http://www.sportspig.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 May 2008 19:43:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yahoo! Sports Dan Wetzel writes about the Pistons impressive run and the man responsible for it. Read Pistons’ brightest star might be their GM at Yahoo! Sports http://www.sportspig.com/2008/05/14/nice-article-on-pistons-dumars/ The Traverse City Beach Bums split a pair of exhibition games in Gary, Indiana yesterday as they ready for their May 21st season opener. The Beach Bums lost to the Gary Railcats 6-4 and defeated Windy City 3-2. Jared Locke picked up the win. Read Beach Bums split exhibitions in the ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/05/14/bums-earn-exhibition-split/ No Chauncey Billups. No problem. Rip Hamilton (31 points) and Rodney Stuckey (15 points, 6 assists) helped the Pistons earn another trip to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 91-86 victory over Orlando. The Pistons won the series 4-1 and now await the winner of Boston and Cleveland, who are ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/05/13/rip-stuckey-lead-pistons-to-series-win/ The family and the day job has taken up all of my time as of late, but I plan on posting regularly (or at least as regular as I ever post) soon. That doesn't mean I haven't paid any attention to the ups and downs of our trusty Detroit teams... Detroit ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/05/12/im-still-here-2/ When you see this on ESPN.com... Memphis up 30 at half Not a good night to be a Michigan State fan. Down 10 or maybe even 15, I'd say they have a shot, but 30 down, Memphis isn't going to miss that many free throws. http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/28/when-its-good-to-not-have-tv/ I missed it until reading about it in the Detroit News today. Check out this block by Detroit Pistons 3rd-year forward Jason Maxiell on the New Orleans Hornets Tyson Chandler... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/25/just-in-case-you-missed-this/ I (like many others) have penciled in the Celtics and the Pistons playing in the Eastern Conference Finals. Fox Sports Randy Hill analyzes the other contenders to see if any can stop this from happening. He mentions Toronto and Washington, the current 5th and 6th seeds, but his main focus is ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/18/a-look-at-the-challengers-in-the-fight-for-the-eastern-conference/ The Northwest Conference and Lake Michigan Conference have completed a 2-year contract to square off in next year's Lake Michigan Conference/Northwest Conference Challenge. Both Boys and Girls teams will be matched up according to how they finished in the conference the previous season, so we will see some very exciting ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/14/norsemen-lakers-and-comets-to-be-part-of-challenge-next-season/ Muskegon West Michigan Christian was bigger, faster and stronger as they cruised to a 72-45 win over Leland in the Class D Quarterfinals at Traverse City West. After Leland started the game on a 9-0 run, it was all WMC after that as they advance to take on Cedarville in ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/12/leland-falls-in-quarters/ Photo: Leland's Eric Larsen (10) hits the game winning shot over Bellaire's Riku Lempio with seconds left. Photo by Jan-Michael Stump of the Record-Eagle Leland used two clutch plays from junior Eric Larsen to capture the Class D Regional title at Traverse City Central with a 48-46 win over Bellaire. The ... http://www.sportspig.com/2008/03/06/leland-earns-48-46-win-in-regional-final/