The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association announced Kirk Gibson as the 2025 recipient of the Fred Valentine Lifetime Achievement Award. Gibson, a celebrated MLB veteran, World Series champion, and longtime ambassador for the game and his community, will be honored during the MLBPAA’s Alumni Day Reception at Comerica Park in Detroit tonight (June 25). […]
In the summer of 2010, 8-year-old Matt MacLellan visited the University of Notre Dame’s campus, totally unaware that 15 years later he’d be a member of the Fighting Irish’s basketball team. MacLellan’s journey Read More
Following 11 highly-productive, body-punishing years in the National Football League, Nate Burleson deserved a nice, relaxing retirement. Now, over 10 years since Burleson last strapped on a set of shoulder pads, the former Detroit Lion wide receiver’Read More
A Monroe County woman “turned green” when she won $500,000 playing the Michigan Lottery’s Fantastic 5’s instant game. “I look at the remaining prizes page on MichiganLottery.com to see which games have top prizes Read More
One day when Simran Magnan was 10 years old, her Northville Rush soccer team’s starting goal-keeper quit, opening up a massive hole in the back end of the team’s defense. “Our coach asked us Read More
Dr. Eugene Laveroni, a vascular surgeon at Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital, has always worked with wood. Gradually, he and his father, Eugene Laveroni Sr., now 89, discovered a passion and expertise for woodturning, a craft Read More
Plymouth High graduate Kane Elmy’s college baseball odyssey continues to grow more compelling by the season. The Wildcats’ career leader in strikeouts, Elmy has carved out an impressive 6-2 record for Murray State, which Read More
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced June 3 that a Macomb County educator has won the 2025 Educator of the Year award and a $10,000 prize from the Michigan Lottery’s Excellence in Education program. “Congratulations to Kelly Herberholz for Read More
Farmington Public Schools educator Gabby Marderosian was awarded the “Best In Show” top prize in the 61st Michigan Education Association-Michigan Art Education Association Art Acquisitions Purchase Awards, which were announced Tuesday. More than 70 pieces were Read More
Like his teammates, Plymouth Christian Academy’s Calvin Nielson is focused on the immediate future — the last few weeks of the high school baseball season. The Eagles won their Division 4 district championship in dominant fashion Read More
