After a week off, Travis Gibbs and Bryan Fongers are back at it with a brand new episode of “The Final Whistle” podcast! – The future is coming for the Red Wings – Did Cade Cunningham get snubbed from the Rookie of the Year? – Michigan and Michigan State basketball roster updates – Those sluggish…… MORE
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Red Wings Sign 2021 First Round Pick Simon Edvinsson To Entry-Level Deal
The #6 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft has signed his first professional contract with the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings have inked Swedish Defenseman Simon Edvinsson to a three-year entry-level contract that begins with the 2022-23 season. Edvinsson totaled 2 goals and 19 assists to go with a plus-16 rating in…… MORE
On The Move (Again): Ypsilanti’s Emoni Bates Enters The Transfer Portal After One Season With Memphis
The former #1 overall recruit in the 2022 class is on the move (again). Ypsilanti’s Emoni Bates recently decided to throw his name into the transfer portal after one season with the Memphis Tigers. A former verbal commit to Michigan State during the summer of 2020 before reopening his recruitment in April 2021, Bates finished…… MORE
Staying In School: Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson & MSU’s Joey Hauser Returning For Another Season
In recent news surrounding the transfer portal and NBA Draft deadline, both Michigan and Michigan State’s names mentioned quite a bit recently. Beginning with the Wolverines, big man Hunter Dickinson is returning for his junior season after flirting with thoughts on making the leap to the NBA. Most experts out there have Dickinson as undrafted…… MORE
Cade Cunningham Finishes Third In NBA Rookie Of The Year Voting
The NBA’s Rookie of the Year voting took place over the weekend, and the result was one that a lot of Detroit Pistons fans saw coming. Cade Cunningham, who lead all NBA rookies in both points and assists per game, finished third in the voting behind Cleveland’s Evan Mobley (second) and Toronto’s Scottie Barnes (first).…… MORE
“The Final Whistle” Podcast (April 15th, 2022): Unpredictable Red Wings, Tigers Update, Kenny Pickett Visits Detroit, & NBA Playoffs Preview
Travis Gibbs and Bryan Fongers dish out a new episode of “The Final Whistle” podcast! – What to make of these unpredictable Detroit Red Wings – Tigers break down seven games into the season – Travis just wants a winner in Detroit – Kenny Pickett visits the Lions. Does Detroit take a quarterback with any…… MORE
Quarterback at #2 Overall? Maybe First Round? Lions Set To Host Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett For Pre-Draft Visit
The Detroit Lions have definitely done their due diligence when it comes to looking at all possible options for the #2 overall pick in the upcoming 2022 NFL Draft. From Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson to Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton to now….Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett? That’s right, the Lions will host at least one quarterback for a pre-draft…… MORE
Lions Ink Safety DeShon Elliott To One Year Contract
The Detroit Lions continue their offseason of signing players to low risk, high reward contracts (i.e. “prove it deals”) after the recent signing of free agent safety DeShon Elliott. Elliott, the former sixth-round pick (190th overall) by the Baltimore Ravens during the 2018 NFL Draft, has amassed 109 tackles (76 solo) to go with 7…… MORE
Tigers Trade With Milwaukee For Journeyman Minor-Leaguer Jamie Westbrook
It’s not a flashy in-season move, but the Detroit Tigers did make a minor trade with the Milwaukee Brewers landing journeyman minor-leaguer Jamie Westbrook in exchange for cash considerations. Westbrook was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB Draft and has made it as high as the Triple-A level.…… MORE
Michigan State Fires Hockey Head Coach Danton Cole After Five Seasons
New Michigan State Athletic Director Alan Haller has made his first big move since taking the position in East Lansing. The Spartans have decided to move on from hockey bench boss Danton Cole, who compiled a 58-101-12 record in five seasons that included no NCAA Tournament appearances. Michigan State’s hockey program has not made the…… MORE
