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Fox Sports Detroit has named Matt Shepard their new full-time play-by-play guy for Tigers games. Shepard will work with analysts Jack Morris and Kirk Gibson, who will split time. This is the move in response to former longtime announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen getting suspended and later fired following an in-booth altercation in Chicago last September. Shepard has worked for Fox Sports Detroit for nearly 20 years, doing fill-in play-by-play for the Tigers — he replaced Impemba for the last few weeks of last season — and for Detroit Pistons games. Continue to Article

January 16, 2019 10:00:am EST

Kyrie Irving's critical comments were justified, explains Celtics legend originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving was critical of the team's younger players after a recent loss to the Orlando Magic, and one Celtic legend thinks the veteran point guard's comments were justified. Paul Pierce, who spent 15 years with the Celtics and helped deliver Boston a championship in 2008, explained Tuesday on ESPN's "The Jump" why he had no issues with Irving's comments. "However he has to do it to wake them up," Pierce said. Continue to Article

January 15, 2019 5:40:pm EST

Terry Rozier gets real about Kyrie Irving's criticism of Celtics originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com We'll say one thing about the 2018-19 Boston Celtics: They're not afraid to speak their minds. Kyrie Irving certainly did so Saturday night when he seemed to call out the Celtics' young players after a loss to the Orlando Magic. We've since heard from a few of those young players, with Jayson Tatum endorsing Irving's message and Jaylen Brown perhaps suggesting Kyrie tone it down a bit. Continue to Article

January 15, 2019 3:15:pm EST

Blake Griffin scored 19 points and Drummond contributed 15 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit, which has lost five of six overall. The Pistons, one of the NBA's best offensive rebounding teams, had only five second-chance points. With everybody out, we needed to be great with where we're good. Continue to Article

January 15, 2019 1:36:am EST

ORLANDO (AP) Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon each scored 22 points, Evan Fournier had 17 and the Orlando Magic rallied past the injury-depleted Houston Rockets 116-109 on Sunday night. Houston's James Harden scored 38 points to push his run of 30-point games to 16, but at a high price. The Rockets star was just 1 for 17 on 3-pointers. Continue to Article

January 13, 2019 11:59:pm EST

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