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THE LONG RUN What: 40th Detroit Free Bank Marathon. When: Sunday, Oct. 15. Where: Streets of Detroit and Windsor. Events: Marathon, half marathons (international and U.S.-only courses), five-person relay, 5K, kids fun run.

The 5K and kids run will be Oct. 14. The schedule THE BUZZ What to watchtoday POSSIBLE BOXING MATCH OF THE YEAR ON PPV OF COURSEForget the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor bout last month, main event has been highly anticipated by boxing pursuits formonths. For the middleweight world title and the mythical best fighter in the world crown, Canelo Alvarez and Genna-dy Golovkin square off in Las Vegas. The men have a combined record 86-1-1.

Things get started on HBO pay per view at 8 p.m. GOLF Park leads Evian after first round Sung Hyun Park fired an eight-under 63 to lead the Evian Championship by two shots over Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand. That meant a 14-shot turnaround in fortunes for the No. 3-ranked South Korean. She had been six over through just five holes in the rain and wind on Thursday morning before play was abandoned and all scores wiped from the record.

Park, the U.S. Open cham- pion, regrouped and had seven birdies and an eagle at Evian-les-Bains, France. Tied for third, three shots back, were Aus- Katherine Kirk and Anna Nordqvist. MORE GOLF: Steve Flesch and Jerry Smith each shot seven-under 64 to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions at Victoria, British Columbia. COLLEGE: A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky pleaded guilty to charges he pressured a teenage girl to send him naked photos and asked her teen sister to give him oral sex.

Jeffrey San- plea deal comes a week before his trial was slated to begin and nearly six years after his father was arrested in a child molestation case. Detroit Free Press News Services FOOTBALL Michigan State, Packers standout Currie dies at 82 Dan Currie, a Michigan State star who went on to success with the Green Bay Packers during the Vince Lombardi era, died Sept. 11 in Las Vegas, where he worked for 25 years as a casino security guard. He was 82. Currie was the Green Bay Pack- first pick in 1958, ahead of Jim Taylor (second), Ray Nitschke (third) and Jerry Kramer (fourth).

Taylor and Nitschke are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Kramer is a finalist for 2018. Nicknamed Currie played seven seasons with the Pack- ers and two with the Los Angeles Rams. He was an All-America center at Michigan State in 1957, helping the Spartans reach a No. 1 ranking in the Big Ten in total offense and scor- ing. Currie played on two NFL cham- pionship teams, was Associated Press first-team All-Pro in 1962, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1984.

Currie earned first-team All- America honors his senior year at center in 1957 as selected by the Associated Press, Football Writers Association, International News Service, Football Coaches Associa- tion and NBC. In addition, the Foot- ball Coaches Association named him the most outstanding college player of the year. Richard Ryman, USA TODAY sports ments in my life where I have been honored like this, and this is one of them. The other one was being elected captain of Michigan by my In the middle of the room, Oak- land basketball coach Greg Kampe was posing for a picture. He has won 558 games at Oakland, the fourth most of any current Division I coach at a single in- stitution.

embracing every moment of Kampe said. very lucky I am for this to happen. hard to put into Up on the video screen, there was a list of the other members of the latest class who will be offi- cially inducted at a ceremony today. And that list was like a Who of champions or people who spent a lot of lifetime around them. Dennis Rodman, one of the Bad Boys.

Jalen Rose, a member of the Fab Five. Dean Look, an NFL ref who officiated three Super Bowls. Andre Rison, who won a Super Bowl championship with the Green Bay Packers in 1996. And finally, up on that screen, there was a picture of Mitch Al- bom, my colleague, the acclaimed Free Press columnist who hit town in 1985 and spent most of his ca- reer chronicling all kinds of titles from the Red Wings, the Pistons and the Michigan Wolverines. While looking at that list, while thinking about all the success all those teams had in the past, the current condition of this city be- came all too clear.

a horrible, depressing time for sports fans. And this place is in a serious funk. On Thursday, the Tigers lost 17-7 to the Chicago White Sox, their 86th loss of the season. Last season, the Pistons were 37-45 and missed the playoffs. The once mighty Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 25 years.

Michigan State football is com- ing off a 3-9 season. Ohio State has defeated Michi- gan in football for five straight seasons. And even though there is a lot of buzz around Jim Har- baugh, he won anything. Which brings me to the stunner. You wanna know the best hope, at least for our professional sports? The one team coming off the playoffs? The Lions, a team that won a championship in 60 seasons.

Sure, they opened with a vic- tory over the Arizona Cardinals. But they still have 15 more games to play. Fifteen more chances to blow it. Not that getting jaded or anything. Hopeful signs While talking to Kampe, I came to realize something else.

We probably appreciate things in the moment. you are in the heat of it, you can never appreciate what has Kampe said. me, what this honor has done, it makes me appreciate how good the play- ers have been, how good my staff has been. I feel this is more of an award for Oakland than me. This is a WE Now for some good news.

A ray of hope, if you will. Kampe just might have his best team. we are healthy and they play to their potential, a team that could have a very talented sea- he said. we you can hold me And Leyland has heard nothing but good things about several of the young players the Tigers have acquired in their grand sell-off. think Al (Avila) did a terrific Leyland said.

seen some of the players they got, very im- pressed. I talked to three general managers and they brought up how much their scouts loved the Perez kid (Franklin Perez ac- quired from Houston in the Justin Verlander trade). They love the (Jeimer) Candelario kid, and Tony La Russa loves the shortstop, (Ser- gio) Alcantaraal. He says, stake my reputation. going to play shortstop in the big So that.

A slight glim- mer of hope in the darkness. But still, it seems a long way off, at least for the Tigers. Wait. Tom Izzo. MSU basket- ball.

The Spartans could be really good, right? And that Michigan defense looks fantastic. And if the Lions can keep this going. And if those young Tigers can Maybe. Someday. If only.

We take it for granted this time, right? Contact Jeff Seidel: Follow him on Twitter To read his recent columns, go to freep.com/sports/jeff-seidel RYAN FREE PRESS Author, columnist and broadcaster Mitch Albom before his induction on Friday. SEIDEL: HoF inductees harken to better days FROM PAGE 1B TRAVERSE CITY Danny DeKeyser started training camp with a new partner and a new Porsche. The lanky defender spent Friday at Centre Ice Arena going through drills with Trevor Daley, the defense- man the Wings spent their free-agency money on in or- der to upgrade. Daley, 33, can skate and move the puck, play in all situations, and should help DeKeyser regain his footing after a mediocre 2016-17. think Trevor and Dan- ny, I am hoping they can de- velop good chemistry here the faster the coach Jeff Blashill said.

are both guys that can break the puck out, they are both guys that can skate. They defend well and they can get up the ice DeKeyser, 27, had just 12 points and was minus-22 in 82 games last season. As re- cently as 2014-15, he reached 31 points. He played more on the power play that season (around 1:30 minutes per game compared with 30 sec- onds each of the past two seasons), but only six of those 31 points came during man advantages. Ideally, ability to move the puck quickly helps DeKeys- er nurture his offensive up- side.

think sometimes of- fense ebbs and flows a little Blashill said. not like he have any chances last year. I just think the more you are in the offensive zone, the more you attack and transition, the better chance to create of- fense. me, Trevor is just another good defenseman that can play top-four min- utes. The more guys you have like that, it can kind of loosen the load across all six The other planned pair- ings are Jonathan Ericsson with Nick Jensen, and Nik- las Kronwall with Mike Green.

Kronwall did not skate Friday, part of the plan to manage his activity, given he is playing on a perma- nently bad knee. Blashill emphasized Kronwall has said he feels far better than he did at last training camp, and whether or nor he practices will be deter- mined on a day-by-day basis. decline played into signing Daley for three years and $9.5 mil- lion. Daley just won back-to- back Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins. When he got his day with the Cup this summer, he took it and his son to his grave and told his son about Da- own childhood.

Now he is focused on bonding with new team- mates. me and DK, good to get a feel for each other, where we like to be out there and what we like to do and get a chance to Daley said. think we comple- ment one While part of adjusting to a new team is learning the systems, Daley pointed out wants to play the uptempo, fast-paced game. how you do it and how good you are at DeKeyser said playing with someone who skates as well as Daley a lot of pressure off whoever he is playing with. It allows the weak-side to get up in the play DeKeyser is among the many Wings who need bounce-back seasons.

He spent the off-season getting stronger, focusing especial- ly on his lower body, and hit the ice earlier than usual. year was a rough season for a lot of guys, my- self he said. got a lot of guys here excited to prove that that was a fluke year and get out He certainly began camp on a thrilling note: During golf outing, De- Keyser used a nine-iron to hit a 152-yard ace on the par- three 17th hole at The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort. It was the first hole-in- one for DeKeyser, who says an golfer. I have good days and bad days but yesterday was one of those good days.

I got a hole-in- one, No. 17, par 3. Got a two- year lease on a new Porsche. That was a fun Red Wings Can Daley help DeKeyser retool? By Helene St. James Detroit Free Press TRAVERSE CITY David Booth acknowledged the odds are against him, but at least he is having a blast.

He is at Detroit Red Wings training camp on a tryout, and his placement on Team Howe largely made up of Grand Rapids Griffins indicates he is unlikely to be rewarded with a Wings contract. Booth is from De- troit and so to even dapple in a winged-wheel uniform is a thrill. really exciting to be Booth said after Fri- opening day of camp. very close to me in the sense that I grew up being a Red Wings fan having front- row season tickets, being there when they won the Cup. been a childhood kind of pastime for me to watch these guys through all the good years and so to come here and throw a Red Wings jersey on for the first time, really Booth, 32, parlayed four years at Michigan State into being drafted in the second round by Florida in 2004.

He has topped 500 NHL games, but spent the past two years playing in Russia. He asked the Wings for a tryout even as he recognizes they exactly have many openings and fellow tryout invitee P-A Parenteau would seem to have the edge, as he has been placed with the Wings- heavy Team Delvecchio. Athanasiou update: Ne- gotiations between the Wings and Andreas Athana- siou forge on with training camp underway. Agent Darren Ferris told the Free Press Friday morn- ing I can say that we are having productive dis- cussions at this point that are a positive indication of the mutual desire to come to an agreement. not say- ing we are anywhere near a decision or a deal but Athanasiou, a restricted free agent without arbitra- tion rights, has an offer for one year around $3 million to play in Russia from AK Bars Kazan.

Cleary takes new role: One of the many Wings per- sonnel mingling at the rink was Daniel Cleary, who turned a 2005 tryout with the Wings into a long career. Af- ter spending the past few seasons as a sort of practice player with the Griffins, Cleary now serves as co-director of player de- velopment alongside BFF Shawn Horcoff. Injury Rap- ids Griffins forward Eric Tangradi hurt a knee during scrimmage and will be re- evaluated today. Notebook David Booth thrilled to be at camp By Helene St. James Detroit Free Press.