On Tuesday, the folks over at The Athletic made some big news when it comes to the Detroit Lions beat. Colton Pouncey, who had been working on the Michigan State Spartans beat for The Athletic, has joined the coverage team for the Detroit Lions. Pouncey, as he explained in his introductory piece over at The Athletic, has spent the last four years tirelessly learning the culture, history, and institution that was Michigan State athletics. Now, he’ll do the same with the Lions.
“Whether it was learning about the marching band’s annual tradition during Michigan-MSU week, writing about flag football games between student newspapers, profiling student-athletes, diving headfirst into recruiting, watching film, covering a coaching search, adding basketball coverage to my resume and generally finding my voice as a writer — I’m a better journalist because of these last four years,” Pouncey wrote.