It's been nearly three years since 97.1 bloviater Mike Valenti stopped posting on Twitter.  Other than some dumb Steve Urkel meme 11 months later, Valenti has been a ghost on the Twat since December of 2014. I've chronicled this cowardice in the past both on this website and on the first episode of the "DSR…

I woke up this morning fully believing that I had written my last Brad Ausmus related article ever. I have a backlog of topics I need to get to (an update on a DSR Investigation, Kellie Rowe, preparation for the next "TV" show, etc.) and the last topic I wanted to broach ever again…

Here is a word of advice: Before you tell someone a story that you might want off-the-record or anonymous, you should probably get that in writing FIRST™ (Anthony Scaramucci). So, here is an email from some lunatic who used to work with Rico Beard in Lansing. Also, I really don't like…

On Sunday, I started typing an article that was going to accompany the 2nd DSR Detroit Sports Media Tournament of 64 which was going to begin later this week. My plan for tonight was to finish the column that explained the seeding process and then commence the match-ups on Tuesday.…

Last week I wrote an article regarding how I would fix the Detroit Free Press sports section if I won the PowerBall and somehow anointed myself to replace Kevin Bull as the paper's sports editor. The column went over pretty well with the exception being I believe Detroit News Lions beat writer Justin Rogers was…

For some reason I have a nostalgic place in my heart for the Detroit Free Press sports page. When I was a kid I never missed a day reading the work of columnist Mike Downey or a young Mitch Albom (before the Keebler Elf became a compromised embarrassment). Now, I am sure…

Last week, former DSR managing editor Justin Spiro posted a podcast from his luxurious new home studio** featuring guests Chad Livengood of Crain's and Motor City Muckraker Steve Neavling. (** -- The studio is so opulent and over-the-top that I have joked it's the equivalent of a hack golfer purchasing a set of Titleist C16 irons and proceeding…

I am not sure how I missed this, but Kevin Bull is out at the Detroit Free Press. The former sports editor was recently forced to resign according to Steve Neavling of the essential Detroit website MotorCityMuckraker.com. (more…)

I have taken so many extended hiatuses from this website since the DetroitSportsRag.com debuted in 2003 that whenever I've returned from a bender (Hurricane Katrina work; being totally overwhelmed by the awfulness in this town, etc.) that I stopped even giving explanations of why I had disappeared. The whole Jimmy Hoffa act…