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…

Spiro Productions and The Other Mirror present a  DetroitSportsRag play in three acts. Please, no flash photography ..... (more…)

Michael Stone. Jizz Bucket Samuelsen. Heather Park. "The Virginal Manatee." "Ann Arbor" Douglas Karsch the Fourth. Mike "Studio Gangsta" Valenti. Dennis Fithian. Pat Caputo. Dan Leach. Mike Sullivan. Kyle Bogie. Jeff Riger. Bob Wojnowski. Scott Anderson. What do all of the above have in common? (more…)

(This article was originally published on November 16, 2015. It is being republished to commemorate John Wharton's appearance on Spiro's podcast.) I have only run into former Red Wings trainer John Wharton once in my life. It was during the wee hours of June 7, 1995 on Rush Street in Chicago and the…

If there is anyone in Detroit who should be excited about a new sports website dedicated to providing an alternative to the Freep, News and MLive it is me. For over 14 years I have been attempting to provide that service through this domain, various TV shows, podcasts and my…

Every single year, the DSR committee** that selects the entrants in our Worst Detroit Sports Media Personality has the most difficult time figuring out how to handle Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch. There is never a question of his awfulness or a debate over his worthiness, it's just that geographically speaking he poses a…