![]() ![]() Here's hoping Mickelson didn't hold the editorial decision against Bristol, Conn. ESPN - the outlet his lawyer complained to this week - in 2017 reported he owed another big bookie nearly $2 million in 2012. ![]() ![]() Update: Mickelson actually appears to be quite the gambler. General Excellence awards for 2018 went to the Detroit Free Press, The Ann Arbor News and The (Greenville) Daily News. That's like if the average American went and spent $865 at the casino. DETROIT (AP) Newspapers in Detroit, Ann Arbor and Greenville were named the best in the state Sunday in the annual Michigan Associated Press Media Editors newspaper competition. Half-a-million dollars is chump change for a guy whose net worth is said to be $400 million, and hardly (we think) indicative of a problem. Regardless, we're not sure why Mickelson is so bothered in the first place. The Detroit News is also not an ambassador for the city. The part that both Mickelson and his lawyer seem to miss is that while the Detroit News may have offices in a building owned by Dan Gilbert, the paper does not work for him, nor any events his companies sponsor. "But why? Why are you going to embarrass Phil Mickelson when he's there to support your tournament and the charities it supports and the Tour? Rocket Mortgage is a Detroit-based company. " didn't say anything that wasn't true I'm not complaining about that," said Cohen. Lawyer Gary Cohen meanwhile told ESPN "the only purpose for this article is to embarrass Phil Mickelson.'' Mickelson added that, otherwise, the people of Detroit had "been great." It happened liked twentysomething years ago. “It was so much effort for me to be here and to have that type of unnecessary attack,” he said. said he did not feel appreciated for arranging his busy tournament schedule in order to play in Detroit, which marked his first tournament in Michigan since the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. He later confirmed he would not be coming back to the Rocket Mortgage Classic, the Free Press reports: Mickelson and his attorney questioned its merits, with the 51-year-old golfer tweeting the rather petulant response above. The Tuesday story by Detroit News federal court reporter Robert Snell revealed previously unreported allegations linking "Mickelson with one of the biggest gamblers in Detroit history, 'Dandy' Don DeSeranno" around the year 2000. View Robert Snell’s professional profile on Relationship Science, the database of decision makers. Didn’t even think of the opportunistic Rob Snells in the area would try and take advantage Robert Snell is Political Reporter, Detroit at Crain's Detroit Business Publishing Group. My mistake making the effort to be here and have my foundation look into ways to help the local community. Had I not come here to Detroit it wouldn’t have run. Phil Mickelson has soured on Detroit after a local reporter welcomed him to town for the PGA Tour with a story indicating the star golfer was once cheated out of $500,000 by a mob-connected bookie from Grosse Pointe. ![]()
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