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done with the calls by Aug. 
15.”
Besides receiving the 
Dick Schaap Memorial 
Award from fellow ESPN 
journalist Jeremy Schaap, 
Dick Schaap’s son, at the 
Greenberg Invitational, 
Schefter participated in a 
sports panel with seven-
time Cy Young Award 
winner Roger Clemens and 
Jeremy Schaap, an 11-time 
Emmy Awards winner. 
Detroit radio and 
television personality Mike 
Stone was the sports panel 
moderator.
Clemens was presented 
the Hank Greenberg 
Memorial Lifetime 
Achievement Award at the 
Greenberg Invitational by 
Steve Greenberg, Hank 
Greenberg’s son. 
Brown has been in the 
same fantasy football league 
with business associates 
and friends since the 
early 1990s. The league is 
unofficially known as FFL 
Detroit.
There are 20 teams in the 
league. Most of the team 

owners have been the same 
through the years. 
Brown’s team name is the 
Bloody Gloves.
“That’s a reference to the 
OJ (Simpson) trial, which 
was big news back when we 
started the league. I’ve kept 
the name, even though a lot 
of people today probably 
don’t understand it,” he 
said.
Brown’s only league 
championship came in 
2001. But he’s been in the 
championship round about 
a half-dozen times.
The league draft is 
normally held on the 
Wednesday before the 
Thursday opening night 
NFL game. What happens 
if draft Wednesday falls on 
Rosh Hashanah?
“If that happens, the date 
of the draft is changed,” 
Brown said. “There are 
three Jewish guys in the 
league including myself, 
so everyone makes 
accommodations.” 

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ESPN’s Adam Schefter (bottom left) answers a fantasy football 
question during a Zoom call won in an auction by Jason Brown 
(top left). 

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