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2024 MAC Football Week 1 Game Preview: Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. UMass Minutemen
By a quirk of the schedule, the 2025 MAC conference slate starts early this year, and it’s between two teams looking for a reset. EMU has been winners of the last three contests against the Minutemen; can they make it four in a row before it potentially becomes an annual game or can UMass make an early statement before joining the Greatest Little Conference in the Midwest?
High school football: Grace throws for 414 yards in Toledo Christian’s opener
ADRIAN — Toledo Christian quarterback Tyler Grace threw for 414 yards and five touchdowns as the visiting Eagles cruised to a 41-7 season-opening victory against Lenawee Christian in 8-man football. Karter Koester was on the receiving end of three TD passes from Grace, and racked up 212 yards on five catches. Josiah Hillrich caught three passes for 146 yards and a pair of scores for the Eagles, who will play at Bowsher against Northpoint Christian from Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sept. 6. WHITEFORD 35, BLISSFIELD 6 OTTAWA LAKE — Host Whiteford scored four first-half touchdowns en route to a season-opening victory over Blissfield.
Check out a fair in Saline, enjoy a German picnic & other fun things this weekend
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI -- It’s almost Labor Day and there are plenty of ways to spend the long weekend in Washtenaw County, including a fair in Saline, a German picnic and the University of Michigan’s season-opener football game in Ann Arbor. Here are some more details about those...
Man hospitalized in Greektown shooting
DETROIT – A man is recovering after being shot in Greektown. The incident occurred on Friday (Aug. 30) at 5 a.m. on St. Antoine and Monroe Street. Officials taped off the area this morning, but there is no word on any suspects or what may have led up to the shooting.
Revisit how we analyzed Toledo’s win over Duquesne as it unfolded
Here was our quarter-by-quarter analysis as the action unfolded in Thursday’s Toledo football season opener. Team stats can be found at the bottom of the article. FIRST QUARTER ■ What happened: The night didn’t start well for Toledo. Before the game even started, the Rockets announced on the injury report that four starters would be out — DL Darius Alexander, CB Andre Fuller, OL Garrett Schwiebert, and K Luke Pawlak.
GM Brad Holmes expects Lions to be Super Bowl champions after breakthrough season
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Expectations for the Detroit Lions have never been higher. General manager Brad Holmes made it clear on Thursday morning he’s not lowering the bar. “For this season? Win the Super Bowl,” he said. For decades, the notion of the Lions raising the...
Michigan Zoo Asking For Money In Order To Vote For New Baby Gorilla Name
For the first time in the Detroit Zoo's 96-year history, a mother gorilla has welcomed in a new baby, a little girl gorilla. To celebrate, the zoo is asking for the communities' input as to what to name the new baby. Unfortunately for those who had the big brain move to say "Prince Harambe," sadly, the Detroit Zoo has narrowed the names down already.
Funding For Detroit Black Sports-Talk Radio Station Dries Up, Ending Brief Run
"Sports Rap Radio," the first all-Black sports-talk radio station in the nation, which broadcast on WXYT 1270-AM, has run out of funding after less than three monthss and is off the air, the Detroit News reports. The News reports:. Rob Parker, a former Detroit News sports columnist, said Thursday in...
Parents outraged over blighted building near Nolan School in Detroit
DETROIT – I received so many calls and emails recently from concerned parents and even a few school leaders at Nolan Elementary-Middle School. I understand why they are mad as hell!. The school year is getting underway, and the big, scary danger is still sitting across the street. It’s...
After blown save, Red Sox smack 2 HRs in 10th to beat Tigers
Ceddanne Rafaela blasted a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox pulled out a 7-5 victory over the host Detroit Tigers on Friday night. Jarren Duran doubled twice and added a solo homer in the 10th for the Red Sox, and Connor Wong supplied a double and a homer while driving in two runs.
Detroit community members win groundbreaking settlement against discriminatory licensing of hazardous waste facilities
An agreement has been reached in a civil rights complaint filed by community members and environmental justice advocates against the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) regarding the department’s disproportionate licensing of hazardous waste facilities in predominantly black and brown, lower-income communities. After years of sustained community...
Detroit Equity Action Lab has some of the flavor and touch of Conant Gardens from Asandi Conner
Asandi Conner’s journey with the Detroit Equity Action Lab and Wayne State University is one that unfolded in ways she never anticipated. Growing up in the historic Conant Gardens on Detroit’s Eastside and proudly graduating from Osborn High School, Asandi’s early years were steeped in writing and fueled by a dream of becoming a newscaster—a dream that naturally transitioned into a passion for journalism. As a student at Wayne State University, she chronicled the Black student movement’s efforts to establish a Black studies department, honoring esteemed professors like Dr. Gloria House, affectionately known as Mama Aneb.
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