Dennis Chase
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Giants on Cruz control
Once again, the Giants come in as the underdog and once again I think they leave with the Vince Lombardi trophy.
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Dennis Chase: Family tradition continues
College football recruiting has changed dramatically since Shane Bullough went through the process nearly 30 years ago.
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It's 1999 again, but success should last
The Detroit Lions were in the playoffs, Michigan State won 10 games and beat an SEC team in a Florida bowl game, and Michigan went 10-2 and won one of college football's elite bowl games. Sound familar?
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Dennis Chase: Glads don’t trip in quarterfinal
- Area runners outplaying gridiron gangs
- Sunday, October 9, 2011
- Dennis Chase: You can’t beat sports for entertainment
- Friday, April 8, 2011
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Dennis Chase: Buckley honors fallen athlete
Dave Buck took his spot on the edge of the track. "Haley, to your mark," he announced.
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With his arms raised, his starting pistol aimed skyward, Buck stared straight ahead at a lone starting block in lane four, a pink rose draped over it. "Set." And with that, Buck fired his pistol to start the 400-meter race and the 2011 track season. Except, there were no competitors in the 400. - Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Dennis Chase: Cadillac in the spotlight
Cadillac won its first regional basketball title since 1927 last week, but Vikings coach Jeff McDonald has had little time to savor it.
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Not with Muskegon Heights on the docket in tonight's Class B quarterfinal at Houghton Lake.
Cadillac enters the contest 20-4. Muskegon Heights is 19-5. The Tigers beat Petoskey in overtime in this quarterfinal last March. - Sunday, March 20, 2011
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McBain shoots its way to quarters
There's impressive. Then there's IMPRESSIVE. That's what we saw from McBain last Wednesday night when the Ramblers demolished Lincoln-Alcona by 41 points in a Class C basketball regional final at Traverse City West.
Continued ... - Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Best news in Detroit? The Red Wings
Columnist Dennis Chase takes a spin around the Motor City, looking at Detroit's four professional teams.
Continued ... - Monday, January 3, 2011
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Dennis Chase: Can Lions build on momentum?
Just when long-suffering Detroit Lions fans had reason to cheer, the season ended. No merciful conclusion to a campaign this time.
Continued ... - Sunday, January 2, 2011
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Dennis Chase: Michigan needs a fresh start
Michigan and Michigan State need to put Saturday's bowl disasters in the rear view mirror ASAP. No need to dwell on the obvious. Both teams were clearly out-matched by their SEC counterparts.
Continued ... - Saturday, November 13, 2010
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Dennis Chase: Contrast in regional final
The best team won Friday night. Iron Mountain was just too big, too strong, too physical. The Mountaineers controlled the line of scrimmage, and the game.
Continued ... - Friday, October 29, 2010
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Dennis Chase: A trip down memory lane
George Pratt will return Saturday to where all started nearly 50 years ago. Pratt, 73, is a volunteer football coach at Bellaire, which travels to Carsonville-Port Sanilac on Saturday for what is billed as the state championship game in 8-man football.
Continued ... - Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Dennis Chase: No wonder Dantonio is back
Mark Dantonio surprised many when he stepped to the podium at Tuesday's weekly press briefing. The Michigan State football coach was back at work, 10 days after suffering what was described as a mild heart attack. (Plus, thoughts about the Lions and Tigers.)
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St. Francis now turns attention to 2012
Tom Hardy's job just got a little tougher. The St. Francis athletic director must now find five football opponents instead of two after Lake Michigan Conference recently approved a plan to oust the Gladiators from the league.
Continued ... - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Dennis Chase: Yankees win trade with Tigers
I think Curtis Granderson will thrive in the Big Apple. Yankee fans will love his defense, and with a short fence in right he could hit 35 to 40 homers.
Continued ... - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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Dennis Chase: Lions stuck to board
Coach Jim Schwartz said the Detroit Lions "stuck" to their draft board, relying on the evaluations of their scouts, in selecting their picks in the NFL draft over the weekend. Fine. But I would feel better if that scouting department included someone with credentials like David Chadd (former Boston Red Sox-current Detroit Tigers director of amateur scouting) or Hakan Andersson (European scout for the Detroit Red Wings).
Continued ... - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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Dennis Chase: UNC made it look easy
Give it up for North Carolina. The Tar Heels made it look too easy Monday night in dismantling Michigan State in an NCAA title game that got out of hand early, much to the chagrin of CBS. It was game that Michigan State could do little right, while North Carolina could do little wrong.
Continued ... - Friday, March 27, 2009
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Dennis Chase: Vacancies a bad sign
This is not a good sign. With the season opener near, Detroit manager Jim Leyland still has vacancies in his starting rotation. Two to be exact. To make matters worse, the bullpen still seems unsettled.
Continued ... - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Dennis Chase: Epitome of March Madness
Every so often a team, backed by a proud and supportive community, emerges to epitomize what March Madness is all about. Ellsworth was that team, that community, this season. Small school (73 students). Big hopes.
Continued ... - Monday, March 24, 2008
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Dennis Chase: Little money, big impact
The Detroit Tigers added more than $32 million to this year's payroll to bolster a lineup that won 88 games in 2007. Yet, it might be the lowest wage-earning players on the team that decide its fate.
Continued ... - Thursday, November 1, 2007
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Dennis Chase: Tough rebounding from tough loss
I'm not a betting man, but if I did decide to place a wager or two I might be tempted to test a trend in college football. Teams coming off crushing losses struggle -- emotionally -- the following week. Remember when Michigan State blew that big fourth-quarter lead to Notre Dame a year ago?
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Giants on Cruz control
Recording Superstar Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Fans 'Speechless' Over Houston's Death
Romney Tops Santorum in CPAC Straw Poll
First glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter
Absolute Lin-sanity
Hate to be Rude: Bubba Watson
Peek inside Barbie's closet
Test on Comforter in Powell Unit Shows Blood
Angry Dad Shoots Teens Laptop
Hero Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
Funeral to be held for Powell boys
Sandusky on having to stay inside and people turning on him
Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama
Woolly Mammoth Caught on Camera?
Did JLo 'Assault' Marc Anthony on Camera?
Christie Brinkley's Runway Slip
Toddler forced to run half-naked in snow
Halle Wants to Leave the Country
Northern Lights shine above earth
Plane makes perfect belly landing
