Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Kalamazoo's Jeter to officially join Hall of Fame today
COOPERSTOWN, NY (WKZO AM/FM) - Derek Jeter and Ted Simmons will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today after ceremonies were cancelled last year due to COVID-19. Jeter grew up in Kalamazoo a...
Sep 08, 2021 Rafael Amado Deras / CC
Tigers' bullpen blows lead, Detroit falls at Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, PA (WKZO AM/FM) - Reliever Kyle Funkhouser's disastrous seventh-inning ended up giving the Detroit Tigers a 6-3 loss Monday at Pittsburgh. Funkhouser picked up his third loss after giving ...
Sep 07, 2021
MSU's Walker name Big Ten offensive player of the week
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kenneth Walker III's big Friday night is being honored by the rest of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans running back was announced as the conference's offensive play...
Sep 07, 2021 Michigan State University Spartan helmet (courtesy of Michigan State University Athletics)
Wolverines' wide receiver out for the season with knee injury
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ronnie Bell's 2021 season only lasted one game. University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh announced the wide receiver's right knee injury is serious enough t...
Sep 07, 2021 University of Michigan logo (courtesy of U of M)
Lions name captains for 2021 season
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five Detroit Lions players will represent the team as captains during the 2021 season. Linebacker Trey Flowers is the only returning captain from 2020. He is joined by ne...
Sep 07, 2021
Tigers pitcher and coach test positive for COVID-19, others also being held out
PITTSBURGH, PA (WKZO AM/FM) - Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez and bench coach George Lombard are both positive for COVID-19. The pair will be separately quarantined for at least 10 days because of...
Sep 07, 2021 Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez (courtesy of MLB/detroit Tigers)
Big night for Spartan running back Walker as MSU opens with win at Northwestern
EVANSTON, IL (WKZO AM/FM) - Kenneth Walker III was a one man wrecking crew for the Michigan State University Spartans Friday night at Northwestern. The transfer from Wake Forest scored on a 75 yard to...
Sep 04, 2021 Michigan State University running back Kenneth Walker III after scoring against Northwestern September 3, 2021 (courtesy of Michigan State University Athletics)
Eastern Michigan rolls to win in opening game Friday night
YPSILANTI, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Eastern Michigan University Eagles started their 2021 season Friday night with a 35-15 victory over Saint Francis of Pennsylvania. EMU's Darius Boone rushed for 107 ya...
Sep 04, 2021 Eastern Michigan University logo (courtesy of Eastern Michigan University)
U of M to host in-state rival WMU this afternoon
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan football team, unranked in the preseason for the first time since coach Jim Harbaugh's debut season in 2015, will host host Western Michigan Uni...
Sep 04, 2021
Tigers roll past reds 15-5 in series opener Friday night
CINCINNATI, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers played the role of spoiler Friday night as they pounded the Cincinnati Reds 15-5 in the opener of a three game series. The Reds currently hold down the...
Sep 04, 2021
