The offensive line shuffle is in full swing in Detroit, and the Lions are getting creative up front after that 9-8 finish!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Brett Callahan Triples on the First Pitch of His MLB Debut for the Tigers

What a moment for us and for a kid who told his mom at five years old he wanted to be a Major League ballplayer!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

White Sox Complete Comeback Sweep of Tigers, 7-5, at Comerica

Rough Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park, as the White Sox erased a 3-0 and a 4-1 hole to steal a 7-5 win and finish off a three-game sweep of our Tigers in front of 34,251.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 16, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Goff and Our Lions Turn the Page on a 9-8 Season in Allen Park

Out at Allen Park, the Lions got back to work with an intense two-hour Monday practice, and the message from Jared Goff and Dan Campbell was clear: 9-8 doesn't sit right around here!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions' Cade Mays Fractures Wrist, Set to Miss Eight to Ten Weeks

Rough news out of Allen Park this week, Lions faithful, as our new center Cade Mays fractured a small bone in his wrist during a recent training camp practice — and per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, that's expected to sideline him roughly eight to ten weeks.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Bengals Edge Lions 16-14 in Preseason Opener

The Lions dropped the preseason opener in Cincinnati, 16-14, and while nobody's losing sleep over an August result, there's plenty to chew on!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tigers Blank Guardians 3-0 to Take the Series at Comerica

The Tigers slammed the door on the Guardians 3-0 at Comerica Park, and this one belongs in the history books!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 14, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tigers Finally Break Through, Down Cleveland 6-4 at Comerica

We finally did it!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 12, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Camp Buzzing: Gibbs Signs Record Extension, St. Brown Lights Up Scrimmage in Allen Park

Camp is alive in Allen Park, and our Lions are giving us plenty to chew on!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 10, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Tigers Edge Giants 3-1 in 10, Cap a 7-2 West Coast Trip

What a way to close it out, folks — our Tigers found a way in extra innings at Oracle Park, edging the Giants 3-1 in 10 to wrap a 7-2 run through a three-city West Coast swing.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 10, 2026
W Hockey
Detroit Red Wings

Worst-Case Scenarios Loom Over Our Red Wings Heading Into 2026-27

Ten straight seasons without playoff hockey, and the offseason has only tightened the knot around our beloved Red Wings.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 9, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Jobe Blanks the Giants in San Francisco Return from Tommy John

What a way to say you're back!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 9, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Gibbs Cashes In: Lions Make Him the Highest-Paid Back in NFL History

The news is in, and it's the good kind: Jahmyr Gibbs has agreed to a three-year, $67.

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

Red Wings Search for a New GM as Yzerman Steps Aside

So the news is out, Red Wings faithful, and it's the kind of thing that stops you cold: three weeks ago Steve Yzerman announced he was stepping down as our general manager and moving into an advisory role.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 6, 2026
P Basketball
Detroit Pistons

Pistons Hold the Line at $35-38 Million in Jalen Duren Talks

Here's the number that has us glued to the phones this summer: the Pistons have reportedly camped out in the $35-38 million annual range in contract talks with Jalen Duren, and that tells us plenty about how our front office is playing this one.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 6, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Name Adrian's Own Richard Haddad Team President and CEO

Big news out of Ford Field, and it comes with a hometown flavor: our Lions have named Richard Haddad the new team president and CEO!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 6, 2026
Pro Teams Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 4, 2026)

There's a line in Hoosiers where Coach Norman Dale, played by Gene Hackman, looks over a thin roster and tells the gym his team is on the floor.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 4, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Scott Harris Owns the Skubal Trade — and Points to the Return

It stings, and Scott Harris knows it — our president of baseball operations stood up and blamed himself for putting us in a spot where we had to trade Tarik Skubal at all.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 4, 2026
Pro Teams

Thorbjornsen Cruises to First PGA Tour Title in Detroit With Closing 63

What a Sunday we got in the Motor City!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 3, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Lions Land Ex-All-Pro Devin White on a One-Year Deal!

Big news dropped Saturday, and it's the kind we love to wake up to: our Detroit Lions are signing former All-Pro linebacker Devin White to a one-year deal!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 3, 2026
Pro Teams Editor's Note

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 1, 2026)

MI Sports Chat is All Michigan, All the Time — coverage of everything Michigan sports has to offer, plus some deep thoughts on topics around town.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 1, 2026
D Baseball
Detroit Tigers

Prized Prospect Max Clark Dazzles With Three Hits as Tigers Crush the A's 13-1!

What a night out in West Sacramento as our Tigers hammered the Athletics 13-1 and rolled out a brand new star before our very eyes!

Patrick Lowney · Aug 1, 2026
L Football
Detroit Lions

Sam LaPorta Fully Cleared for Training Camp as Lions Get Their Star TE Back!

Great news out of Detroit, folks, as our own Sam LaPorta has been fully cleared for training camp earlier this month, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday!

Patrick Lowney · Jul 23, 2026