Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm at Joe Louis Arena for the Detroit Red Wings Fan Fest. Help us continue the Stanley Cup Championship celebration as well as kick-off the 08-09 hockey season! All fans are welcome to this general admission event. Tickets are $5 a piece (2 and under get in free).
Here are some of the exciting events going on during the Fan Fest:
Detroit Red Wings Alumni will be in attendance to sign autographs
Walk through the new Hockey Hall of Fame memorabilia exhibit and view the history of hockey through the decades
Get a behind the scenes look of Joe Louis Arena as you take a self-guided tour throughout the building
Enter to win great Red Wings prizes such as jerseys and autographed memorabilia
Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Joe Louis Arena Box Office, all TicketMaster locations, Hockeytown Authentics, Hockeytown Café and online at DetroitRedWings.com
"I hope I sign an extension shortly," said Leyland, who has one year left on his contract. "I don't know if that's going to happen or not. I want to manage a few more years, and I want to manage the Tigers.
DETROIT -- He could not quite say the words, because if Kenny Rogers were to have announced Thursday that 2008 is his last season in the big leagues, it could lead to a couple of things, neither of them good:
1. Retirement could creep into his psyche when the Tigers left-hander probably has four starts remaining before the season ends Sept. 28. Rogers wants to remain in full battle mode until he throws his final pitch.
2. He does not want to pull a Roger Clemens or Brett Favre and decide retirement was premature, although the latter concern seemed to be dissipating in Rogers' mind following Thursday's game, which Rogers would prefer forgetting.
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