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Lapointe: For a change, the Detroit area deserved a double dose of the football spotlight

The sketchy Wolverines beat the Buckeyes while the Lions got dumped by Green Bay

By Joe Lapointe

Was Jim Harbaugh sending in trick plays by text message from his Ann Arbor home Saturday afternoon to his staff in Michigan Stadium? Or did the suspended Wolverines’ head football coach actually disguise himself as Brutus Buckeye, the Ohio State mascot, so he could spy on the OSU coaches and steal their signs on the sidelines?

  • Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘Holiday Cabaret’

    @ Detroit Public Theatre

    Wed., Nov. 29, 8 p.m., Thu., Nov. 30, 8 p.m., Fri., Dec. 1, 8 p.m., Sat., Dec. 2, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun., Dec. 3, 2 p.m., Wed., Dec. 6, 2 p.m., Thu., Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Fri., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., Sat., Dec. 9, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun., Dec. 10, 2 p.m., Wed., Dec. 13, 8 p.m., Fri., Dec. 15, 8 p.m., Sat., Dec. 16, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 17, 2 p.m.

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Noel Night returns to Midtown Detroit for a magical evening of food, music, and holiday shopping

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By Viola Klocko

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