Category: Detroit Sports Media
Detroit Sports Media
Anthony Fenech No Longer Works At the Freep
The DetroitSportsRag.com has been able to confirm that Tigers' Detroit Free Press beat writer Anthony Fenech no longer works at the paper. Fenech's dismissal from the Freep ends a bizarre saga regarding his employment there. While we still have no idea where Fenech is (he hasn't Tweeted since July of 2020 and…
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Where is Anthony Fenech?
For years this website has chronicled the criminal, despicable, dopey and bizarre behavior of Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer Anthony Fenech. Whether it was Fenech's drunk driving escapades that led to an injury accident; his propensity to hit on married women; his stalking behavior at Central Michigan; his Facebook harassment of…
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Mike Valenti’s “Ellen Problem”
Unless you have been living under a rock the last few weeks, you probably have heard the news about the "Ellen Degeneres Show." Three producers were fired from the daytime talk-show on Monday after a Buzzfeed article detailed an abusive workplace on the set of one of the more popular…
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The Cratering Ratings of 97.1
It's never been a secret that the ratings success of WXYT-FM (97.1 "The Ticket") has always been propelled by the Detroit Tigers broadcast rights. Anyone who has followed the Detroit sports radio scene over the last 25 years can point to two factors as to why 97.1 became a juggernaut…
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The Off-The-Record Condolence Text From Stoney
As we continue to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the DetroitSportsRag this week, I figured I would share with you one of my favorite stories that I’ve never fully told. (By the way, the official birthdate of the site is March 18, 2003. The day before the second Iraq war commenced to…
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Chris McCosky Has a New BFF and His Name Is “Gardy”
Last September when it was announced that the Detroit Tigers would part ways with manager Brad Ausmus, Detroit News beat writer Chris "Officer Barbrady" McCosky penned an extraordinary article that infuriated local sports fans AND several of his co-workers at the paper. (more…)
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Shockingly, a 46-Year-Old Beached Virgin Whale Can’t Sympathize With Women
Sometimes this shit writes itself. Like, I might as well be on auto-pilot for this article. Earlier today the 97.1-FM webpage for the Morbidly Obese Virgin Whale (Scott Anderson) and Benedict Von Douche Nozzle (Douglas Allen Karsch the Third) Show featured the following article ..... The lead headline was a story…
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Lynn Henning Is a Saturday Night Live Skit
We are now two months away from the 15th birthday of the DetroitSportsRag and we've been discussing different ideas to celebrate our crystal anniversary. A huge party has been mentioned, but one idea has gained some traction ..... The introduction of a DSR Hall of Shame for the worst members of the Detroit…
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Rochelle Riley Is a Real Dingbat
The media members in this city are really, really, really dense. And since I am pretty much a one-man band at this point (writing, at least), I basically have to pick and choose what ignoramus I want to target because I don’t have the time to chronicle all of the…