MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Detroit Tigers 3 Los Angeles Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Dodgers 6, Tigers 3 – Dodgers beat Tigers 6-3;
NFL Draft – Lions take Hutchinson at No. 2, trade up to take Williams The Detroit Lions have selected Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 pick, addressing a desperate need with a hometown star.
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, April 29, 2022 1961, ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” showed the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” for the very first time. 1986, Roger Clemens became the first pitcher to strike out 20 batters in
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round Last Night Milwaukee Bucks 116, Chicago Bulls 100 (MIL Wins 4-1) Golden State Warriors 102, Denver Nuggets 98 (GSW Wins 4-1) Bucks 116,
WAY BACK WHEN for Thurs. April 28, 2022 1789, there was a Mutiny on the Bounty! Mutineers seized the British ship called “The Bounty” and set Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 4 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 0 Atlanta Braves 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Twins 5, Tigers 4 – Tigers throw it away: Wild
NCAAMBKB – Michigan’s Diabate enters draft, Dickinson staying in school Michigan freshman Moussa Diabate is entering the NBA draft. The 6-foot-11 forward announced his plans on Monday, a day after standout center Hunter Dickinson decided to return
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1865 John Wilkes Booth, who shot and killed U.S. President Abraham was shot and killed in Garrett’s barn in Virginia. When Booth refused to come out of the barn,
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Milwaukee Bucks 119, Chicago Bulls 95 (MIL Leads 3-1) Denver Nuggets 126, Golden State Warriors 121 (GSW Leads 3-1) Miami Heat 110, Atlanta Hawks 86 (MIA Leads 3-1) New Orleans Pelicans 118, Phoenix Suns
WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, April 25, 2022 1859 Construction of the Suez Canal, a North-South waterway connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, begins. It was completed in 1869. 1719 The first volume of Daniel Defoe’s
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 0 Cleveland Guardians 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 3, Yankees 0 – Cabrera intentionally walked with 2,999 hits
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, April 22, 2022 1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins. 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. 1976, Barbara Walters became network TV’s First Anchor Woman when she signed on to co-anchor
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round Last Night Chicago Bulls 114, Milwaukee Bucks 110 (Series Tied 1-1) Boston Celtics 114, Brooklyn Nets 107 (BOS Leads 2-0) Philadelphia 76ers 104,
WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, April 21, 2022 1876 The first ‘fire pole’ was installed in a New York City Firehouse. 1918, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron”, was shot down. He made a
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians, PPD Tampa Bay Rays 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Yankees 4, Tigers 2 – Cole gets career-low 5 outs,
WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1841 The first ‘Who Done It” book, The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe was published, establishing the literary genre of the detective stories. 1862 Louis Pasteur completed
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Chicago Cubs 4, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians, PPD Tigers were off Cubs 4, Rays 2 – Suzuki extends hitting streak to 9, Cubs beat cold
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, April 19, 2022 1775, the Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. 1987, “The Simpsons” premiered as a cartoon short between skits on the second episode of Fox’s now-defunct “Tracey Ullman Show”. “The Simpsons” is now the
NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – First Round Yesterday Miami Heat 115, Atlanta Hawks 91 (MIA Leads 1-0) Boston Celtics 115, Brooklyn Nets 114 (BOS Leads 1-0) Milwaukee Bucks 93, Chicago
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 2 Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado Rockies 2 Tigers 4, Royals 2 – Reyes, Meadows drive in runs in
WAY BACK WHEN for Good Friday, April 15, 2022 1770 English chemist Joseph Priestly referring to rubber describes in a footnote: “I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 2 Red Sox 9, Tigers 7 – Red Sox rough up Eduardo
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 2 Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Red Sox 5, Tigers 3 – Devers singles through shift, lifts
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 1 White Sox and Cubs were off Tigers 3, Red Sox 1 – Baez’s 2-run HR in 8th lifts Tigers to 3-1 win over Red
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, April 12, 2022 1861, The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk reported the success of the nationwide test of his polio vaccine and received
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit Tigers 1 Milwaukee Brewers 5, Chicago Cubs 4 White Sox 10, Tigers 1 – Back from suspension, Anderson helps White Sox rout Tigers Tim Anderson swung
MLB – Major League Baseball – Opening Day 2022 Yesterday Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 Cubs 5, Brewers 4 – Ian Happ gets 3 hits as Cubs beat Brewers 5-4 on opening day Ian Happ had
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, April 8, 2022 1974, baseball superstar Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, broke Babe Ruth’s lifetime home run record by hitting his 715th in a game against the L.A. Dodgers. 1983 Magician David Copperfield made the Statue of
NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Detroit Red Wings 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 Red Wings 3, Jets 1 – Gagner scores 2 to top 500 points, Red Wings beat Jets 3-1 Sam Gagner scored twice to
