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Jeff Seidel

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  1. A statue of former Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno stands outside Beaver Stadium. AP

    Jeff Seidel: Paterno's statue should remain

    Toppling a statue might create a short-term excitement -- a sense of euphoria, closure and victory -- but in the end, it is nothing but an empty symbolic gesture.

    • Jul. 19, 2012
  2. Roger Chapman holds the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Senior Open Championship Trophy after winning the U.S. Senior Open at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich. on Sunday. Carlos Osorio/AP

    Jeff Seidel: Chapman is on the road to becoming Michigander

    That's it. Let's make this official. Let's adopt Roger Chapman as one of our own. Mr. Chapman, we hereby invite you to become an official Michigander after winning two senior major championships in Michigan in the past seven weeks.

    • Jul. 16, 2012
  3. Bernhard Langer leads going into today's final round thanks to nine birdies on Saturday. He finished six-under and has a four-stroke lead. JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Press

    Jeff Seidel: Birdies are saying Langer's the one to beat

    Bernhard Langer was on the verge of greatness. He was on the verge of recording the lowest round in U.S. Senior Open history. On the verge of wrapping up the title on Saturday afternoon. And then, he chunked a chip on the 13th hole at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion. "I made a bad chip shot," Langer said, matter of fact.

    • Jul. 15, 2012
  4. Justin Verlander, Ndamukong Suh and Matthew Stafford. Photo illustration

    Jeff Seidel: Verlander, Suh, Stafford make Detroit hip in different ways

    It has been a good week to be young, rich and a sports star in Detroit. Let's start with Justin Verlander. There are rumors that Verlander is dating Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton. Allegedly. Reportedly.

    • Jul. 14, 2012
  5. Doug Snoap hits one off the tee during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open Thursday in Lake Orion. JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/DFP

    Jeff Seidel: Doug Snoap plays U.S. Senior Open for us, like us

    The marquee grouping at the U.S. Senior Open included Fred Couples, Tom Watson and that Other Guy. But that guy is one of us.

    • Jul. 13, 2012
  6. The Gregory family, racing the Degree Men boat for the first time since losing its patriarch, Kim Gregory, in 2008, finished third at Madison, Ind., last weekend. Chris Denslow/Special to the Free Press

    Jeff Seidel: Family's road back to hydroplane racing after father's death

    What do you do when your dad dies? How do you deal with it? "It was devastating," said Matt Gregory, whose father, Kim Gregory, died at 58 from pancreatic cancer. "My dad was the backbone of the family."

    • Jul. 12, 2012
  7. Tigers fans stand and cheer for Prince Fielder as he walks to the dugout after his three-run home run Sunday. JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/DFP

    Jeff Seidel: Tigers take fans on fun, scary roller-coaster ride

    Five wins in a row. Now, this is getting interesting for the Tigers. The big boys are smashing home runs. The pitchers are getting healthy and throwing strikes. The role players are rolling. And best of all, nobody got hurt. "This is more what we are supposed to be like," manager Jim Leyland said Sunday after the Tigers beat Kansas City.

    • Jul. 9, 2012
  8. Amanda Mercer, 44, of Ann Arbor, poses for her portrait at the Huron Valley Swim club in Ann Arbor prior to a swim on Friday, July 6. She is preparing with friends to swim the English Channel later in the month for Ann Arbor Active ALS. Mercer was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. She will swim after finishing her last chemo treatment and then following the swim she will start her radiation treatment in August. REGINA H. BOONE/DFP

    Jeff Seidel: Cancer survivor channeling her pain to set world record

    Stroke, kick ... across the water, wall to wall. Stroke, kick ... losing herself in the moment, flying now, getting faster ... no worries, feeling great, feeling alive ... there and back ... thinking about swimming across the English Channel, thinking about the world record ... and breaking it. All done. Back to the real world.

    • Jul. 8, 2012
  9. At the start of free agency, Red Wings GM Ken Holland acknowledged there is frustration among Red Wings fans. William Archie / DFP

    Jeff Seidel: Red Wings seem to be losing luster as a free-agent destination

    Ryan Suter turned down Hockeytown for a bunch of lakes. He turned down the Red Wings. Worse of all, he turned down Mike Illitch and $90 million. And few can turn down Mr. Illitch.

    • Jul. 4, 2012
  10. Doug Fister was among the Tigers' representatives attending a function for veterans on Tuesday. "This is a tremendous honor for me," he told the vets. JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Press

    Jeff Seidel: Tigers show gratitude to veterans, get repaid in kind

    Some of the veterans came through the front doors in wheelchairs, and others walked slowly using canes. Some were blind, others were missing limbs.

    • Jul. 4, 2012
  11. Al Kaline at spring training in 1994. STEVEN R. NICKERSON/DFP

    Jeff Seidel: It's my first day, and even Al Kaline can relate

    First day on the new job, and I see Al Kaline sitting in the video room at Comerica Park. "What do you remember about your first day in the big leagues?" I ask. His face lights up from the memory.

    • Jul. 1, 2012

  12. Jeff Seidel: These are the times that try men's tushes

    Bleacher Butt and other fallout from attending eighth-grade graduation.

    • Jun. 17, 2012

  13. Jeff Seidel: Michiganders can keep the worry, shed the guilt now that fireworks are legal

    Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that I know somebody who used to drive to Ohio to buy fireworks that may have been, technically, super-duper illegal in Michigan. Quick note: I don't know the statute of limitations on such a horrible crime, so stick with me.

    • Jun. 11, 2012

  14. Jeff Seidel: A big thank-you to those we can never thank enough

    We thank you for being so brave and courageous. We thank you for keeping us safe -- on the other side of the world -- while we fixate on silly stuff. Like Facebook stock prices. And the "American Idol" finals. We thank you for your sacrifice. For leaving your families and spending months at sea.

    • May. 28, 2012

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