John Niyo

Detroit

Detroit News sports columnist. Husband to one. Father of three. Native Iowan. Proud Michigander. Email: [email protected] Also: https://t.co/tZZzQRIP9s

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Skubal comes out cooking at Comerica, delivers huge win for Tigers

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | John Niyo

By John Niyo - The Detroit News (TNS) DETROIT - Dillon Dingler missed the handshake that wasn't midway through the eighth inning Sunday afternoon. So the Detroit Tigers' young catcher wasn't completely sure if Tarik Skubal would get a chance to finish what he started Sunday afternoon in another dominant outing at Comerica Park. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
John Niyo: Skubal comes out cooking at Comerica, delivers huge win for Tigers

1 week ago | leadertelegram.com | John Niyo

DETROIT — Dillon Dingler missed the handshake that wasn’t midway through the eighth inning Sunday afternoon. So the Detroit Tigers' young catcher wasn’t completely sure if Tarik Skubal would get a chance to finish what he started Sunday afternoon in another dominant outing at Comerica Park. kAm“qFE H96? x =@@<65 @FE E@ E96 3F==A6?
John Niyo: Skubal comes out cooking at Comerica, delivers huge win for Tigers

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | John Niyo

DETROIT - Dillon Dingler missed the handshake that wasn't midway through the eighth inning Sunday afternoon. So the Detroit Tigers' young catcher wasn't completely sure if Tarik Skubal would get a chance to finish what he started Sunday afternoon in another dominant outing at Comerica Park. "But when I looked out to the bullpen and saw nobody warming up," Dingler said later, smiling after he'd caught a piece of history, "I was like, ‘Ooh, this is gonna be special.
Tarik Skubal comes out cooking at Comerica, delivers huge win for Detroit Tigers

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | John Niyo

JOHN NIYO John NiyoThe Detroit NewsView Comments Detroit — Dillon Dingler missed the handshake that wasn’t midway through the eighth inning Sunday afternoon. So the Tigers' young catcher wasn’t completely sure if Tarik Skubal would get a chance to finish what he started Sunday afternoon in another dominant outing at Comerica Park.
Niyo: Lions’ Hutchinson back from gruesome injury with grateful heart

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | John Niyo

JOHN NIYO John NiyoThe Detroit NewsView Comments Allen Park — The pain was excruciating. The shock was real. And the emotions that followed? They ran the gamut, from “just numb” to anger and even moments of self-pity. But now that Aidan Hutchinson is on the other side of all that, seven months removed from a gruesome leg injury that spoiled his brilliant start last season and perhaps his team’s Super Bowl hopes as well, the Lions’ Pro Bowl edge rusher is able to talk about the ordeal with gratitude.
Tigers playing long game as Guardians return to town

2 weeks ago | grandhaventribune.com | John Niyo

DETROIT — They all remember how it ended last October, with a grand slam that left an undeniable scar. So as the Tigers return home to Comerica Park to begin a four-game series with the Cleveland Guardians, the same team that ended their exhilarating run to the postseason seven months ago, the added motivation isn’t hard to find.
Báez's crazy comeback story adds another chapter with Tigers

3 weeks ago | grandhaventribune.com | John Niyo

DETROIT — Javier Báez says he was ready. Ready for the pitch, obviously. That 80-mph sweeper that Red Sox reliever Greg Weissert tried to get over on him with two on and no outs in the bottom of the 11th inning Tuesday night? kAm“~9[ x H2D =@@<:?8 7@C E92E A:E49[” qá6K D2:5[ D>:=:?8[ 27E6C 96’5 42AA65 2?@E96C H:=5 ?:89E 2E r@>6C:42 !2C< H:E9 2 H2=<\@77 E9C66\CF? 9@>6C E@ 8:G6 E96 %:86CD 2 `_\h G:4E@CJ @G6C q@DE@?]k^AmkAmqFE >@C6 E92?
Pistons' season is over, but basketball is back in Detroit

1 month ago | grandhaventribune.com | John Niyo

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Harris keeps Pistons even-keeled facing long odds vs. Knicks

1 month ago | grandhaventribune.com | John Niyo

DETROIT — Late Tuesday night, Tobias Harris stopped to take a long look at the fans gathered outside Madison Square Garden. He was standing near the loading dock after Detroit staved off playoff elimination with a 106-103 victory in Game 5 of their first-round series against the New York Knicks.
Niyo: Wings' Yzerman in no mood for postseason pity party

1 month ago | detroitnews.com | John Niyo

JOHN NIYO John NiyoThe Detroit NewsView Comments Detroit — If Dylan Larkin wanted more from Steve Yzerman, well, he got it. And one didn’t really have to read between the lines to decipher the message delivered Tuesday, as the Red Wings’ general manager finally weighed in at the end of another hockey season without a playoff game in Detroit.