Sports

I know. I know. For a Lions fan, this news will either make your roll your eyes, or maybe, simply start laughing, and add a sarcastic remark, too.

It started out as a fun and funky promotion 39 years ago, and now the Kalamazoo Wings' Green Ice game is growing into a Green Ice Weekend.

His daughter, Gianna, was also killed in the crash. She was 13; Kobe was 41.

There's a sports truism: "Don't tell me how you started, tell me how you finished." The Western Michigan Bronco hockey team is peaking just as the NCHC season is ending.

The Western Michigan Bronco hockey team picked up a big win Friday night, in the opener of a two game set against St. Cloud St., winning 6-2 at Lawson Ice Arena.

In what's been labeled a must win season for Lions' GM and coach Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia, here's a distraction that they probably could do without.

The issue is predictable. Layers upon layers of review and approvals.

The only question was whether it was going to be unanimous. And after teammate Mariano Rivera was voted into Baseball's Hall of Fame unanimously last year, it seemed possible it could have two years in a row, but one writer did not vote for Jeter.

This is not meant to pile on or even be mean-spirited, even though it's going to feel like it, I woke up to a great bit of trivia Monday morning.

The Western Michigan Bronco hockey team finished off a much need weekend sweep of Colorado College that put them back at .500 in the NCHC standings.