Sunday, June 22, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part One of Three

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Detroit Lion tackle Alex Karras The trouble started in 1961 when reports of Detroit Lion Alex Karras' gambling on professional sports a...
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Friday, June 13, 2025

Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, Mack Park, and the Detroit Stars

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Norman "Turkey" Stearnes The Negro National League (NNL), America's first successful Black baseball league, was the brainchild...
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Friday, June 6, 2025

Dinner in Detroit with Andre the Giant

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Andre as Fezzik the giant in The Princess Bride. Andre the Giant was born Andre Rene Roussumoff on May 19, 1946 in France. He dro...
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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Detroit’s Lindell AC - The Nation’s First Sports Bar

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Johnny in front of the original Lindell Bar In 1949, Greek immigrant Meleti Butsicaris with his sons—Johnny and Jimmy—leased the ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Michigan Outdoors with Mort Neff

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Mort Nell armed with a 16mm camera . One of the most beloved programs in early Detroit television was Michigan Outdoors hosted and pro...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Ottawa War Chief Pontiac (Obwandiyag) Attacks Fort Detroit

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No images of Pontiac are known to exist. This engraving is from 1879. During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) against the British, most...
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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Billy Martin Fight Night in Detroit

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Many Detroiters remember Billy Martin when he managed the Detroit Tigers from 1971-1973. He took an aging team of veterans and guided the...
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