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From Finlandia University Athletics Finlandia University head football coach Tim Driscoll has hired Gwinn, Michigan native Dan Mettlach as Finlandia’s offensive coordinator. Mettlach will begin his duties immediately. Mettlach has been coaching collegiate football since 2007, including 3 seasons (2007-2010) at Northern Michigan University.  In 2011, Mettlach served as quarterbacks …

MLB: Tigers Fall to Royals Justin Verlander shut out the Royals through six innings… but unraveled in the seventh, and Detroit lost to Kansas City 5-2 yesterday. Verlander had allowed just two hits over those six innings… but gave up four straight singles to open the seventh. The rest of …

MLB: Tigers Win Fifth Straight Rick Porcello won his 12th game of the season yesterday, as the Tigers beat the Royals 5-1. Porcello left at the end of the seventh inning with a slim 2-1 lead. Joba Chamberlain pitched a perfect eighth… and J.D. Martinez and Alex Avila homered in …

MLB: Tigers Edge Royals The Tigers won their fourth in a row last night… slipping past the Royals 2-1. Anibal Sanchez earned the win… giving up eight hits over seven innings, but allowing just a single run in the first. Both Jaba Chamberlain and Joe Nathan faces scoring threats in …

Morning Sports for Friday, July 11th: MLB: Tigers Rout Royals The Tigers scored eight runs in the fifth inning, and pounded the Royals 16-4 last night. Torii Hunter homered, and 11 Detroit batters collected hits. Drew Smyly earned the win. He gave up single runs in the second and fourth …

MLB: Tigers Sweep Dodgers Max Scherzer turned in seven strong innings, as the Tigers defeated the Dodgers 4-1 yesterday. Detroit gave their All-Star pitcher all the runs he’d need when they scored twice in the first inning. Scherzer’s only mistake was a home run ball he threw to Miguel Rojas …

Longtime Calumet High School hockey coach Jim Crawford will retire at the conclusion of the upcoming hockey season. Crawford became the varsity head coach in 1984. Since then, he’s achieved a record of 522 wins, 251 losses and 21 ties. He’s led the Copper Kings to 15 regional championships, and six …

MLB: Tigers Come Back to Rout Dodgers Justin Verlander gave up five runs in the first inning… but the Tigers roared back to claim a 14-5 victory last night. Verlander settled down, and pitched shutout ball through the sixth. Detroit rebounded with five runs in the second. By the time …

Morning Sports for Tuesday, July 8th: MLB: Tigers Prep for Dodgers The Tigers had yesterday off, and open an interleague set against the Dodgers tonight. Justin Verlander will start against Hyun-Jin Ryu. Hear the first pitch at 7:08 on AM 1400, WCCY. Kansas City won yesterday, so the Tigers’ lead …

MLB: Tigers Swept by Rays Rick Porcello’s bid for a third straight shutout ended quickly last night, as the Tigers lost to the Rays 7-3. Tampa scored early… with a double, a single, and a three-run homer before any outs were recorded in the top of the first. Porcello was …