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RIP Drew Sharp

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Drip, Oct 21, 2016.

  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Drew Sharp, longtime Detroit sports columnist, dies at 56

    DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Free Press says sports columnist Drew Sharp has died. He was 56.

    The newspaper says Sharp died Friday at his home in Bloomfield Hills, a Detroit suburb. No other details were immediately released.

    Karen Sharp says her husband "loved his job more than anything." Sharp spent decades at the Free Press, joining the paper as a sports writer in 1983.

    When he was named a columnist in 1999, Sharp told readers that his job wasn't to "blindly lead cheers" or simply "slam" people from his perch. But he said he had a responsibility to "raise questions and express doubts."

    His last column this week was about Michigan State's basketball team. Sharp covered the Detroit Pistons for years before becoming a columnist. The team expressed condolences.
     
  2. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Wow, that's way too young. He have kids? RIP.
     
  3. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    FYI, there's a thread on the J forum on this.
     
  4. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    RIP Drew Sharp
     
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