Sports Daddy We met Gordie Howe one Saturday morning while eating breakfast. (Gordie Howe, Alexandra, Me, Anna…i forgot his dog’s name, i think it was named after one of his hockey nemesises) With Father’s Day just having been celebrated, who’s the greatest dad in sports? Now we’ve all seen the horror of...
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When Motor City Pride took its festivities to Downtown Detroit in 2011, there was a plea to keep a Pride presence in Ferndale. Competition wasn’t a factor; it was just that Ferndale is a community that has rebuilt itself on acceptance, diversity, and the cooperation of many – commercially, residentially, academically in the schools,...
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Basketball was invented and perfected in America. And when the world came together for the highest level of amateur competition, America’s trophy cabinet was all Gold. Except for 1972 when the Russians “stole” the Gold medal in a farce of a game that is still hotly disputed. Our team never accepted their Silver...
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I’m straight. I have no choice in being attracted to men just as anyone in the LGBT community makes a choice to be attracted to someone of the same sex or wants to live his or her life in another gender. But with the LGBT community being only 10% of our population, it takes...
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Do you look good in stripes? How about a white hat? Do you have Thursday nights, Monday nights and Sunday afternoons free? Great, the NFL is looking for you. It seems the NFL referees haven’t come to an agreement with the league on a contract. Wow, labor problems in a professional sport. How...
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Would Today’s Athlete Cut it in Today’s Military? Ted Williams gave up five years of his Major League Baseball career to serve two different tours of service. Not in the beginning, not in the twilight of his career, but right when he at his peak. There are scores of others who served in...
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Charlie Adams Helps High School Athletes Navigate The Next Level Understanding college recruiting and scholarship opportunities are his love. He stood 6-feet, 5-inches in high school but only 160-pounds, Charlie Adams didn’t have anyone in his corner telling him to try basketball. That he may be good at it, that he may even...
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Ferndale Pride is a longstanding tradition in Ferndale, and this year, there’s a new tradition. The Rainbow Run 5K is a new event that will weave through the streets of downtown Ferndale on Sunday, June 17. A family-friendly event, the Rainbow Run will also have a 2K kid’s run/walk that will pass by three...
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(photo courtesy of Charles C. Avison) A lot of cities and states lay claim to being the best sports town. LA on the West Coast with its riches of baseball and basketball mastery but it lacks hockey and has non-existent professional football. Boston has the Celtics and Bruins and can lay claim to the...
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I can’t recall any actual sports conversation I’ve ever had with my mother – Mollie Stowers. As the last of four kids (brothers John and Paul and sister Beth) she was always around sports though. She drove us to baseball practice and games in the summers, picked us up from football, basketball and track...
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Jay Berwanger gave a former president a nasty scar under his left eye in a college football game. Then he was the number one draft pick in the NFL but his rights were traded to Chicago from Philly and they couldn’t agree on a deal. So he started a career for a rubber...
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His rookie year he won 21 games for the Boston Red Sox. He won 13 straight at Fenway Park on his way to winning 25 games and losing only six in his second year in the league. He had 26 complete games, six shutouts, helped lead the team to the World Series where...
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