Detroit Sports Media Association Tablegate Media Luncheon
The Detroit Sports Media Association hosted its 15th annual Tablegate Media Luncheon on Oct. 18 at the Kingsley Hotel in Bloomfield Hills. The gathering celebrates the annual football game between the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Michigan State University in East Lansing. This year the group donated $1,000 to Austin Catholic High School in Chesterfield Township to help the school start a broadcasting program. The luncheon also featured “Big Game Banter” with players from each schools — Jack Miller and Jared Wangler of U-M, and Mark Dell and Eric Andino of MSU. There also was an axe cake cutting ceremony to celebrate the Paul Bunyan trophy, which goes to the winner of the game. // Photographs by Elizabeth Peplinski