Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down the season with their annual holiday gifting for the Detroit Lions. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press
Half a decade later, I still remember the somber conversation I had with Titus Young’s father, Richard. And it still makes me sad.
It was 2012 and I was at the Detroit Lions’ headquarters in Allen Park. I wanted privacy, so I went to the parking lot, got inside my car and closed the door.
I told Richard Young I wasn’t speaking with him as a reporter.