Saturday, July 12, 2025

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

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Late one December night in 1963 just before closing, Johnny Butsicaris was tending bar while Alex Karras was sitting in a booth counting m...
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Thursday, July 3, 2025

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

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Anthony Giacalone - Vito Giacalone - Odus Tincher On August 18, 1962, Detroit crime figures Tony and Vito Giacalone and a few of their frien...
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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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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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Friday, April 25, 2025

The EDSEL--Car of the Future--Really?

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I grew up in the Dearborn, Michigan--the center of what is commonly known as Ford Country. Most people in the area buy Ford products--un...
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