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Joe Donovan Detroit History
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Scrimmaging For A Sheepskin-1120
Thanks to Michigan's most dynamic modern campus leader, 1950s college sports corruption was cleaned up
Detroit's "Da Vinci Code"- 1120
LOU Da Vinci, that is, along with Eddie Rembrandt, Liz Picasso, and the millions of other instant artists these Detroiters created
America's Stove Capital Celebrated Itself With A World's Fair-1113
If you couldn't make it to Paris's 1889 Eiffel Tower Expo, Detroit hosted the next best thing
Being Henry Ford's BFF's Paid Off Big-1113
Naturally, the friendship ended when Dodge Brothers John & Horace used Blue Oval cash to start their own car company
Robusto, If Not Belicoso-1110
Before putting America on wheels, Detroit rolled cigars by the millions
A Three Mile Long Party-1110
80 years ago, Detroit and Windsor celebrated the opening of the world's longest suspension bridge with solemn cermonies and whiskey smuggling
Veterans Day 2009- Before "Democracy's Arsenal"-1104
Detroit was a hotbed of the American antiwar movement when the dictators first went on the march
Veterans Day 2009- Tigers & Lions At War-1104
Captain Ty Cobb had 3 brushes with death while Frankie Sinkwich spent his Detroit football career trying to get into battle
An Angry Mix Of Religion And Politics-1029
Detroit's first elected mayor had a life-changing argument involving the topics we're ALL advised to avoid
Detroit's First Mayor-1029
The men who put Solomon Sibley in office without an election never let him forget who was stooging for whom
His Jump Shot Got Him Onto The Team-1028
But it was his typing skills that led this Detroit hoops pioneer toward success far beyond any of his peers
Pistons Tip-Off, 2009-1028
A very long way from the team's roots in the Ft Wayne, Indiana YMCA Industrial League
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The Mayors: A WWJ Newsradio 950 Business Breakfast


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