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NHL National Hockey League training camps will open today, as teams prepare to resume the season that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the league’s Board of Governors and the Players Association ratified the arrangements late last week. Stanley Cup Tournament play-in games will begin August 1st in the …

MLB Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris has tested positive for COVID-19. The left-hander confirmed the news yesterday to the Detroit Free Press, saying that he’s experiencing no symptoms. He’s been placed on the disabled list until he is cleared. Major League Baseball’s 2021 season will begin with all 30 teams …

NHL The next Detroit Red Wings game will probably take place December 1st. That’s the tentative date that’s been set for the opening of the 2020-2021 NHL season. The Wings didn’t qualify for the expanded Stanley Cup playoffs that will – COVID-19 pandemic permitting – begin July 30th. If all …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has signed up yet another new recruit. Skylar Abell is a pitcher from Rock Falls, Illinois. He is the 22nd member of this year’s class. MLB The Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly agreed to a contract with their first-round pick in the recent amateur draft. …

MLB COVID-19 challenges permitting, the Detroit Tigers will open their shortened Major League Baseball season July 24th at Cincinnati. The Tigers will also face the Reds in a pair of preseason games July 21st and 22nd. The 60-game campaign will conclude September 27th in Kansas City. Tigers games will be …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has added another recruit. Infielder James Dawson from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin becomes the 21st member of this year’s class. MLB Training camps for major league baseball teams opened over the weekend. Pictures from Detroit show players working out, assisted by coaches and staff members …

High School The Michigan High School Athletic Association says that, at this point, it plans to play all scheduled fall sports this fall. Michigan’s “Return to School Roadmap” released by Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday assigns the task of establishing plans, procedures and safety protocols for high school sports to the …

High School High school sports events will be allowed in our area this fall – if there’s no increase in COVID-19 infections. Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled the “MI Safe Schools Road Map” yesterday. As long as the Upper Peninsula remains in COVID-19 Recovery Stage Five, students will be able to …

NHL While most of the teams in the National Hockey League prepare to finish the 2019-2020 season, the Detroit Red Wings are beginning preparations for the 2020-2021 campaign. The club has canceled its usual preseason training camp and related activities in Traverse City. General manager Steve Yzerman says training camp …

NHL The worst the Detroit Red Wings could have done in Friday’s National Hockey League draft lottery was wind up with the fourth overall pick – and that’s what happened. It was the fourth straight year in which Lady Luck failed the Wings, and they wound up lower in the …