My very first post, and it has a plethora of Drew Sharp shaming!

mitch al-bomb mailed in that aticle from the NCAA tourney a few years ago, and nothing happened. fuck the freep!

A word of advice for Michigan_Marc. Somewhere in the bowels of mgoblog (curse the ridiculously inept search function) Brian frowns upon citing or ripping on Drew Sharp et al.

One general principle is that once I have eviscerated someone for excessive stupidity I institute a ban on further ripping unless something really egregious comes up. A partial list of these people:  Tom Dienhart; Matt Hayes; Dennis Dodd; Anyone associated with College Football News; Drew Sharp; Terry Foster; Rob Parker; Heismanpundit. Unless you've got something that cries out to be slaughtered I'll probably bite my tongue and pass.

I would say that this "cries out to be slaughtered" and is "really egregious." However, in general, avoid going to the "Drew-Sharp-wrote-something-outrageous-and-slanderous-to Michigan" well too often. Drew Sharp's shtick is to annoy and outrage Michigan fans in order to get clicks and reads.

I don't think Brian uses this language, but Sharp (and most things in the Freep and Bleacher Report) are to be shunned. They are cast out into the utter, outer darkness from the glorious fellowship of all things Michigan. They are generally not to be cited, quoted, referenced, pointed out on this blog, at one's great peril. They are to be shunned, and for all intents and purposes, have ceased to exist. Let the poster beware.

On second thought, what is also disturbing is that the freep is quietly do nothing. At least with the Mitch Albom issue, he did issue an apology. So far nothing from that sanctimonious prick drew sharp or from that two-bit rag the freep. 

Don't read it. Don't listen to 97.1 at any time of the day. Otherwise your just being trolled.

Why anyone would be DUMB enough to plagiarize in a world where everyone has the internet at their fingertips, but then again, Drew Sharp...

Given the Freep's past transgressions regarding sports reporting, maybe they've realized there's no reputation left to defend, so why bother with such inanities as owning up to and apologizing for egregious lapses in honesty, correctness, and professionalism?

in a continuing production of industrial-grade journalistic buffoonery by Sharp. Irritating as hell, but nothing ethically dubious. This story isn't about Sharp's constant trolling of Michigan; it's about the fact that he's a serial plagiarist of the most brazen sort.

Sharp is certainly still a buffoon, but this incident confirms beyond any doubt that the Detroit Free Press has completely abandoned any pretense to professional integrity and ethics in journalism. This should be a big deal—if I were running the Detroit News, I'd make it a front-page story and I'd hammer the Freep on a daily basis until they publicly acknowledged Sharp's plagiarism, issued an apology, and took appropriate disciplinary action.*

One thing is clear: the Freep must have paid enough hush money to Harms that his kids' college tuition is all paid for.

* I forgot about their JOA—I wonder if this functionally inhibits either paper from publicly going after the other.

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Fascinating

Drew Sharp and the Freep are both still awful; news at 11.

I'm embarrassed that I went to the same HS and college as Drew and did nothing to stop him. He is the worst.

And newspapers in general wonder why nobody believes they have credibility anymore... sucks to be slow, lazy, and hypocrites to boot.

Albom should write up what Cleeves thinks about Sharp's antics. They could reminisce about that time they sat together and watched MSU play in the tournament while their at it.

Merry Christmas everyone.

The picture of Derp at the beginning of the article was the perfect shot of him. Fat, lazy, and disinterested in the things going on around him in sports.

The investigation of Albom and the Freep sports department in 2005 revealed that many did not like Mitch and it was felt he consistently received preferential treatment. Thus he was called out for his actions and treated firmly. Sharps actions are even more egregious and we should keep beating the drum until he receives the discipline he deserves. It is clear that the Freep sports department is an "anything goes" operation with their interim editor at the helm. I do not buy or look at the Freep on line since the stretchgate debacle. Good work on this. You are doing what Bob Woodward instructed Deep Throat to do over 40 years ago- FOLLOW THE MONEY!

what we ALL knew already..Drew Sharp is Dishonest andn a snake in the grass

Hopefully this somehow leads to the ultimate end of Drew. He's been a decent piece of shit for as long as I can remember. I've never felt like he offered anything worth reading and haven't bothered with his articles for as long as I can remember.Good first post.

Go home Drew, you're drunk

for a first post. You clearly stated what the subject was so that I didn't have to click on a link to something that I swore off years ago. So thank you for that. Also, try not to use LOL in every comment.

Somehow 105.1 thought Sharp and Dery would make good primetime radio