By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 28, 2016 As the Detroit News reported in a thorough article published yesterday, construction began Monday on the grounds of the old Tiger Stadium site which is being transformed into the Detroit Police Athletic League youth sports stadium. The old home of the Detroit Tigers at the corner…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 27, 2016 For as long as I can remember, I have always been desirous™ (Rush Limbaugh) for the Red Wings to add a superstar African-North American to their organization. Considering the team plays its home games in a city that is predominantly black, I always…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 27, 2016 My weekly appearance on Ryan Schuiling's show on 92.1FM in Lansing today started off with a shoutout to "Howard Stern Show" employees Jason Kaplan and Nik Ruckert and was followed by a discussion on the Lions sans Calvin Johnson, the Red Wings moves over the weekend at the draft and…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 25, 2016 It has been three months since Matt Dery was let go by Detroit Sports 105.1 and we have been looking for the longtime sports update guy/talk show host ever since. We heard he was giving speeches on how to win in the workplace, but we haven't been…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 25, 2016 It's not hard to recall the story behind all of Ken Holland's superior transactions during this century because they have been so few and far between. And there is one common theme for all three of the Wings' General Manager's unanimously lauded 2000-era moves --…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 24, 2016 Dear Dennis, Welcome to Detroit. Congratulations on being selected #20th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft by an Original Six franchise and an organization that has hoisted the Stanley Cup eleven times. Now, let me fill you in on some details regarding the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 24, 2016 I didn't want to write another article this week. I have provided you people with enough content already. But I could not let the events of Thursday's Tigers/Mariners game pass without documenting them for posterity. Because if I don't do this, who the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 23, 2016 If it wasn't bad enough that Pavel Datsyuk walked away from the Detroit Red Wings before fulfilling the three-year commitment he made to the team, leading the franchise to salary cap purgatory ..... If it wasn't bad enough that Pavel Datsyuk decided a week into…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 22, 2016 Josh Katzenstein broke the news earlier today on Twitter that he was leaving the Detroit News to take a position in New Orleans covering the Saints for NOLA.com.  Moments later, the DSR put two and two together and we figured out that Katzenstein was replacing a…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com June 22, 2016 ..... is it indeed a [Dead] Duck? Now, I am not reporting that Greater Media (GM) has decided to flip formats at Detroit Sports 105.1 but what I am telling you is that their behavior is completely consistent with a radio company that is preparing to…