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Sunday, June 16, 2013  Greg Biffle raced to his second straight Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway, easily holding off Kevin Harvick after points leader Jimmie Johnson smacked the wall in the final laps Sunday.         It was the 1,000th victory for Ford across NASCAR's three national series - Cup, Nationwide and Truck.         It was Biffle's first win since he overtook Johnson to win at MIS in August. Johnson's engine faltered with six laps left in that race. This time, he was about a second behind Biffle with three laps to go - but a tire give way, and he dropped all the way to 28th.         Harvick was second, 3 seconds behind Biffle. Martin Truex Jr. was next, followed by Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart.

Monday, June 10, 2013  The Detroit Pistons have hired former 76ers and Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks.

Saturday, June 08, 2013  BASEBALL Division 1 Regional 1 Championship: Bay City Western 10 - Grand Blanc 2 Final Division 3 Regional 19 Championship: Powers Catholic 14 - Capac 4 Final Final SOFTBALL Division 1 Regional 1 Championship:  Bay City Western 5 - Grand Blanc 0 Final Division 2 Regional 10 Championship: Saginaw Swan Valley 9 - Goodrich 1 Final Division 3 Regional 19 Championship: Reese 3 - Durand 1 Final Baseball and Softball quarterfinals begin Tuesday at Central Michigan University.

Saturday, June 08, 2013  The Blue Devils scored two goals late in the game to push the Chargers to the limit, but Powers was able to hold on for the 3-2 Regional Championship win.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Erik Columbia interviews LaMarr Woodley about the NFL, Michigan and his hometown of Saginaw.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  At the Dow Event Center today the Spirit along with the Plymouth Whalers, and the Red Wings' Tom Wilson talked about the event, that according to them, is perfect for the area.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  Frankenmuth wins the District 79 Division 3 Baseball championship. Reese wins the District 79 Division 3 Softball championsh, and Grand Blanc wins the District 15 Division 1 Girls Soccer championship.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  After forcing a Game 7, the Blackhawks, who had the best record in the NHL regular season, rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to reach the Western Conference finals against the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The Chicago Blackhawks have forced a seventh game in their Western Conference semifinal series with the Detroit Red Wings.

Saturday, May 25, 2013  Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw scored power-play goals in the second period, and the Chicago Blackhawks avoided elimination with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night in Game 5 of the second-round playoff series.         Shaw added his third career playoff goal in the third as the Blackhawks stopped the Red Wings' three-game winning streak by creating chaos in front of Jimmy Howard, who had shut down Chicago's attack while moving Detroit to the brink of the Western Conference finals.         Bryan Bickell scored the first goal of the game and Corey Crawford had 25 stops for Chicago, which managed only two goals during its first three-game losing streak of the season.         Daniel Cleary scored for the second straight game for Detroit, which will have another chance to close out the top-seeded Blackhawks in Game 6 on Monday night.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The Detroit Red Wings are up two games to one against the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL's Western Conference semifinals.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  The Bobcats took care of business Saturday afternoon verse the Hawks. Grand Blanc won 13-6 in the first round of the MHSAA Boys Lacrosse State Playoffs, and will now face Brother Rice Friday at 6pm.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  On senior day for the Mustangs, Frankenmuth took 3-of-4 on the diamond against Clio. On the baseball side of things, the Eagles and Stangs split Wednesday doubleheader 15-7 and 3-2, but on the softball side of things, Frankenmuth swept the double-dip 11-1 and 3-1.