29 of the 32 first-round draft picks were two-sport athletes and 14 of the 29 were three-sport athletes. Next time your personal trainer or your coach tells you you need to specialize in football, maybe you really need a new trainer or coach.
Mick McCabe
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Mick McCabe
@MickMcCabe1
After 55 years, finally retired sports writer for the Detroit Free Press. Now, full-time grandpa. This is weird.
Detroit
Joined October 2011
- You want data? We've got data. Playing indoor "contact" sports like basketball and hockey are not spreader events so let's stop messing with high school kids' heads and Let Them Play. bit.ly/2MqSRuG
- On June 3, 1970 I walked into the Free Press sports department for the first time. One June 3, 2025 I walked out of the Free Press sports department for the last time. Hey, 55 years is a long time and it's been a blast! Hope I passed the audition.
- If school is in session, @GovWhitmer needs to do the right thing again and let kids play sports. High school is about so much more than just taking classes. Time for Big Gretch to step up! bit.ly/3dExaiv
- If @GovWhitmer really looks at the numbers, @mhsaa high school sports are not the reason COVID-19 is spreading. It's time to let football, volleyball and swimming finish their seasons. #LetThemFinish. bit.ly/36zkn0q
- Sorry, Governor, but high school athletes are the wrong target for the latest spike in CVOVID-19 cases. bit.ly/3lvDyyh
- High school sports begin practicing Monday with no testing, no masks, no social distancing -- just sports . . . for now. Let's keep it that way. bit.ly/3Aj6iQJ
- How do you say goodbye after covering preps for the Detroit Free Press for 46-plus years? This will have to do. on.freep.com/2gZpAqm
- With the money grab for 7-on-7 leagues under way, it's time for @GovWhitmer to allow @MHSAA high school football to be played and open the high school gyms for volleyball and the pools for swimming. It's time.
- High school football is back! Will begin Sept. 17-18 with Week 4 schedule. Everyone in the state playoffs. Volleyball, soccer and girls swimming are on, too.
- Ann Arbor Skyline's Hobbs Kessler shatters the national high school record for 1,500 meters by almost 4 seconds, 3:34.3. And he also qualified for the Olympic Trials. My man!!!
- Happy 81st Birthday to the GOAT, John Herrington. The winningest coach in state history -- 443 with 13 state championships, another state record. The Best!
- When the governor suggests a two-week pause in youth sports, @MHSAA executive director @muyl basically tells her: Thanks, but we got this.
- Happy 80th Birthday to The Goat, John Herrington. He is the winningest coach in state history — 443 wins, 13 state championships and his teams were a remarkable 93-21 (81.6%) in the state playoffs.
