Marlowe Alter
Sports Writer and Editor at Detroit Free Press
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1 day ago |
freep.com | Marlowe Alter
The Detroit Lions depth chart and roster is ready to be enhanced. The Lions have seven draft picks entering the 2025 NFL Draft, including the No. 28 overall selection in Round 1 on Thursday night. The Lions did go 15-2 last season, but were quickly sent packing in their first playoff game. They have several needs to address, specifically along the defensive line, though general manager Brad Holmes has an ethos to avoid needs-based drafting.
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3 days ago |
freep.com | Marlowe Alter
Rod Wood was feeling spicy Monday. Wood, the Detroit Lions president, took a jab at the divisional rival Green Bay Packers while speaking at the annual NFL draft luncheon hosted at the Detroit Economic Club. Green Bay is set to host the 2025 NFL Draft this week, one year after the event was a smashing success in Detroit. "Trying to get the NFL to consider bringing it back (to Detroit) because I don't think they'll ever top it," Wood said. "There's no way Green Bay will come close.
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3 days ago |
freep.com | Marlowe Alter
Detroit Lions have 7 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft this week, starting at No. 28 in the first round. GM Brad Holmes has made 12 draft-day trades in 4 years. The Detroit Lions are ready to beef up one of the NFL's best rosters as they enter this week's 2025 NFL Draft. They own the No. 28 overall pick in Thursday's first round. Lions general manager Brad Holmes, now in his fifth year running the acquisition of players, has transformed the Lions' draft strategy with a fantastic track record.
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4 days ago |
freep.com | Marlowe Alter
Add another notch to the Detroit Pistons' NBA record playoff winless streak. The Pistons looked like they were on their way to an upset, before a 21-0 New York Knicks eruption in the fourth quarter turned an eight-point deficit into a 13-point lead with under five minutes remaining. That was enough to stun the Pistons in a Knicks 123-112 win at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
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4 days ago |
freep.com | Marlowe Alter
The Detroit Pistons lost two points on a controversial play Saturday evening late in the third quarter against the New York Knicks in Game 1 of their first-round series in the NBA playoffs. With the Pistons leading 80-76, Tim Hardaway Jr. ran down the court at Madison Square Garden for what appeared to be a two-handed dunk. The ball went to the bottom of the net, but then popped out, as he was hit on the right arm by Josh Hart.
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The Pistons waited 6 years to return to the NBA playoffs. Who will they play? When will they play? How does this thing work? Here’s everything to know entering the final week of the regular season: https://t.co/quVgW3hQ9M
Based on what we know, it’s hard to imagine a Jaden Ivey return from injury to the Pistons in the first round of the playoffs. An official update is expected Sunday. https://t.co/f71584bI1L
RT @omarisankofa: Cade said he had soreness in his left calf, tightness in his right calf and also was sick. https://t.co/flfDzcGX7Z
