Been doing this a long time. At KFR, since '87. Have had an awful lot of fun through the years here. This is one special radio station. Love living here; both my sons were born here. Michael works for the schools, and David graduated Western and is now living the dream in Chicago. Proud to say they're my best friends as is the love of my life, Kathy, the hottest woman alive.
Dave Benson
Analysis: What To Expect With The Lions Leadership Change
With very little fanfare, Martha Firestone Ford passed the torch, figuratively, and the job of Detroit Lions principal owner, to her daughter, Sheila Ford Hamp; Just a simple announcement on the Lions’ social media, very low key. You wouldn't expect anything else. That's not the Lio…
Troy Weaver’s Job: Make Pistons Matter Again
Earlier this Spring, watching the "The Last Dance" documentary series on ESPN, one of the things that really stuck out was how much the Pistons (and the Bulls, even more so) mattered back then. The Bad Boys of the late 80's, and Michael and the Jordan-aires. Good times. But that was 3…
Tigers Expect To Draft The Next Great Baseball Superstar Tonight
If you're a Detroit Tigers fan, it probably feels like forever, but actually it's only been six years since the Tigers played in the post season, eight years since their last World Series appearance.
Report: Tigers’ Announcers Will Call Road Games From Studio
Another example of how the world we return to will be different from the one that ended in March with the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple reports say announcers for major league baseball games will not be traveling with their teams to road games, if there a season played in 2020.
MSU Coaches ‘Zoom’ In To Support Doctor Who Beat The Virus
They may appear to be little things, but those little things can sometimes be big. Reading a story in today's Free-Press, about a doctor at Henry Ford Hospital, who came very close to dying of coronavirus, but as he pulled through it, he would lose his dad to the coronavirus last week.
What If Michigan Doesn’t Play Football, And Ohio State Does?
A fascinating discussion this morning on ESPN’s Get Up morning show about if and how a college football season might happen this fall. With so many college football fans locally, this is particularly of interest. And with so many variables, for example, individual states having different rul…
Aw, Man! This’ll Give Detroit Sports Fans Chills
There aren't too many good things to say about a national or worldwide crisis. But most would agree it does tend to bring people together. Maybe less this time, than say after 9-11, but at least, a bit.
Michigan Well Represented On Greatest Athletes’ Numbers’ List
The first thing you need to do is take a deep breath when you scroll through a list like the one newarena.com has published. The topic is the greatest athletes to wear a particular jersey number.
What Kool-Aid Has This ESPN Guy Been Drinking?
I know. I know. For a Lions fan, this news will either make your roll your eyes, or maybe, simply start laughing, and add a sarcastic remark, too.
Unnecessary Distraction: Lions To Play Overseas?
In what's been labeled a must win season for Lions' GM and coach Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia, here's a distraction that they probably could do without.