(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News)
Through 50 years of “holy mackerel” highs and “man, oh man” lows, one thing has remained the same for Detroit’s dean of sports radio broadcasting.
“I wake up every day a Champion, and you can’t beat that,” said Mark Champion, the aptly named radio man. “It’s a good name to have in this business.”
Champion called every single run of Barry Sanders’ career and now makes courtside calls for the Pistons as they try to return to his lofty surname’s heights.
Michiganians became familiar with Champion’s calls during Lions broadcasts during the Sanders era.