By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 10, 2016 Current Channel 20 minimum-wage teleprompter reader Rob Parker has given the DSR many a gift over the years. One of the best scoops the DSR ever uncovered was the fact that the so-called "journalist" took a $5,000 payment from former Pistons GM Joe Dumars while working as a columnist…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 11, 2016 This week's DSR Podcast featured a discussion on why CNN's Soledad O'Brien hates my current co-host Jasper Apollonia. Along with all of the other women in the world. Plus, we discussed Mike Perrin/Tim Winkler-gate with Miranda McCoy. Finally, Jonah from our "sister" website TorontoSportsMedia.com joined us to talk about the differences between the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 9, 2016 (This is Part III in a three-part series exposing longtime DSR Twitter Troll Tim Winkler. You can read Part I here and Part II here. Today's entry will complete the disturbing trilogy.) Look, I get why there are people on the Internet (and…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 9, 2016 Yesterday this website commenced a three-part mini-series regarding the abhorrent Twitter behavior of anonymous coward and longtime DSR troll Timothy Winkler, a man who resides in the West Michigan area. When we last left you, I was just explaining that DSR contributor Miranda McCoy had gained the confidence of Winkler (@jsmith72413) through…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 8, 2016 If you are a regular follower of the DSR, you probably are already aware that we don't take kindly to anonymous Twitter trolls who viciously attack this website behind a veil of secrecy. Whether they work for the Tigers' grounds crew or are St. Louis Blues fans…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 5, 2016 For years, when arguing with morons who refuse to acknowledge the advanced metrics revolution in sports, I have compared these out-of-touch mouth breathers to the folks who deny climate change. Like, when 98% of the scientists in the world are telling you something,…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 4, 2016 In the top half of the second inning of today's Tigers/White Sox game, Brad Ausmus and trainer Kevin Rand hopped out of the home team's dugout on the third base side of the field to check on starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann.  Surely, the decision was going to…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 3, 2016 On yesterday's DSR Podcast, Jasper Apollonia and I discussed the plans for the upcoming return of DSR on Tee-Vee and the Tigers failure to make a move at the trade deadline. We also welcomed in 92.1FM in Lansing sports talk host Ryan Schuiling to discuss Anibal Sanchez and "Hit…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 3, 2016 Man. I really thought that my article last night regarding the dramatic ratings improvement of WMGC since they flipped from an all-sports talk format to classic hip-hop would be the last post I ever had to write about that third-trimester abortion of a…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com August 2, 2016 The first Arbitron ratings since Greater Media pulled the plug on Detroit Sports 105.1 and flipped formats to old school (censored) hip-hop are out and they are fucking (no radio edit here) HILARIOUS. You might remember that WMGC struggled mightily during the over 2…