IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden and Lions receiver Golden Tate talk about their high school days together. Geoff Robinson, Special to The Detroit News
Detroit — With the Detroit Grand Prix returning to Belle Isle this weekend, Golden Tate was given the unique opportunity to settle an old grudge with reigning IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden on the pingpong table.
Yes, you read that right.
Tate and Newgarden, who attended Pope John Paul II High School together in Hendersonville, Tenn., apparently have a decade-old pingpong rivalry.