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6C WWW.FREEP.COM FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013 What SCHERZER HAS THE HOT HAND tO W3tCh What, there's no hockey tonight? Doesn't matter, we didn't plan on watching it anyway who cares about hockey anymore? Fortu- nately, the Tigers are back in DH-land as they open a weekend series at Baltimore. The Tigers' starter is Max Scherzer, who's 7-0 this TOday season and dating through May of last year is on a 22-4 streak. 7 p.m., Fox Sports Detroit. The daily list AL'S BEST How can this be? Miguel Cabrera is on it, but he's not No. 1 on Cliff Corcoran's new AL MVP watch list at (statistics through Wednesday): The schedule TIGERS CHRIS DAVIS, ORIOLES: Corcoran writes: "Davis is putting up Softball numbers this season (.359 average, 10 home runs, 50 RBIs).

He was supposed to have cooled off, but he's heating back up." MIGUEL CABRERA, TIGERS: With a. 368 BA, 19 HR and 59 RBIs, he's "on pace for 187 RBIs, 244 hits, 47 home runs and 422 total bases, yet trails Davis in the last two categories." JOSH DONALDSON, A'S: "If you go back to last August, when he was recalled to replace an injured Brandon Inge at third base, Donaldson has hit .310 across 430 plate appearances." OMIKE TROUT, ANGELS: "This year, Trout was the Opening Day leftfielder, but he didn't really find his 2012 form until he shifted to center on April 30 to replace the injured Peter Bourjos." JOSE BAUTIS-TA, BLUE JAYS: He's hitting .292 with 12 HR and 28 RBIs, but he "has been doing the bulk of his hitting at home, batting .386 with more walks than strikeouts and a mere .200 on the road." MARATHON What: 36th Detroit Free Press Comerica Park, Detroit VS. TIME TV Tonight BAL 7:05 FSD Saturday BAL 4:05 FSD Sunday BAL 1:35 FSD Tuesday T.B. 7:08 FSD Wednesday T.B. 7:08 FSD Talmer Bank Marathon.

When: Sunday, Oct. 20. Registration open. Events: Marathon, half marathons (international and U.S. only), five-person relay, 5K runwalk.

More info: freepmarathon.com. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1), WXYT-AM (1270). Also on MLB (subject to blackout). WINGS-'HAWKS SETS RATINGS RECORD r7 its llw Hi LSU coach Les Miles gets ready to rappel down a 24-story building in Baton Rouge to support adoption, heather mcclellandbaton rouge advocate STEVE SCHRADER NBC has been a good thing for hockey (even if you think the announcers are biased against the Red Wings). And hockey hasn't been too bad for NBC, either.

Wednesday night's Wings-Blackhawks overtime thriller was the most-watched NHL broadcast ever on NBCSN, drawing a 2.07 national rating and 3,354,000 viewers. Its previous record in seven-plus years was a 1.97 rating on June 2, 2010, when Chicago played Philadelphia in the Stanley Cup finals. "We live by numbers every day and what this tells us is that the NHL is on a roll in this country," NBC Sports president of programing Jon Rutgers is in negotiations to bring in Gordon Gee." Quick hits Justin Verlander, asked on the MLB Network how he'd pitch to Miguel Cabrera: "I guess I'd maybe start him with a fastball. I mean, I've seen him hit everything, so it's just basically kind of flip a coin and hope he's not looking for it. He can hit a fastball at his neck and he can hit a slider down and away, both for homers oppo, it doesn't matter.

Just throw it and pray." Miggy, by the way, came in seventh in a cougarlife.com survey ranking baseball's hottest cubs. (FYI, cougars and cubs are older women and younger men, which is why Jim Leyland isn't on the list). The Rangers' Yu Darvish, quoted in the Dallas Morning News on team CEO Nolan Ryan comparing him to Verlander: "I've only won something like 20 games. I don't think I'm at a point where I can be compared to him. I'm not even at the starting point." Will Brinson, on the Lions' over under of 7.5 wins this season: "Even though 2013 should be better than 2012 for Lions fans, I just can't look at their schedule and see eight wins right now.

Verdict: UNDER." Compiled from staff reports and news services by STEVE SCHRADER, who can be reached at 313-222-6710 or sschraderfreepress. com. THE TICKER Miller told the Associated Press. "While the lockout was unfortunate, we're seeing that hockey has some impressive momentum." Oh, yeah, the lockout. Guess hockey fans don't hold a grudge after all.

Quick tweet Paul Pabst, "Dan Patrick Show" producer: "Sources: Motorsports: MotoGP World Championship, Italian Grand Prix. 8:00 GOLF European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, final round. Noon GOLF PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, final round. 1p.m. ESPN Softball World Series: teams TBD.

1:00 FOX NASCAR Sprint Cup, FedEx 400. 1:00 NBC Tennis: French Open, Round of 16. 1:30 FSD Tigers: Detroit at Baltimore. 2:00 ESPN2 Soccer: U.S. vs.

Germany, men's national teams, exhibition. 2:00 GOLF LPGA, ShopRite Classic, final round. 2:00 TBS Baseball: San Francisco at St. Louis. 2:10 WGN Baseball: Arizona at Chicago Cubs.

2:30 CBS PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, final round. 3:00 ESPN Softball World Series: teams TBD. 3:30 ABC Auto racing: IRL, IndyCar, Indy Dual in Detroit, second race. 4:00 NBC Rugby: Collegiate championship, semifinals and championship. 4:30 NBCSN Soccer: Los Angeles at New England, MLS.

4:30 ESPN2 Auto racing: NHRA, Sum-mernationals (delayed). 5:00 SPEED Motor-sports: MotoGP Moto2, Italian Grand Prix (delayed). 7:00 GOLF Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, final round (delayed). 8:00 ESPN2 Baseball: Boston at N.Y. Yankees.

8:00 NBCSN NHL conference finals: Los Angeles at Chicago, Game 2. 11:00 NBCSN Cycling: Criterium du Dauphine, Stage 1 (delayed). 5 a.m. ESPN2 Tennis: French Open, Round of 16. SUNDAY'S RADIO 1:30 p.m.

Tigers: Detroit at Baltimore, WXYT-AM (1270), WXYT-FM (97.1). 3:30 Auto racing: Indy Dual in Detroit, second race race, WDFN-AM (1130). SUNDAY'S AREA EVENT Auto racing: Indy Dual in Detroit, second race, 3:30 p.m., Belle Isle, The guide TODAY'S TV HIGHLIGHTS 5 a.m. ESPN2 Tennis: French Open, third round. 9:00 GOLF European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, second round.

10:00 SPEED NASCAR Truck Series, pole qualifying for Lucas Oil 200. 11:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup, practice for FedEx 400. Noon GOLF LPGA, ShopRite Classic, first round. 12:30 p.m. SPEED NASCAR Nationwide Series, final practice for 5-Hour Energy 200.

2:30 GOLF PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, second round. 3:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for FedEx 400. 5:00 SPEED NASCAR Truck Series, Lucas Oil 200. 7:00 ESPN Softball World Series: Nebraska vs. Tennessee.

7:00 ESPN2 Baseball: St. Louis at South Carolina, NCAA regionals. 7:00 FSD Tigers: Detroit at Baltimore. 7:00 GOLF Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, first round (delayed). 7:00 MLB Boston at N.Y.

Yankees. 9:00 ESPN2 Softball World Series: Arizona winner vs. Michigan-Oklahoma winner. 10:00 WGN Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Oakland. TODAY'S RADIO 7 p.m.

Tigers: Detroit at Baltimore, WXYT-AM (1270), WXYT-FM (97.1). TODAY'S AREA EVENT Harness racing: Post time 7:35 p.m., Hazel Park Raceway, 1650 E. 10 Mile. 248-398-1000. SATURDAY'S TV HIGHLIGHTS 8 a.m.

GOLF European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, third round. 10:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup, practice for FedEx 400, at Dover, Del. 11:00 ESPN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for 5-Hour Energy 200. Noon ESPN2 Softball World Series: teams TBD. Noon NBC Tennis: French Open, third round.

12:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, third round. 1:00 NBCSN Mo-torsports: AMA Mo-tocross, Tennessee National. 1:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup, final practice for FedEx 400. 2:00 ESPN2 Softball World Series: teams TBD.

2:30 ESPN NASCAR Nationwide Series, 5-Hour Energy 200. 2:30 GOLF LPGA, ShopRite Classic, second round. 3:00 CBS PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, third round. 3:00 NBC Rugby: Collegiate championship, pool play, teams TBD. 3:30 ABC Auto racing: IRL, IndyCar, Dual in Detroit, first race.

4:00 FSD Tigers: Detroit at Baltimore. 4:00 MLB Kansas City at Texas. 5:00 ESPN Auto racing: NHRA, qualifying for Summerna-tionals, first part (delayed). 5:00 ESPN2 Baseball: NCAA regionals, teams TBD. 5:00 NBCSN NHL conference finals: Los Angeles at Chicago, Game 1.

5:00 SPEED Rolex Sports Car Series, GRAND-AM 200 (delayed). 6:30 GOLF Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, second round (delayed). 7:00 ESPN Softball World Series: teams TBD. 7:00 FOX Baseball: Boston at N.Y. Yankees.

8:00 ESPN2 Baseball: NCAA regionals, teams TBD. 8:00 NBC, CBC NHL conference finals: Boston at Pittsburgh, Game 1. 8:30 TNT NBA conference finals: Miami at Indiana, Game 6. 9:00 ESPN Softball World Series: teams TBD. 10:00 CBSSN Arena Football League: San Jose at Spokane.

10:00 FSD Boxing: Braulio Santos vs. Derrick Wilson, featherweights. 1 a.m. ESPN2 Auto racing: NHRA, qualifying for Summerna-tionals, second part (delayed). SATURDAY'S AREA EVENT Auto racing: Indy Dual in Detroit, first race, 3:30 p.m., Belle Isle, detroitgp.com.

SUNDAY'S TV HIGHLIGHTS 7:30 a.m. SPEED U-M condemns Beckmann for 'offensive' column since 1981. The Board of Regents never formally or informally met to discuss Beckmann's column, but it did discuss it in e-mails and conversations other, a person Frank Beckmann among each ty. His comments were offensive and inaccurate. At the University of Michigan we strive at all times, in all ways, to create a campus that is open and inclusive and free from insidious racial stereotypes.

This is a core value." Beckmann was unable to be reached for comment. However, he said in his apology that he decided to apologize after talking to "some good friends." Beckmann's column ran in the Detroit News last Friday and drew fire from some people who found it racially insensitive. In it, Beckmann wrote, among other things: "To the politically correct, the mention of fried chicken is an immediate endorsement of slavery rather than a testament to the innovative determination of the American slave population to improve its own physical well being by creating a readily available dish which improved their diet. "Making fried chicken and popularizing it could thus be viewed as an accomplishment that should serve as a testa ment to the determination of a group of people who found an inventive way to subsist while enduring unimaginable and deplorable living conditions. "But that would remove the opportunity of the political elite to capitalize by creating an atmosphere of victimization." On Wednesday, Beckmann backtracked.

"In my effort to emphasize my disdain for political correctness, I conflated it with the Sergio GarciaTiger Woods situation and that was a mistake on my part. I failed to properly consider the sensitivity of racial comments which stereotype people and the pain that causes." Beckmann was a sportscast-er when he was originally hired to do the radio broadcast as the play-by-play man. Since 2004, Beckmann has hosted a daily talk show on WJR-AM (760) that often focuses on political issues. Contact David Jesse: 313-222-8851 or djessefreepress. com By David Jesse Detroit Free Press Education Writer The University of Michigan on Thursday condemned an "offensive" newspaper column by U-M football announcer Frank Beckmann, but it has taken no disciplinary action against him, despite concern from some members of the U-M Board of Regents over Beckmann's views.

Beckmann issued an apology Wednesday for the column, which used golfer Sergio Gar-cia's comments about fried chicken and fellow golfer Tiger Woods to attack political correctness. Garcia's comments and Beckmann's column drew strong reactions from people claiming they had racist overtones. The apology came after members of the Board of Regents expressed concern over the column, a person with knowledge of the conversations told the Free Press. Beckmann is employed by IMG College, which holds the radio rights to broadcast U-M football games. However, the university retains control over who is on the air.

Beckmann has been handling the radio duties with knowledge of the discussions told the Free Press. Both the regents and athletic director Dave Brandon passed those concerns on to Beckmann. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said he had no knowledge of any conversation among the regents or Brandon and Beckmann on the topic. Athletic department spokesman Dave Ablauf said the department was "a partner in the statement that was issued by the university and fully supports that position." He declined to talk about any details on any conversations between Brandon and Beckmann. The university's official statement was issued Thursday: "The column by Frank Beckmann in the May 24 Detroit News does not represent the views or values of the University of Michigan communi Hat Box Audits Federal State Taxes Income Payroll Taxes Criminal Civil Tax Litigation HUIV- m- Purchase $2.00 tOe1" 5 Great Colors: White lliT 1' I fir Black, Green, Gold, Brown Sizes: XL, XXL IRS State Installment Payment Plans Major Credit Cards Accepted mt i i IRS Settlement Offers-ln-Compromise SPORTSCARD SHOW Sunday, June 2nd, 9am-2pm Redford VFW Schoolcraft Rd (1-96) Inkster SALE ENDS 61513 PRIOR SALES EXCLUDED NO LAYAWAYS Free consultation: (888) 829-3648 www.abrahamandrose.com I Major Credit Cards Autographers: Former Tigers SOUTHFIELD 248-557-7770 15616 W.

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