Chauncey Billups Is Here to Stay, at Least for the Next Five Years Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups signed a multi-year deal today to stay in Detroit.

Arron Afflalo scored 28 points and Rodney Stuckey 15 to help the Pistons remain perfect in the exhibition season with a 111-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

Washington Wizards fans gave Kwame Brown a nice, warm welcome to the Verizon Center on Friday night.

Rasheed Wallace scored 12 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 73-62 preseason victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

After taking a look at some of the up-and-coming teams in the East, it is now time to turn our attention to the "Big Boys" from last season.

Throughout the course of a Midwest League season, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers president Rob Zerjav will often peruse the attendance figures from games played the previous day.

When the Tigers hold their organizational meetings in Lakeland, Fla., this week, team officials will get the chance to watch instructional league games.

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Freddy Garcia's agent said the veteran will give the Tigers the first chance to re-sign him.

When told that Todd Jones teared up as he announced his retirement Thursday, Tigers manager Jim Leyland quickly found the perfect one-liner. "I had tears a few times he pitched, too," Leyland quipped.

And ita TMs a big one. Browna TMs Longhorns grabbed some second-half momentum by foiling a fake punt Saturday, then Colt McCoy and the defense built on it, carrying No.

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez knew he was entering the season with an undermanned squad.

K.C. Lopata missed a 26-yard field goal with 4 seconds left, giving the Rockets a 13-10 win over the once-mighty Michigan Wolverines , who are off to their worst start in 41 years.

A week ago, first-year Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez he said he would be embarrassed if somebody said his players "looked like they quit or were soft or lazy." On Monday, he was that somebody.

Michigan freshman Kevin Koger, left, celebrates Greg Mathews' touchdown against Illinois last Saturday.

A victory over previously unbeaten Northwestern has lifted Michigan State three spots to No.

Buckeyes' record: 6-1 When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing TV/radio: ABC, WJR-AM , WLBY-AM . About Ohio State: The Buckeyes, coached by Mark Dantonio's mentor, Jim Tressel, may be ...

EVANSTON Ill. - Michigan State's Glenn Winston had one thing on his mind when the opening kick headed his way.

The Seaside High School football team showed up at Salinas Sports Complex Friday with the helmets strapped tight and a game plan to beat Palma.

When Northwestern and Michigan State faced each other last season, the Wildcats went home from Spartan Stadium with a 48-41 overtime victory.

Western Michigan University's Dervon Wallace, left, blocks a first-quarter punt by Buffalo's Peter Fordon on Saturday.

Tim Hiller's 2-yard touchdown pass to Branden Ledbetter in overtime lifted Western Michigan to a 34-28 win over Buffalo Saturday.

Western Michigan (6-1, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) scored 22 points in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime when Hiller found Jamarko Simmons in the end zone with 5 seconds left to play. Hiller completed 42-of-63 passes and threw 345 yards and four touchdowns.

Buffalo (2-4, 1-2 MAC) had the ball first in overtime and drove to the Broncos' 11-yard line, but Drew Willy's pass tipped off Naam Roosevelt's hands and into the arms of Western's Louis Delmas. Willy was 17-of-34...

Two years ago, Bill Cubit used rare spare minutes to keep tabs on the rest of the Mid-American Conference.

E.J. Biggers exploded around the right edge and smacked the extra point back into turf.

WMU's offense found the end zone just once against Temple. Jamarko Simmons -- scoring here against Tennessee Tech --and the rest of the Broncos hope to correct the ills of last week today against Ohio.

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Local columnist Geoff Larcom and sports columnist Jim Carty earned first-place honors, and The Ann Arbor News collected 12 awards, in the Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Editorial Contest.

So you want to win a championship? No problem. According to the Detroit Shock's new Championship How-To Book, all you have to do is: 1. Trade your biggest star.

The Saginaw Spirit has fired General Manager Don Edwards; Coach Todd Watson becomes head of hockey operations State Michigan news headlines-October 7 Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:31 AM ABC12 image State news ...

As a sports fan, I love numbers and stats. It's mandatory. With that in mind, here are few numbers I've read over the last few days that I find interesting: 33: University of Michigan's streak of bowl game ...

Martin Gerber retrieves the puck after Johan Franzen's winner Saturday. With five days before the next game, the goalie debate will undoubtedly heat up again.

Thursday's telecast of the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-2 win vs. the Detroit Red Wings was the most-watched regular-season game on Versus in terms of households and total viewers .

Former Red Wings consultant Scotty Bowman spoke to NHL.com's John McGourty about his role with the Chicago Blackhawks, and there's some good news and some bad news...The good news is that he's reprising his ...

As he made his way up the Air Canada Centre stands to watch the Maple Leafs practice yesterday, general manager Cliff Fletcher was asked about Toronto's rather shocking opening-night victory over the Detroit ...

After beginning the regular season in Europe, the Ottawa Senators will have their official home opener tonight as they welcome the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings to Scotiabank Place.

Darren Sharper's first NFL interception came against Detroit Lions quarterback Scott Mitchell in 1997 and was returned 50 yards for a touchdown.

Viking DT Kevin Williams chases down Lion QB Dan Orlovsky for a four yard loss on a sack in the fourth quarter as the Vikes beat Detroit 12-10 Sunday afternoon October 12, 2008 at the Metrodome.

Braylon Edwards left his first Monday night game angry at the world. He had gone to the Pontiac Silverdome in 1995 as an excitable seventh grader with dreams of playing in the NFL.

The St. Louis Rams and Houston Texans used last-minute scoring plays to win their first games of the season, leaving the Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals as the National Football League's only winless ...

Lions offensive coordinator Jim Colletto is old school. He has made a living teaching linemen to run block and be tougher than their opponent.

Former University of Detroit Mercy coach Kevin Mondro has been named assistant men's basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago, Ramblers head coach Jim Whitesell announced today.

Basketball: Detroit Mercy women's coach Autumn Rademacher completed her staff, hiring former Titan Katie Solner as a graduate assistant.

THE GOOD NEWS: Detroit Mercy is guaranteed to be the center of the college hoops universe next season -- as the host institution for the 2009 Final Four.

FINAL RECORD: 7-23, 3-15, 10th in Horizon League. WHAT WENT RIGHT: Detroit was more competitive than its final record indicates, with 16 losses coming by 10 or fewer points and four of them by two or fewer ...

THE GOOD NEWS: Detroit Mercy is guaranteed to be the center of the college hoops universe next season -- as the host institution for the 2009 Final Four.

As soon as Kerry Doman found out Mark Petroff was moving his marketing company from Bloomfield Hills to downtown Detroit last November, she contacted him to welcome her newest neighbor.

Three Detroit real estate developments have won 2008 Impact Awards from the Detroit chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women : the Detroit East Riverfront, the Detroit Institute of Arts master plan expansion and ...

Meet Robert Hoppenrath, the new maitre d' and general manager of Morton's in Southfield.

Five bright and needy young college students, all from harness racing families or participants themselves, have been named recipients of Harness Tracks of America's 2008 college scholarships of $5,000, each.

If a building's walls could talk, Brownell Middle School would have five decades worth of stories to share.

Brian Brunner came on for injured star quarterback Dan LeFevour and threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Anderson early in the fourth quarter of Central Michigan's 24-14 victory over Temple on Saturday.

It takes Joe Raffin less than 51 seconds to run around a track. He's even faster running around an offensive lineman.

NFL coaches work insane hours, sleeping in the office and avoiding the outside world whenever possible.

When the University at Buffalo announced its 2007 football scholarship recruiting class, the name Justin Winters was not on the list.

Kansas football senior Mike Rivera was named as one of 57 Football Bowl Subdivision semifinalists for the 2008 Draddy Trophy it was announced by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame on ...

TOLEDO -- Scott Speed lost his cool and a stock-car championship at Toledo Speedway on Sunday.

WINCHESTER, Ind. - David Stremme held off fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Busch over the last 75 lasps on Sunday to win the Winchester 400 for the first time.

Wyler Racing officials have announced that three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Jack Sprague will drive the team's No.

Ita s our job to put ourselves in a position to go to Homestead with a chance to win.a Those were Jeff Burtona s comments after winning the Bank of America 500 at Lowea s Motor Speedway.

Make it 20 wins this season for Kyle Busch , NASCAR's dominant workhorse. Overcoming his recent bad luck that has virtually ended his chances at a Sprint Cup championship, Busch returned to his familiar spot in ...