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Play Ball! Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2008

Play Ball !!! by suesue2 The Detroit Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-13 on their first-ever opening day on April 25, 1901 and over the 107 years of Tiger baseball since, they have compiled a 57-49-1 record in their home openers (Detroit…
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Five things you need to know for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Welcome to a special March Madness edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Last weekend featured championships in girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, competitive cheer, gymnastics, wrestling and hockey and you can get…
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Detroit Tigers Spring Training 2008

Welcome to a special Detroit Tigers Spring Training edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan where we pucker up for a platefull of Grapefruit League goodness! Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers Last year on Absolute…
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2008 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Induction

The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame 53rd Annual MSHOF Induction Ceremony takes place on Monday, February 11, 2008 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center on Woodward in Detroit. The Class of 2007 inductees (along with the best articles we could find)…
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Michigan Books: Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck

Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck (Lyons Press) employs humor and the behind-the-scenes style of journalism pioneered in George Plimpton's classic Paper Lion. In the book, Kluck details his…
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Cars, Cows, Politics & Tigers

Well, there was supposed to be a Five Things you need to know about Michigan here but my job got in the way. Here's a couple things that would have been here ... you can see why this sort of thing is normally grouped under the "Five Things you…
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Tickets for Detroit Tigers Spring Training 2008

Anyone... please sign it, photo by K'mish Tigers Spring Training tickets go on sale this Saturday (Jan 11) at 10 AM. You can order tickets online or by calling 866-66-TIGER and get all the details on spring training from MLB.com. Check…
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Photo Friday: Lioness by rckrawczykjr

This photo is titled Lioness and it was taken by Ralph Krawczyk Jr. at the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit. If you follow Michigan in Pictures, you've seen a lot of Ralph. If you don't click here to see what you've…
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Tiger Triple Play: Cabrera/Willis trade, DIBS on Tigers & TigerFest 2008

Once in a life time by picturepal The Stove Heats Up Earlier this week the Tigers assembled an eight player trade with the Florida Marlins for All Star slugger Miguel Cabrera (.320, 34 HR, 119 RBI for the Marlins) and lefty Dontrelle…
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CMU wins MAC title, Motor City Bowl Berth

MAC Champs by Jeff Simms In CHIPS DOUBLE UP, the Freep reports that on Saturday, Central Michigan University cruised its second straight Mid American Conference title. Standout sophomore QB Dan LeFevour ran for two touchdowns and 170 yards…
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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 27, 2007

They said it: Dana Johnson, chief economist for used-to-be-Detroit-based Comerica Bank in forecasting modest 1-2% growth for Michigan's economy in 2008. We'll finally have the sense, after four years of a downturn, we're on a rise again. Roy…
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Photo Friday: Comerica Park by tdog4msu1

Thomas has added a bunch of photos of Michigan scenes like Comerica Park to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. He took this photo of the home of the Detroit Tigers from the top floor of the Ren Cen. Check out his other photos from…