In case sports aren’t the first thing on your mind on a Sunday, here’s a recap of Saturday’s Detroit victories: the Wings took the series lead over the San Jose Sharks with a 4-1 win; the Tigers beat out the Royals 7-5 thanks to an 8th inning single by Craig Monroe; and the Pistons — who humiliated the Bulls 95-69 — not-so-subtly reminded Chicago that they don’t need Big Ben to win (er, wallop) another team.

Way to go Detroit! Keep this up and we’ll have three world champ teams this year. Playoff fever is in the air …

Some people say that I am too negative about the city. Some people say that I’m overly sarcastic. However, there is one thing that unites Detroiters in negativity. That thing is the Detroit Lions. Year after year, fans show up in droves to watch another Lions season with dreams of the Superbowl or at least an above 500 season. The Lions tell us that they’re starting fresh – they have some great talent and are going to win this year. However, reality is often different. Usually by the time our annual Thanksgiving game rolls around the Lions are statistically eliminated from the playoffs. In the off-season a coach is sometimes fired (remember the glory days of Wayne Fontes?) , a couple players are traded, and maybe we’ll get some new draft picks to be excited about. The press will get all excited about training camp in Allen Park, people will sell out Ford Field (or the Silverdome back in the day), and the Lions will have yet another losing season.

Therefore, as our third gift, I think we should gift the Lions to a city that hasn’t had a football team yet. Maybe it will cheer them up. There are other metblog cities out there that don’t have NFL teams yet, Portland, Oregon, Orlando, Florida or Austin, Texas. I’m sure they’ll fake enthusiasm when they open the present to find the Lions, like when you got that tie that plays music. They’ll say, “Oh Detroit! You shouldn’t have! I’ve always wanted a football team!” then we’ll get the Lions re-gifted back to us next year.

We were in the Turkey Trot again this year! Only this time, we went a little over the top.

I’m in there somewhere, holding up a rake. Have of the fun of the 5k/10k race is the costumes! People dress as reindeer, santa, elves, spongebob, turkeys, even flamingos!

This year we decided to race as a Chinese-inspired dragon, which turned out to be a lot of work (we didn’t finish the 10K, only the 5K) but the kiddies loved us. I just couldn’t see much of where I was going!

If you’ve always wanted to race but were afraid (to ask) then the Turkey Trot is a good local event to start with. There’s even a Mashed Potato Mile. This year wasn’t as cold as last year…

Schembechler, a legend at U of M and in the arena of college sports, had a record of 234-65-8 during his 26 years as a coach. From 1969 – 1989, Bo’s years at Michigan, Schembechler’s record was 194-48-5. He won or tied 13 Big Ten titles, never had a losing season, and was named Big Ten Coach of the Year 7 times.

Bo’s death comes on the eve of the biggest rivalry in college sports, U of M versus Ohio State. The National Championship is on the line, and both teams are undefeated.

Today, while browsing through some news stories, I came upon this article about the Motor City Squash Open, which is being held in Detroit as we speak.

Squash in the D? Is this a new tradition? I’m not bashing it, I’ve just never heard about it before. Where is the open held?

it’s a little weird not having Ben Wallace around which results in not having the ‘fro be the main marketing scheme, but i think we’ll be fine… actually, i think we’re going to be better… am i crazy??? well, with the way the NBA changed the rules of the game, there’s no way we would’ve kept on winning playing the same style we did in 2004 and that’s what Ben Wallace wanted…

so here’s to another great Pistons season!!! i think they’ll win something like 50 games and eventually win it all (did i really just write that?)… anyone else got some predictions?

First up, a little-known fact about the Detroit Tigers‘ Olde English D.

I’ve always known the Olde English D is the coolest emblem in baseball, but I didn’t know that it is also the oldest.

USA Today’s Mike Dodd wrote an article about this fact last week and that story ran in Saturday’s online edition of the Freep; here’s an excerpt:

Marc Okkonen, baseball historian and author of “Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century,” says the Tigers first placed the distinctive letter on their uniforms in 1904, one year before any interlocking NY appeared on a Yankees shirt.

“It actually goes back to the Western League in the 1890s,” Okkonen says. “The D was a little different and actually was worn on the right breast of the shirt instead of the left.”

So there you have it. Another Detroit trivia tidbit so you can be the envy of all your friends.

Eat Em’ Up next year maybe?