Gregg Krupa The Detroit News Published 5:17 AM EDT Nov 2, 2018 Detroit – Henrik Zetterberg says he is happy, adjusting to retirement, attending Red Wings practices and games and beginning to occasionally look back at his career. He emerged from behind the automatic doors of the Red Wings dressing room, smiling that easy, familiar smile, striding amiably along the lower concourse of Little Caesars Arena. His unruly back, a condition that evolved over at least 12 years, spurring a variety of symptoms and dysfunctions, prematurely ended one of the handful of greatest careers in Wings’ history. But Zetterberg, 38, seemed sanguine. Less than a month into his retirement, he reflected on his career, and he revealed new details of the evolution of a back condition that ended it prematurely. Asked how he is adapting, he said, “I think it’s been good so far, you know? Obviously, it’s a bit early I would say.” He has had some time to adjust. “For … [Read more...] about Former Detroit Red Wings star Henrik Zetterberg, at ease in retirement, reveals details of injury
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The former Red Wings star is adjusting to life off the ice
Gregg Krupa The Detroit News Published 11:11 PM EDT Nov 1, 2018 Detroit – Henrik Zetterberg says he is happy, adjusting to retirement, attending Red Wings practices and games and beginning to occasionally look back at his career. He emerged from behind the automatic doors of the Red Wings dressing room, smiling that easy, familiar smile, striding amiably along the lower concourse of Little Caesars Arena. His unruly back, a condition that evolved over at least 12 years, spurring a variety of symptoms and dysfunctions, prematurely ended one of the handful of greatest careers in Wings’ history. But Zetterberg, 38, seemed sanguine. Less than a month into his retirement, he reflected on his career, and he revealed new details of the evolution of a back condition that ended it prematurely. Asked how he is adapting, he said, “I think it’s been good so far, you know? Obviously, it’s a bit early I would say.” He has had some time to adjust. “For … [Read more...] about The former Red Wings star is adjusting to life off the ice
In Detroit, students change schools at dizzying pace
Erin Einhorn and Chastity Pratt Dawsey Chalkbeat Detroit and Bridge Magazine Published 6:00 AM EDT Oct 8, 2018 This story is part of the series Moving Costs: How students changing schools disrupts Detroit classrooms, a joint project from Chalkbeat and Bridge Magazine. By the time she’d reached the eighth grade, Shantaya Davis had attended so many schools — at least five — that she couldn’t name them all. “I don’t even know what grade it was,” she said of one school, the one her mother decided wasn’t safe after she was threatened by a man in a car after class one day. “I just know I went there and it was like half a year. … I went to a lot of schools. That’s why I keep forgetting.” Her classmate, Shawntia Reeves, attended four schools on the way to eighth grade. Or maybe five. Her parents weren’t exactly sure of the details, beyond the fact that she’d started kindergarten at the small … [Read more...] about In Detroit, students change schools at dizzying pace
Detroit Tigers’ Blaine Hardy hoping to get back to work soon
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:44 PM EDT Sep 12, 2018 Detroit — Can we just take a quick moment to acknowledge the accomplishments of Blaine Hardy this season. Designated for assignment out of spring training, unwanted by 29 other teams, Hardy not only worked his way back to the Tigers, he’s put himself in a position to be a full-time member of the starting rotation next season. “I don’t want to say I was on my last legs,” Hardy said earlier this year. “But I wasn’t sure how much longer I was going to be able to do this. So, I just told myself, if this is it, then I’m going to go out and enjoy it. I am going to have fun playing this game.” Hardy’s first step back came when he was put into the starting rotation at Toledo. There he developed and polished a cutter-slider hybrid that has revitalized his career. He was virtually unhittable to Triple-A hitters, and in 13 starts with the Tigers, he went 4-4 … [Read more...] about Detroit Tigers’ Blaine Hardy hoping to get back to work soon
Disabled teen who met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at charity bash is banned from returning to school to sit A-levels after ‘having too much time off SICK’
PRINCE Harry’s charity heroine has been told she cannot return to school to take her A-Levels because she has had too much time off sick. Evie Toombes, 16, met Harry and Meghan at a WellChild charity event last week where she won the Inspirational Young Person Award. Showjumper Evie, is battling two incurable conditions including spina bifida, an illness that causes a gap in the spine, and a paralysed stomach. Evie’s attendance at Skegness Grammar School in Lincolnshire fell to below 50 per cent but she was allowed to sit some exams in hospital. But Evie was denied admission to Skegness Grammar’s Sixth Form where she wanted to take English and Psychology at A-Level. She tweeted: “Should be starting my A-Levels but my Grammar school won’t accept me back, I fell short of admissions criteria due to being so ill. “For now I’m blogging with the ponies & celebrating @Wellchild.” The teen told the Mirror: “The contrast between my last … [Read more...] about Disabled teen who met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at charity bash is banned from returning to school to sit A-levels after ‘having too much time off SICK’