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Spielman profile -- poignant, moving

You need to send the Trick-or-Treaters away early tonight, plop yourself in front of the flat screen and watch the NFL Network’s profile of former Lion Chris Spielman. It starts at 8 p.m.

I don’t know if you’ve seen any of the previous features in this “A football life,” series, but they are remarkably well-reported, well-written and well-produced.

Spielman’s years with the Lions are a small part of this hour-long show, with good reason. His devotion to his wife and family, particularly during Stefanie’s fight against cancer, will restore your faith in the power of love.

Check it out.

Chris McCosky
Chris McCosky has covered sports – prep, college and pros – in Michigan since 1980. Before taking over the Lions beat in 2010, he covered the Pistons for 16 years and then the Red Wings in 2009-2010. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University (B.S., 1980), McCosky began his long and winding journalistic journey – covering preps at the Observer & Eccentric, to being associate sports editor at the Muskegon Chronicle to covering University of Michigan football and basketball for the Ann Arbor News from 1988-1992. In that time he covered two Rose Bowls, the Wolverines' NCAA basketball championship run in 1989 and in 1990, he broke the news of Bo Schembechler's retirement. McCosky lives in Livonia and is the proud father of three grown kids – Ryan, 26, now the assistant varsity and head junior varsity baseball coach at Davenport University; Rory, 23, living and working in Livonia; and Molly, 21, in a medical assistant program at Davenport. He can he reached at cmccosky@detnews.com. Follow him on Twitter, @cmccosky.

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