Rod Beard
Rod Beard, assistant sports editor at The Detroit News, has taken on the role of sports editor. He wrote on X/Twitter:
“It’s been a long journey — which technically started as a paperboy for The News in the early 1980s. I’m truly blessed to get this opportunity and for those who have helped me get here.”
Beard joined in December 2001 as a sports writer. Since then, he has held the posts of general assignment sports writer, Michigan basketball beat writer and Pistons beat writer.
Beard graduated from the University of Michigan.
Be sure to congratulate Beard on X/Twitter.
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