A great perk of blogging is if you don’t have alot of time, you can always find someone else who does, and in this case just head on over to Absolute Michigan for video, links and more from Justin Verlander’s 1st career no-hitter, the 6th in Detroit Tiger history!

Read Justin Verlander pitches 1st Tiger no-hitter since 1984! at Absolute Michigan

Scott Warheit at Quo Vadimus has started an internet campaign to vote Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco as an All-Star starter and apparently IT IS WORKING!

Read Go to the Polls for Placido! All Star Campaign at Quo Vadimus
Go VOTE at MLB.com

Peter Schrager takes a look at some possible teams that would be interested in Miami Dolphins quarterback Daunte Culpepper and you might be surprised who he has as #1. I know I was…

1. Detroit Lions

Mike Martz as a coordinator, two No. 1 targets at receiver, a dome setting, a potential starting role, the familiar NFC North — it’s almost too good to be true.

Of course, the Detroit brass loves the Kitna/Stanton mentor-apprentice situation. They look for Kitna to do the same thing with Stanton that he did with Carson Palmer in Cincinnati — show the kid the ropes, and pass the reins on when the student is ready.

But the thought of Culpepper throwing those trademark deep balls to Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams is pretty darn tempting. Does he have anything left? Detroit may be just desperate enough to take a gamble and find out.

Odds: As good as you’ll find out there.

I like Kitna, but it would be tempting to have Culpepper throwing those deep passes to Williams and Johnson like he did to Moss. His knee is still a question mark and he hasn’t been healthy in a couple of years. Although bringing him in as a backup, keeping Stanton at third-string and having some big-time insurance if something happens to Kitna sounds like a pretty good plan to me. Of course that means the Lions and Millen probably won’t do it.

Read Who will take a chance on Culpepper? at FOXSports.com

Hockey writer Al Strachan does his best David Letterman impression and comes up with his Top Ten List for fixing the NHL.

Read Ten ways to fix the NHL at FOXSports.com

Found this link over at Deadspin. It’s a look at the relationship between Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer and his players as they try to defend their 2006 WNBA Championship. The Shock are off to a 4-0 start this season.

Read Aggressive, Infuriating and Successful at the New York Times

The Traverse City Beach Bums have made a couple changes to the roster as they return home to Wuerfel Park for 2 games before heading back out on the road.

Catcher/Third Baseman Takeshi Yamamoto was activated from the IR and rookie outfielder R.C. Dickerson was resigned after being cut in spring training. To make room on the roster the Beach Bums released former MSU pitcher Craig Brookes and outfielder LaFringe Hayes. Brookes asked to be released as he prepares for workouts for affiliated teams.

Mark Urban of the Record Eagle caught up with Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo at his annual Tom Izzo Charity Challenge at Hawk’s Eye in Bellaire. Urban got Izzo’s thoughts on the length of his career at MSU, on Billy Donovan going/not going to the NBA, the closer 3-point line in 2008-09, and Camp Quality.

Read Staying put makes Izzo a bit of a relic in the Record Eagle

Opinions on five current sports topics from yours truly…

1. Marissa Treece - The Glen Lake senior captured 3 more state titles on Saturday, giving her 10 in her track/cross-country career. She heads to Notre Dame this fall and we will follow along as she looks to star at the NCAA level.

Read Ten titles for Treece in the Record Eagle

2. What’s next for Pistons? - Lots of ideas are being talked about by fans including: Firing Flip, Trading Sheed, trying to trade for Kevin Garnett or Zack Randolph, and on and on. Not sure what Joe D is going to do, but I would definitely call Minnesota and see what they want for Garnett.

3. Beach Bums - A slow start to the season has the Bums in last place in the Central Division, 5.5 games back. It’s not going to get easier with 4 games against Kalamazoo looming, but the Bums are playing better and have lost a couple of close games.

4. Lions Scouting Reports - I don’t know if you have been following Killer Kowalski’s scouting reports as he is scouting a different Lion player every day, but I have and it’s been some great info. Kevin Jones is today, go check it out!

5a. Tigers finally beat Indians - Now everyone can relax a bit as the Tigers took the final two games in Cleveland to get within 2 1/2 games of Cleveland in the A.L. Central. The Tigers are showing what they are made of as they battle with injuries and keep getting big performances from Maggs and Sheffield.

5b. Two Near The Dugout, Please - Great article by Gren Eno looking back at some run-ins with Eric the ticket taker on his trips to Tiger Stadium.

If you want to let the me know what you think, you can always send me an email at leelanausportsguy@sportspig.com or post a comment!

The season just ended, but it’s never too early to get a jump on Detroit Red Wings Training Camp in Traverse City. It’s the 10th year the Wings will be in town. Tickets go on sale Saturday, June 2nd from 10am to 3pm at Centre ICE. The camp runs September 14th through 18th.

You can also get training camp news and ticket info at www.redwingstrainingcamp.com!

Read Camp tickets on sale at the Record Eagle