Coach Jim Schwartz said the Detroit Lions "stuck" to their draft board, relying on the evaluations of their scouts, in selecting their picks in the NFL draft over the weekend. Fine. But I would feel better if that scouting department included someone with credentials like David Chadd (former Boston Red Sox-current Detroit Tigers director of amateur scouting) or Hakan Andersson (European scout for the Detroit Red Wings).....more>>
Give it up for North Carolina. The Tar Heels made it look too easy Monday night in dismantling Michigan State in an NCAA title game that got out of hand early, much to the chagrin of CBS. It was game that Michigan State could do little right, while North Carolina could do little wrong.
This is not a good sign. With the season opener near, Detroit manager Jim Leyland still has vacancies in his starting rotation. Two to be exact. To make matters worse, the bullpen still seems unsettled.
Every so often a team, backed by a proud and supportive community, emerges to epitomize what March Madness is all about. Ellsworth was that team, that community, this season. Small school (73 students). Big hopes.
The Detroit Tigers added more than $32 million to this year's payroll to bolster a lineup that won 88 games in 2007. Yet, it might be the lowest wage-earning players on the team that decide its fate.
I'm not a betting man, but if I did decide to place a wager or two I might be tempted to test a trend in college football. Teams coming off crushing losses struggle -- emotionally -- the following week. Remember when Michigan State blew that big fourth-quarter lead to Notre Dame a year ago?