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Monroe, Pistons rout 76ers for season's 1st win

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Greg Monroe had 19 points, 18 rebounds and six assists to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 94-76 on Wednesday night for their first win of the season.

CNNSI.com

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Winless no more, the Detroit Pistons had good reason to break out the cheers in a locker room celebration.

Josh Katzenstein , detnews.com

When Lee was with the Packers last season, he was ejected from the Thanksgiving game in Detroit and fined $15,000 after apparently throwing a punch at former cornerback Aaron Berry.

Jay Hart, yahoo.com

Interested in hosting a party for you and 16 of your friends at a Philadelphia 76ers game? If you've got $6.80 lying around, you're in luck, because a block of 17 tickets for Wednesday night's game against the Detroit Pistons was on sale for $0.40 a tic…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews will miss Sunday's game in Detroit with a hamstring injury.

Chris McCosky , detnews.com

Cornerback Chris Houston (ankle), safety Erik Coleman (unknown) and defensive end Cliff Avril (back, concussion) were the only players who didn't go through the pre-practice stretch, however.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Some readers and even Detroit Pistons fans will take to this news as some sort of recognition of the loss of one of the great freedoms of sporting culture — the ability to go to a game and imbibe in endless amounts of terrible food, watered-down soda th…

Josh Katzenstein , detnews.com

A day after a 34-24 loss to the Vikings, Schwartz made a point to applaud the performance of his two young defensive tackles, Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley. The Lions need more consistency from players who represent the future of their defensive line.