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Wrong-way driver dies after head-on crash with DDOT bus on Lodge Freeway in Detroit
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A 58-year-old man died early Saturday while driving the wrong way on the Lodge Freeway, colliding with a DDOT bus, according to Michigan State Police.
In a post on X, the Michigan State Police said the man, driving a Ram pickup, struck the bus head-on while driving northbound in the southbound lane. The crash took place near Log Cabin Street in Detroit.
According to police, the truck caught fire immediately. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene. As of Saturday morning, the family has not been identified.
The bus driver was injured, too, and was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said an investigation into the crash is ongoing.
“At this time it hasn’t been determined where the wrong way driver entered the freeway and why they were going the wrong way,” Shaw said.
Breaking news reporter Liam Rappleye can be reached at LRappleye@freepress.com
The PGA Tour’s visit to Detroit, Michigan, ends Sunday in Round 4 of the 2025 Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club. The TV schedule today for the final round is 1-3 p.m. on Golf Channel, with the tournament moving to CBS starting at 3 p.m.
The Rocket begins streaming with PGA Tour live on ESPN+ at 7 a.m., and radio coverage on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio broadcasts at 1 p.m.
Here’s what to know for the 2025 Rocket Classic final round weather forecast, TV channel and streaming, start time, tee times and key groups, leaderboard, tickets, parking info and more.
PGA Tour live leaderboard for Rocket Classic in Detroit
• Live leaderboard for Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan.
The purse for this year’s Rocket Classic is $9.6 million. The winner’s share is $1.728 million.
Rocket Classic tee times for Round 4 today
• Final round tee times for Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan.
The first twosome, featuring Quade Cummings and Cristobal Del Solar tee off at 6:40 a.m., with the final group heading out at 1:55 p.m.
Groups to watch include:
- 7:34 a.m. — James Piot (Michigan State) and Ben Kohles
- 8:15 a.m. — Keegan Bradley and Lanto Griffin
- 11:35 a.m. — Jacob Bridgeman and Hideki Matsuyama
- 1:05 p.m. — Collin Morikawa and Harry Hall
- 1:35 p.m. — Andrew Putnam and Chris Kirk
- 1:45 p.m. — Jake Knapp and Mark Hubbard
- 1:55 p.m. — Aldrich Potgieter and Max Greyserman
How to watch Rocket Classic today on TV, streaming live
You can watch the final round Sunday, June 29, from Detroit Golf Club on numerous platforms, with TV channel coverage beginning at 1 p.m. on Golf Channel, before CBS takes over at 3 p.m.
Watch Rocket Classic live on ESPN+
Detroit weather forecast today, Sunday for Round 4
Looking for the weather in Detroit for the Rocket Classic golf tournament? Here’s what the National Weather Service says for Sunday: “Sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.”
Detroit Golf Club: About the course
Donald Ross, one of the most prolific and famed architects of golf’s Golden Age, designed both courses at Detroit Golf Club, the North and South.
The course is mostly played on the North Course, though the holes on the front are routed in a different order for the Rocket Classic.
The club will undergo a $16 million renovation under the direction of Tyler Rae right after this year’s tournament ends — the first major transformation of the North Course since it opened more than a century ago. More than 100 trees will be removed, native grasses and ditches will be added, greens will be moved and enlarged and bunkers added.
Rocket Classic tickets: How to buy
Fans can purchase tickets at RocketClassic.com. Grounds tickets start at $65 per day. Children ages 15 and under are free with ticketed adult (no more than four per adult). Note that if you wish to enter hospitality venues, all children 3 and older will require a ticket. All tickets are mobile entry only (no printed tickets) and there is no re-entry.
The Rocket Classic announced a new initiative this year to get students involved in golf. Current students can get tickets for 31.3% off (a nod to the zip code of Detroit) Thursday through Sunday if they use their .edu email address at checkout.
Gates open at 7:15 a.m. Sunday and play begins on the first tee.
Rocket Classic parking info
Parking is not included with ticket purchase. Parking is located at Wayne State (5501 Anthony Wayne Drive) in Parking Structure 5. A free shuttle service is provided Saturday from 6:45 a.m.-8 p.m.
Parking passes can be purchased online and the cost varies. A Sunday parking pass costs $31. A digital parking pass is required for entry per vehicle.
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The 2022 season of ‘Hard Knocks’ featuring the Detroit Lions continues to be talked about and reviewed quite favorably.
Head coach Dan Campbell gained national attention for his ability to galvanize a room full of players. Multiple speeches from that season continue to be replayed and shared by supporters.
Recently, NFL Films set out to determine the all-time best moments from the popular HBO football docuseries.
Two moments from the Lions’ 2022 season were discussed.
First, Campbell’s speech discussing what he wanted the team to represent became memorable when he talked about dragging other NFL teams into the “abyss.”
“You just got to get a hold of them, though. But, if you get a hold of them, you start dragging them out to the deep dark abyss, you can drown them,” said Campbell. “And that’s what we got to be. That’s who we have to be. Because that’s our domain. Because we will tread water as long as it takes to bury you. Because we can, because we choose to.”
The other moment that stood out to Emily Leitner, an NFL Films producer, was Aidan Hutchinson performing ‘Billie Jean’ in front of his teammates.
“I’m gonna go with Aidan Hutchinson singing ‘Billie Jean,’ but mostly because the way the rest of the Lions reacted. There were shirts thrown and everyone got up,” Leitner said. “That one stands out to me as an all-timer, even though it was (2022) because I remember everyone in the field was like, ‘Wow.’”
Detroit Golf Club saw a new course record for the second straight day Friday at the 2025 Rocket Classic, but not all golfers had loads of birdies.
With so many low scores, the cut line hiked up to 5 under par, meaning golfers had to shoot 6-under or better through two rounds to make the weekend.
Eighty-six players did just that. Plenty of big names did not.
Of the 70 players going home early, here are six big names that did not make the cut this year, and an update on how a handful of golfers with local ties fared:
Kevin Kisner, 5 under par (68, 71)
Kisner went back to golfing this week after his stint in the booth as NBC Sports’ lead golf commentator. He shot 4-under 68 in Round 1, but a slow 1-under 71 in Round 2 left him one shot off the cut line. He struggled on the back nine, shooting 1-over 37 by carding three bogeys (Nos. 11, 12, 15) with just two birdies, both coming on the par-5s.
Wyndham Clark, 4 under par (66, 74)
After a mistake-free first round with six birdies, Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open winner, folded on Day 2, making a triple-bogey snowman on the par-5 fourth after blocking his drive way right into the driving range. Bogeys on Nos. 9 and 11 further derailed him, and his three birdies were not enough to overcome the one big miss.
Max Homa, 3 under par (71, 70)
Homa’s rough stretch on Tour continues, as he shot 71-70 to miss the cut by a few shots. He birdied his first two holes of the tournament Thursday on Nos. 1 and 2, both par-4s, bogeyed No. 3, birdied No. 4 but bogeyed No. 6. He parred the final 12 holes. He had three birdies in his second round, not nearly enough to make up the ground lost on Day 1. Homa has tumbled to No. 96 in the world after being in the top 10 in 2023.
Rickie Fowler, 2 under par (71, 71)
Fowler, the tournament’s 2023 winner in a playoff, could not deliver this year, carding 1-under rounds each day. His five birdies in the first round, including four in a row from Nos. 17 to 2, were nullified by four bogeys, including two on par-5s. He had four birdies to three bogeys Friday to never threaten the cut line. He has yet to win since his Rocket victory nearly two years ago.
Tom Kim, 1 under par (67, 76)
Kim had a preposterous three double-bogeys in his second round, negating a bogey-free 5-under 67 he shot Thursday. That included doubles on two of his final three holes, making a seven on the gettable par-5 seventh and a five on long par-3 ninth by three-putting from 11 feet. He also made six on his third hole, the par-4 No. 12, after hooking his tee shot way left out of play.
Cam Davis, even par (74, 70)
The defending Rocket champion and only two-time winner in Detroit did not bring his best in his title defense. He had just one birdie on Thursday, then bogeyed his final three holes, Nos. 7-9, to essentially put himself out of the tournament after Day 1.
How did locals play?
*Made cut
- *Brett White, East Kentwood/Eastern Michigan: 8-under (67, 69)
- *James Piot, Detroit Catholic Central/Michigan State: 6-under (70, 68)
- Ryan Brehm, Mount Pleasant/Michigan State: 2-under (71, 71)
- Otto Black, Pinckney: 1-under (72, 71)
- Ben Cook, Grand Rapids South Christian/Ferris State: 2-over (71, 75)
- Joe Hooks, U-D Jesuit/Wayne State: 4-over (72, 76)
- Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State (amateur): 8-over (78, 74)
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