By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
December 21, 2014

You all know the story by now. It’s been told many times on this website. It’s even been referenced in the Detroit Metro Times. When Rob Parker was a columnist for the Detroit News he wrote a book that featured some of his awful columns.

It was titled, “Getting Robbed: 50 Columns from America’s Angry Black Sports Columnist.” Shockingly enough, nobody wanted to purchase this garbage and sales were awful. Eventually, there was a shortfall with the publisher (co-owned by former Red Wings defenseman Aaron Ward) and Parker had to come up with five large.

The foreword for the book was written by Joe Dumars, the man who was the Piston General Manager at the time. Ya know, a subject whom Parker was covering for the paper.

It was probably a journalistic no-no to a sk Dumars for this favor, but that wasn’t the only contribution Adrian Wojnarowski’s favorite basketball executive made regarding Waab’s book.

Dumars gave Parker the $5,000 to reimburse the publisher. He did so with a personal check from the account of “Joe Dumars.” Parker proceeded to NEVER criticize Dumars’ management decisions — while bombing EVERYONE else in Detroit. Coincidental, I am sure.

Now, fast forward to today. Parker was enjoying the Lions/Bears game this afternoon at the Hamlin Corner bar in Royal Oak. WDIV’s pride-and-joy was hanging out with former Pistons Rasheed Wallace and Derrick Coleman.

Anyway, DetroitSportsRag fans Paul Cassetta and Corey Chubner also were at Hamlin enjoying some food and football. They decided to approach Rob Parker in an effort to collect the $5,000 “loan” from Dumars. It didn’t go well …..

Yep. Parker didn’t even offer a response. He just walked away. He has been dodging the question for over a decade now.