http://www.sportspig.com Leelanau Traverse City Northern Michigan Detroit Sports Blog by Leelanau Sports Guy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1941 The Dodgers announce their players will begin to wear helmets when batting. The use of the safety headgear will not become mandatory in the National League until 1954 and the AL will follow suit four years later. 1951 J.Edgar Hoover , longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, declines ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/10/today-in-baseball-history-march-10/ AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Rodney Stuckey underwent a completely negative cardiac evaluation under the direction of University of Michigan’s (Fred Morady, M.D.), Cleveland Clinic’s (Thomas Dresing, M.D.) and the Detroit Medical Center’s (Luis Alfonso, M.D.). The combined opinion is that Rodney may return to a progressive exercise program. http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/10/medical-statement-regarding-rodney-stuckey/ March 9 1897- The Cleveland Spiders sign Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis. Although the former Holy Cross star plays only three seasons due to alcoholism, the fans admire his outstanding skills and refer to team as the 'Indians'- in 1915 the name will become official. 1943-The Dodgers trade first baseman Babe Dahlgren to ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/09/today-in-baseball-history-march-9/ By AJ Petronzi In Play Magazine In a goal scoring affair, the Detroit Red Wings have defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Chicago. Chicago broke out to an early lead with goals from Duncan Keith and Andrew Ladd. Then, after a Chicago goal was called back, the Red Wings scored five goals from ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/07/red-wings-beat-chicago-blackhawks/ March 7 1903-The Giants trade last season's part-time manager Heinie Smith to Detroit for second baseman Kid Gleason. Gleason is immediately sent to the Phillies. 1923-Commissioner Landis turns down the American Legion requests to discontinue major league morning games on Memorial Day. 1924-At the age of 48, Reds' manager Pat Moran dies of ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/07/today-in-baseball-history/ by Steve St-Pierre Pistons point guard Rodney Stuckey collapsed on the team's bench at the 2:30 mark of the third quarter of Detroit's loss last night in Cleveland to the Cavaliers. He was carried out on a stretcher with an oxygen mask and transported to Cleveland Clinic. Tests came back negative, and ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/06/stuckey-ok-should-return-to-detroit-today/ By Justin Cousineau In Play Magazine Spring training is underway and its time for everyone to breakdown the players. Everyone would like to think they know what's best for their favorite teams lineup but when reality hits it's what the manager says goes. When you look at a player like Alfonso Soriano you ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/06/the-tigers-line-up/ By Justin Cousineau In Play Magazine Starting forward averaging 29.6 PPG, 39.6 MPG, .478 FG%, .381 3P%, and a .884 FT%. In case your wondering why a single players statistics fill my first sentence it's because unless you look it up you'll probably assume these numbers belong to Kobe Bryant, or the face ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/05/nba-stars/ Suttons Bay carries a 19-game winning streak into the Class C Districts next week at Traverse City St. Francis. The Norsemen capped the regular season with senior David Wheelock hitting nine 3-pointers as Suttons Bay topped Buckley 87-65. "To play like that in your last home game, that's pretty special," Norse ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/05/suttons-bays-wheelock-hits-school-record-9-triples-in-win/ Here's an exclusive article re-posted with permission from TMZ... Tiger Woods is golfing like a man possessed -- hitting ball after ball after ball at the golf course near his home in Isleworth ... and TMZ has obtained the first unstaged photos of Woods back in action. Woods hit the course yesterday ... http://www.sportspig.com/2010/03/05/tmz-exclusive-tiger-woods-the-first-unstaged-golf-photos/