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Dustin Peterson almost got ‘decapitated’ in minors. How it brought him to Detroit Tigers

April 22, 2019Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressComments Off

Dustin Peterson, the Detroit Tigers’ young outfielder, has had a wild journey to the big leagues, including surgery and a horrible bus crash.

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I met the man with perfect NCAA tournament bracket. Then watched it fall apart

March 28, 2019March 29, 2019Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressComments Off

Gregg Nigl’s record perfect NCAA tournament bracket busted with Purdue’s win over Tennessee on Thursday.

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd on a mission to end sex slavery

March 9, 2019Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressComments Off

Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd and wife, Ashley, weren’t looking for this cause. But ending sex slavery in Uganda has become their mission.

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Documentary about late NHL enforcer Bob Probert full of bare-knuckles honesty

December 8, 2018Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressComments Off

Everything about Detroit Red Wings great Bob Probert is exposed in a dark, sad documentary that also has a tender human element: his wife and kids.

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As ex-Detroit Tiger Bill Freehan lies in hospice care, wife reveals story of his dementia

October 28, 2018Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressComments Off

Fifty years after helping the Detroit Tigers win the 1968 World Series, 11-time All-Star Bill Freehan suffers from dementia and is under hospice care.