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streak, Green is not awash in
memorabilia ... He lives in a
one-bedroom apartment in
an independent living facility
in Grosse Pointe.” There is a
photo of Jerry with Joe Namath
from Super Bowl III and a
photo with legendary Detroit
boxing great Joe Louis. “Other
than that,” Newsweek reported,
“there’s no clutter of artifacts
from a career in which he cov-
ered championships by all four
Detroit teams.”
What might be lacking in
physical evidence to observe of
his incomparable career, there
are the never-ending stories
Green still shares that Jenny
agrees is proof of him having a
photographic memory. “I told
him recently I wish it was on
paper,” of the endless list of
milestones that have yet to be
shared in an autobiography.
“He’s done things and been a
part of things, talked to people
that no one else in the world
has had contact with. He’s
interviewed Muhammad Ali,
went to I don’t know how many
Olympics. He’s covered the
Indy 500, the Masters. He wrote
the way he wanted to write, and
he’s been awarded for it.”
Green was inducted into
the Michigan Sports Hall
of Fame in 2003 and the
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame in 2004. In 2005, he
was the recipient of the Dick
McCann Memorial Award
by the Professional Football
Writers of America, common-
ly referred to as the “Writer’s
Wing” of the Pro Football Hall
of Fame. Eleven times he’s been
voted Michigan’s Sportswriter
of the Year by the National
Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Association.
A VERY SUPER SUNDAY
Though Green officially retired
from the Detroit News in 2004, he
continues to have an open invi-
tation to submit columns when
he has something on his mind he
would like to share. His coverage
of this year’s Super Bowl in Los
Angeles included six columns,
including a rare one-on-one
phone interview with Matthew
Stafford while in LA prior to the
game.
Green recalls fondly the recep-
tion he received in the press
box at Super Bowl 55 in Tampa
last year when his unmatched
streak of covering games was
announced to the media in atten-
dance. Jerry told me he was given
a rousing round of applause
adding: “I didn’t detect a boo,
” he
said with a laugh.
The NFL was again very
accommodating to Green
during this year’s Super Bowl
Week. He was able to forgo
traveling to a convention cen-
ter to register and receive his
media credentials. Instead, the
league delivered them person-
ally to his hotel room. A special
seat was provided to Jerry to
limit the number of steps he
would have to maneuver in
the press box, and an NFL
public relations representative
was assigned to him to bring
refreshments, among other
amenities he needed.
As mentioned earlier, there’s
an additional backstory that
Green acknowledges was added
motivation to make it to his
56th consecutive Super Bowl
last month. And it just might
provide the motivation to end
his streak now. The number
56 — the number that could
forever connect Jerry Green to
his boyhood hero, New York
Yankee Joe DiMaggio, the ball-
player who to this day holds the
record for having at least one
hit in ... 56 straight games.
My conversations thus far
with Jerry Green have been
limited to phone conversations.
I’m hoping he’ll accept a lunch
invitation from me in the very
near future. The pastrami sand-
wich is on me. I only ask that he
serve up another round of great
sports stories.
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