Darren Nichols
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News junkie, sports guy, award-winning journalist, current @freep contributing columnist and stroke survivor. Owner of DNICK Media.
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ICYMI, my wife
@nvavery
was named the Executive Editor at the Detroit Free Press. I couldn’t be more proud of her and the Free Press staff.
BREAKING: Nicole Avery Nichols named top editor of Detroit Free Press
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@vckbee
@JustCallmeBHunt
The real reason is Gov. John Engler got rid of residency requirements for all city workers statewide in 1999. It hurt Detroit worse. Until that point, most cops worked and lived in the city, primarily in two neighborhoods called “Copper Canyon”.
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Check out my first “official” column for the Free Press: Federal agents are not the answer to gun violence | Opinion via
@freep
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For the next year I’ll be writing about HBCU bands for
@andscape
. Here’s the first on
@Norfolkstate
@SpartanLegion1
in the Rose Parade.
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Check out my latest piece. As Black fathers have The Talk with their kids, the best message is: Just live via
@freep
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“It’s Hart Plaza. But in a sense it’s Heart Plaza. It embodies who we are as a city. It’s our pulse.”
My latest
@freep
.
Opinion: Changing Hart Plaza's name just doesn't seem right
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I gotta believe
@chengelis
has the best mom ever. Her analysis and flirting with college coaches is hilarious. Never a dull moment.
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It’s been a long, wild day in Detroit. Check out my column on today’s news of Kwame Kilpatrick’s release.
For Detroiters, commutation is about more than Kwame Kilpatrick | Opinion
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Check out the latest on COVID-19 issues affecting Detroit. Detroit Is Mourning
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Somewhere my dad, Coach Charles Nichols at UMD in the late 70’s, is smiling down in heaven. Way to go!
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I didn’t need no lotto for a good night thanks to
@ParlayScience
. I’ll take a +100 and a +500. Let’s go.
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@ShowtimeTate
@NFL
Like they say: "Forward down the field." That's what I care about as a 20 year season ticket holder. We're 2-0. Huge for us. FF is extra.
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@AngelJennings
Great story. Great reporting. Great detail. Loved how you got his brother, an important element to this story to open up. THIIS. IS. JOURNALISM.
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It started with me watching a simple Home Depot commercial with a HBCU band in the background. What turned out was an enterprise story on a number of HBCU band’s appearance in the the national spotlight.
My latest on Andscape.
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He also served as Tupac’s attorney and his sister was my high school teacher.
On this day in 1947:
Edwin Taliaferro is born in Detroit. By 1969, he will adopt the name Chokwe Lumumba and begin organizing in the Pan African movement as a member of the Republic of New Afrika. Will be elected mayor of Jackson, Miss. in 2013.
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@Newsgirl84
@CPrattDawsey
@eramshaw
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@nvavery
@VickiethomasWWJ
@AndrewHumphrey
@kat__stafford
@michpoligal
@LindsayVanHulle
@rbeggin
@oralandar_DN
@bethelmckenzie
@DAdamsSimmons
@cassprat
@vdmccraw
@gcrjohnson
@vgoodwill
@jemelehill
@debdennis01
@BeverlyNBCLA
@markrussell44
@PrimeDarla
@KelleyLCarter
@gleejr9472
@amandla22
@emarvelous
@EricaMurphyTV
@wendi_c_thomas
@RobParkerFS1
@DOrlandoLED
@tstewart2
@JayScottSmith
@JGHillfreep
@iEditNRed
@marlonawalker
@JWhitePubRadio
@abscribe
@BowKnowsBiz
@TerryFoster971
@elrick
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I got to give it up my man
@RobParkerFS1
called the Lions over the Patriots last week. Lesson: mentees listen to your mentors. Now wax on, wax off!
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My friend and former colleague Paula Yoo has a book on this coming out next year.
On this day in 1982:
Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, dies after being attacked and bludgeoned four nights before by white men. Chin had been celebrating his upcoming wedding. The white men, who were auto workers, assumed that Chin was Japanese.
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Well damn. Devin Booker was born in Grand Rapids and went to Granville HS as a freshman. Y’all know this?
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Coming soon....
Tune into Podcast Detroit, Podbean and other streaming sites for this new venture.
This show by veteran journalist Darren A. Nichols will deal with the latest…
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@HistoryLivesDet
It’s been almost 20 years ago, but I recall covering his launch that day. “I’m that little boy you told to get off your grass. I’m also that little boy you told to stay in school, make something of yourself and come back to serve this community.”
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Derrick Johnson says the NAACP should prioritize their fight. If young people choose the NAACP, great, but if it’s Black Lives Matter he supports them too.
@thecrisismag
@DerrickNAACP
#WhenWeFightWeWin
#NAACP110
#NAACPConvention
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Check out my latest column. Michigan fireworks-related injuries have sky-rocketed — but will anything change? | Opinion via
@freep
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I know we want to blame the media on stuff, but every outlet in Chicago has covered this story since Saturday. We take enough criticism when we get it wrong.
Media blackout. This beautiful 24 year-old college grad wanted to make a difference. Areanah Preston became a police officer to demonstrate how law enforcement can help make communities better. Last night was gunned down in Chicago while off duty. The press ignored her story.
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My God son getting some shine. He’s worked hard.
Cass Tech 2020 Isaiah Sanders is a huge reason Cass Tech is so good.
He had his usual impact in the PSL finals.
He talked to The D Zone after the win. It was hard for him to talk about himself, humble, good kid.
@zayynextdoor
@tech_cass
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“We have a predator in the White House,” Kamala Harris says before a lengthy talk about them. “The other thing about predators is they are cowards.”
@thecrisismag
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This is the school building where Golightly was started. Proud to say we started a great legacy in 1976. Too many memories there.
Visiting some of our new DPSCD schools today. Great feeling to see our principals and teachers getting classrooms ready. Hard to believe these buildings were taxpayer assets used by charter schools.
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“It was a birthday party, but apparently some Black guests weren’t there to blow out the candles.”
My latest on the Detroit News’ story on the 150th Anniversary in sports.
@RobParkerFS1
@terryfosterdet
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This is so powerful. She taught Black history to her team every day during the season through her masks. But when she said Ayiana Stanley-Jones, it touched me. She was just a 7-year-old baby shot in a raid.
Every game day this season, Coach
@Raina15
wore a different mask. Every mask came with a story & each story led to conversation.
"We only see [life] through our lens, but when you have someone that you love, trust, & play for, share their experience... that's really impactful."
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@kat__stafford
Just do what you do and don’t pay any attention to those who will never know what we do and how much advocating we do. Without us, who does the community have?
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The best Final Four time was watching
@RP3natural
on One Shining Moment on the stadium screen. My first Final Four in 1999.
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This is me last night when I saw that stimulus check pending in my account.
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With this whole Thomas Kithier drama, how come nobody mentions the transfers Macomb Dakota got from Mt. Clemens?
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9-11 was historic in the nation. We were in shock over the Twin Towers when Kwame Kilpatrick got his improbable primary win. Glad a had a piece of this coverage, watching Kilpatrick launch his mayoral bid, while covering
@nickhood3
, Charlie Beckham and Bill Brooks.
On this day in 2001:
Gil Hill and Kwame Kilpatrick emerge as nominees for the office of Detroit mayor. Hill is City Council president; Kilpatrick is state House Democratic leader.
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All I will say is there’s a reason why his first CD was called College Dropout. Got slavery years wrong. Spelling Willie Lynch’s name wrong. A mind is a terrible thing not to have.
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Woke up this morning included on this letter to executives in Metro Detroit. Our local NABJ chapter stays vigilant in advocating for Detroiters.
The
@DetroitNABJ
Executive Board this morning sent this open letter to Metro Detroit television news directors regarding the continuing use of B-roll footage of the killing of George Floyd.
@wxyzdetroit
@FOX2News
@Local4News
@CBSDetroit
@NABJ
@NABJBroadcastTF
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Individual development is constant. Too many think it's just playing. It helps, but development makes consistency.
Some parents use up all their kids off season trying to keep their kids on teams when they are ignoring the personal development stage.
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Final Four weekend and job fair has officially started. Enjoy
@coachcam30
and
@CoachJordan313
. Make Friday epic again for me. Stay safe.
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@Dorothy4NABJ
@karyncollins
@NABJ
I echo what Madam President Tucker has spoken. We are all behind you, as many were after my massive stroke. I definitely will be praying for you. God bless.
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A Kettering man. Did it as a player and coach. My homie.
Derrick Walton Sr. turned Chandler Park Academy into serious contenders when he coached them from 2008-2013. He won five Charter School League titles with the Eagles and one NBA player, his son Derrick Jr. He’s currently at Lakeshore High, turning that program around.
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DJ D-Nice announces Andre Harrell’s passing to
#ClubQuarantine
tonight, throws on a few hits and leaves his set, visibly torn up.
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In black twitter news, the workday ended around noon. Nobody will work Friday, while folks will talk in Prince lyrics all weekend.
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Check out my latest for
@andscape
Tennessee State’s of Bands
@tsuarstocrats
waits to learn how album will fare at Grammys
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Man, that Mark Cronin sholl can coach. He’s put in a completely new game plan than against Michigan. Love it.
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Glad to do that work again!
The headline got my attention.
The by-line got me excited. Darren Nichols, it's so good to read your work again,...
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Y'all love
@TiffanyHaddish
now, but I was feeling her on Who's Got Jokes. S/O to
@billbellamy
to find her talent.
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Warren gets a round of applause when she says she wants to put $50 million into HBCU’s.
#WhenWeFightWeWin
#NAACPConvention
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That’s my nephew getting the Nichols treatment. He loves hoops already.
Took my son to the games and he was chillin! Watched some of the games and didn’t trip not one time. This the move fa sho!
#CarterNCamShow
#BasketballBoy
#NicholsBoys
#PreBday
#Turning2
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No diss on the current players, but man I miss seeing Isiah Thomas play.
Just 2+ minutes of my favorite Isiah Thomas clutch playoff buckets.
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I prayed for this young lady
@NataliePierre_
to survive. Her story touched me, but that was only what I knew on the surface. She shares her touching, gut wrenching story here.
My pride almost killed me, but better educating myself about mental health brought me back and has made me better than ever. Took some time out this evening to write about my journey & share some of what I’ve learned along the way:
#MentalHealthIsHealth
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@ReaganGomez
Seriously seeing these ages are horrible. My gosh. Cat calling an 8 or 9 year old? Sick.
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But most don’t know he came here to coach football. Coached KE football with Joe Hoskins and Lafayette Evans as assistants. Won East side titles there too.
The great Charles Nichols led Detroit Kettering to consecutive PSL basketball city titles in 1970 and 1971, with future NBA players Lindsay “Spider” Hairston and Eric Money. He was Kettering’s first head coach when it opened in 1965. He also coached at Detroit under Dick Vitale.
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@RP3natural
@GoodmanHoops
I’d much rather the NCAA stop putting the HBCU’s in the first four play-in games.
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Sanders ends with discussing the importance of the election. “We need an election that energizes and excites the American people. This is not a moment to throw our hands in the air. We all know what we can become.”
@thecrisismag
#whenwefightwewin
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Man, I'm trippin'. I know the GM of the New York Knicks. Congrats to Scott Perry.
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@KalanHookstv
So no Grammy-award winning Tennessee St. or Norfolk St. You gotta read more of my
@andscape
stories. 🤣🤣🤣
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Check out my latest column. On Biden's Inauguration Day, remembering what I learned from Andre | Opinion via
@freep
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Thank you Huel. I was writing this while I watched your coverage Thursday night. I know I had to come with my best.
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@krystalrnurse
I certainly would love it if schools taught the 1995 strike in Detroit. It changed the way unions dealt with newspaper disputes.
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@karendumas
And hopefully that person either has the authority to open doors or has the courage to advocate for you to move ahead.
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@coachwilford
@coachcam30
@2typesofkiller
This has been his thing for most of his career. He questioned Laurie Aaron’s stats to help steer votes so she wouldn’t be named Ms. Basketball in 88-89 season.
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He got that Mumford blood. Let’s go young Rollins.
Freshman Ryan Rollins with 20 pts to lead Toledo in victory!! He’s scored double figures in 10/11 games this season!!
#MittenMade
#RecruitTheMitten
@_moneyballry
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Finally
@NABJ
Andrea Ford gets her just due on the OJ case by
@espn
. And it was about the importance of diversity.
#detroit
#rolemodel
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We gonna have to add
@SVSU_MBB
here. I'm sure
@coachcam30
will get on it. We want players! I see Albion and Hope on the list.
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Every time I watch
@RP3natural
timeline it reminds me of how damn good he was. I got spoiled seeing that weekly.
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Why do I have to read about Chris Bosio’s side of what happened in USA Today and not the dailies here
@RobParkerFS1
and
@TerryFoster971
. We do have beat people, right?
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This is classic. Reminds me of the time they pulled the plug on me defending JoAnn Watson’s statement on the city needing financial help from the Obama administration.
Pete Buttigieg - Fox News might not let you back after you destroyed their set like that 😂
#Debates2020
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It’s always good to see my nephew and namesake in one picture and my son in the other.
#legacy
#familybusiness
#WeMakeShots
Felt damn good to be back in my element for a couple days! My shot makers got a TON of shots up, got better and had fun that’s what it’s all about! I’m back 😎
#WeMakeShots
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@CoachBrotherton
@RP3natural
Uhhh let’s see three of the last four ships, shoots 47 percent from the field, 43 from three and 90 percent from the line as career numbers. Not shabby. IJS.
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Folks are pros for a reason. It takes work and dedication, not just drills and cones. You can't be a journalist just cause you write.
Way to many people anointing themselves as trainers. It's getting out of hand. Be safe out there parents. From me to you.
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Here’s my latest column as a part of the bankruptcy package this morning. Give it a read in today’s
@freep
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Today was collaboration day with
@beyondpodcast1
and
@TheDailyDetroit
. The guys dropped through to talk Livernois construction. I later discussed the Royal Oak police stop on their show. Both were good pods.
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Check out my latest story: Pontiac thought it could handle marijuana. It’s caused confusion and delays. via
@BridgeMichigan
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@TerryFoster971
Yeah. They lost to ND and OSU on the road. ND game was Patterson’s first and had a game-tying drive. Win a bowl and you’re 11-2.
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It’s getting started.
#WhenWeFightWeWin
Thank you
@ComericaBank
for developing a financial literacy program to help educate our community.
#NAACPConvention
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“If you don’t give advocates to fight for, they’ll fight each other,” Derrick Johnson told the plenary crowd.
@thecrisismag
#WhenWeFightWeWin
#NAACPconvention
#NAACP110
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