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March Madness

The Westland John Glenn high school girls basketball team is joined by their mascot “Rocky” during the National Anthem before the start of a game against Martin Luther King Jr. high school on Tuesday, March 12.  John Glenn went on to defeat MLK 55-50 to earn a trip to East Lansing this weekend.

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Holy Jet Propulsion Batman!

  From the ”cape crusaders” first joyride, protecting the streets of Gotham to the latest incarnation, the Tumbler, there is,  arguable no car more identifiable then the Batmobile and visitors to the 61st Autorama in Detroit got to see three of them.  Check out more pics of The Dark Knights rides as well as other amazing vehicles at:   … Continue Reading →

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Here's pie in yer Eye

I actually took this diptych a while ago, when Grosse Pointer Mike Caruso was a Boy Scout leader and volunteer to take a pie in the face from every scout who sold enough fund-raiser popcorn.  He was a good sport throughout, taking pie after whipped cream pie in the face and doing so with a … Continue Reading →

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Pink indeed!

Ouch! During the performance of her hit song ‘Just Like a Pill’, Pink scratches across her abdomen while singing the lyric “I can’t stay on your morphine, cuz it’s making me itch.” The scratches across Pinks abdomen were hard enough to still be red two songs later.  Check out more pics of Pink as well … Continue Reading →

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Spot Clean

A small dot of mild detergent daubed on this portrait of Sarah Grimley Eastgate reveals a strong layer of grime and soot dulling the true colors of the piece beneath. Believed to be painted by Eastgate’s daughter Cordelia Schultz around the 1840s, the work, a family heirloom belonging to Hillsdale’s Patrick Knight,  was recently examined … Continue Reading →

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Walking into the Light

Michigan Wolverines guard Tim Hardaway Jr. walks through the tunnel from the locker room in the William Davidson Player Development Center to the court inside Crisler Arena for practice.  After starting the season 16-0, the 7th-ranked Wolverines, coached by John Beilein, need to regroup after recent road losses to Big Ten foes Indiana, Wisconsin and … Continue Reading →

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A Big Hug from the Boss

In this Triptych, University of Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon anticipates, then hug and congratulates first-year head basketball coach Kim Barnes-Arico after the Wolverines notched an emotional 70-69 victory over Michigan State in Ann Arbor on Saturday, February 16, 2013.

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What the heck was that?

While working at the News, I’ve covered numerous adrenaline filled X-Games type sports, I’ve been to several big time wrestling,  ”entertainment”, sporting spectaculars and I’ve even been assigned to go to a gentlemen’s club to photograph a dancer once but never had I been assigned to cover all three in one event.  Last week I went … Continue Reading →