Someone is going to have some big shoes to fill at Rockford High School. Ralph Munger won’t be on their sideline as the head football coach for the first time since 1991. He’s call it quits after 28 seasons as the man in charge of the football program. Munger had a tremendous amount of success…… MORE
Lions facing banged up Buccaneers team on Sunday
Winning at this point in the season for the Detroit Lions would be absolutely nothing, right? Well…they might actually do it on Sunday. They’re hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field. The Bucs have some damaging injuries right now too. They will be playing without their star wide receiver Mike Evans…… MORE
Signs point to Joe Burrow winning the Heisman trophy
Many players received college football awards yesterday including LSU’s star quarterback Joe Burrow. He won the Maxwell Award which is awarded to college football’s most outstanding player. He also won the Davey O’Brien award. That’s given to college football’s best quarterback. Runner up for the O’Brien award was Ohio State’s quarterback Justin Fields. Oklahoma quarterback…… MORE
NFL announces salary cap increase
It looks like NFL teams will have even more money to throw around in 2020. The league has informed teams it’s raising the salary cap to somewhere between $196.8 million and $201.2 million for the upcoming season, multiple sources are reporting. It’s currently set at $188.2 million. The new cap represents a 65 percent increase…… MORE
Marvin Jones placed on injured reserved list
As if things can’t get any worse for the Detroit Lions. They will now need to play their final three games of the 2019 season without star wide receiver Marvin Jones. Lions are placing WR Marvin Jones on IR. Was having a good year, finished last year on IR, too. — Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) December…… MORE
Gerrit Cole signs mega deal with the New York Yankees
A major move was made yesterday in Major League Baseball. All-star pitcher Gerrit Cole is going to be a New York Yankee. It’s likely that the Yankees will pay more for Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton than the Orioles will spend on their entire team. — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 11, 2019 The deal is…… MORE
WATCH: Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose sinks game-winning shot as time expires
Derrick Rose scored 17 of his 21 points in the 4th quarter last night against the New Orleans Pelicans. He also hit the game-winner. Check it out!… MORE
Kenny Willekes wins Burlsworth Trophy
Kenny Willekes defines the saying, “It doesn’t matter where you start, it’s how you finish”. He was given the Burlsworth Trophy, which is awarded to the most outstanding football player who began his career as a walk-on. He finished his senior year with 69 total tackles and 8.5 sacks. Willekes was one of the few bright…… MORE
Tigers GM Al Avila reveals next step in rebuild process
It’s been an ugly stretch of seasons for the Detroit Tigers. They’ve lost 95+ games in each of their lost three seasons. However, general manager Al Avila revealed that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Here is what he told Chris McCosky from the Detroit News: “The mindset here is to…… MORE
Why are the NBA’s ratings tanking?
Fewer people are watching the NBA this year. A lot fewer! And league brass can’t put their finger on why. Variety reports tear-to-date ratings are down 15% across the board – that includes a 21% drop for TNT and 19% decline for ESPN, according to Neilsen. Though, Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand is reporting even steeper…… MORE
