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1 week ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
MOTORSPORTS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing and Will Power of Team Penske are now the graybeards of the IndyCar series, 44-year-old veterans who own Indianapolis 500 wins and IndyCar championships. Well, that’s how you stay in the IndyCar series as long as they have. Dixon is now in his 24th year with the Ganassi organization, owning at least one win in each of the last 20 years heading into this season.
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1 week ago | 
macombdaily.com | David Goricki
Team Penske drivers Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin will try to toss their struggles aside heading into this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix while putting the cheating scandal behind them as well. It certainly won’t be easy to replace longtime team president Tim Cindric, managing director Ron Ruzewski and general manager Kyle Moyer.
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1 week ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
MOTORSPORTS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Team Penske drivers Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin will try to toss their struggles aside heading into this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix while putting the cheating scandal behind them as well. It certainly won’t be easy to replace longtime team president Tim Cindric, managing director Ron Ruzewski and general manager Kyle Moyer.
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1 week ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
MOTORSPORTS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Alex Palou has become the greatest driver of his generation, winning Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 to go along with his three IndyCar series championships in the last four years.
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2 weeks ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
HIGH SCHOOLS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Detroit – Kyle Terry made the most of his opportunity to play in a MLB stadium Monday night at Comerica Park, putting a show on the mound to help Detroit Cass Tech end Detroit Western’s 15-year run of PSL baseball championships. Terry, a senior right-hander, gave up just one run while striking out four, keeping Western’s powerful lineup off-balance all night in a 6-1 PSL Blue Division championship game win.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
HIGH SCHOOLS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Sarah Giroux has grown up catching glimpses of her older sister and older brother being successful athletes, and now she is making a name for herself as a multi-sport star as a sophomore at Flat Rock. Giroux’s sister, Kayla, is playing volleyball at Wayne State and her brother Michael is a senior at Flat Rock. He threw a no-hitter April 23, striking out 18 in a 3-0 win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
WOLVERINES David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Ann Arbor — The Carol Hutchins era has been over for a few years now for Michigan softball, but the Wolverines still have a competitive program in Bonnie Tholl’s third year of running the show. Tholl had been Hutchins’ top assistant coach for 29 years, including Michigan’s national championship run 20 years ago that was topped off with a title game win over UCLA when freshman Samantha Findlay hit a home run in the 10th inning.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
HIGH SCHOOLS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Pat Donnelly is stepping down as head basketball coach at U-D Jesuit to become the school's athletic director. Chris Jenkins, who played for Donnelly (2009-2012) before playing his college ball at Colorado and U-D Mercy and then playing professional overseas, will take over as U-D Jesuit’s head coach.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
NFL David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston was an afterthought, with little interest from general managers having him on their draft board for a first- or second-day draft pick before the season began. Now, Maxwell is in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the NFL Draft, which gets underway Thursday night for the first round. His name could well be called while he sits and waits in the green room.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | David Goricki
HIGH SCHOOLS David GorickiThe Detroit NewsView Comments It’s hard to believe that Kaitlyn Pallozzi’s high school softball career is coming to a close in the weeks ahead at Farmington Hills Mercy. She starter her prep career as a freshman phenom, throwing a no-hitter in her debut, striking out 14, followed by a magical performance just three days later in a 1-0 perfect game win over Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, striking out all 21 batters she faced — a rare, special accomplishment.
