Last season, the Pistons finished with the worst record in the league (14-68) and ranked near the bottom in offensive efficiency and three-point shooting. To address these weaknesses, new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon prioritized …
Last season, the Pistons finished with the worst record in the league (14-68) and ranked near the bottom in offensive efficiency and three-point shooting. To address these weaknesses, new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon prioritized shooting in the offseason, re-signing 6-foot-9 sharpshooter Simone Fontecchio and acquiring players like Malik Beasley and Tim Hardaway Jr. through free agency and trades.
Cade Cunningham, now locked into a five-year, $224 million max extension, will lead the team alongside Jaden Ivey with an upgraded supporting cast. Furthermore, many of the veterans brought in are on short-term deals, allowing Langdon the flexibility to evaluate which players fit the team’s future plans without long-term commitments.
While the Pistons will be more competitive in the first half of the season, the expectation is that they’ll shift focus to securing a better draft position after the All-Star break. This move will likely make their overall winning percentage look worse than their performance through the first 60 games, masking the progress made on the court.
Lions QB Jared Goff wins NFC Player of the Week honor for showing vs. Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks had a difficult time stopping the Detroit Lions in their Week 4 primetime 42-29 defeat. Lions starting quarterback Jared Goff completed a perfect 18-of-18 passing attempts for 292 yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions. Goff actually set the record for the most passing attempts without an incompletion in a single game in NFL history.
Goff also caught a touchdown via the trick play previously known as “The Philly Special.” Goff has since been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
The Lions racked up just 389 yards of total offense, but they were extremely efficient. All 42 points occurred via the offense, meaning Seattle’s defense failed to register many stops. The Lions only faced six third downs throughout the entire game, and they completed 50% of them (3-of-6).
The Lions were well-balanced, scoring three rushing touchdowns and three passing touchdowns. The Seahawks entered Monday’s contest allowing just 14.3 points per game. That number rose exponentially to 21.3. The Seahawks hadn’t allowed 40-plus points since Week 13 of the 2023 season, when they were defeated 41-35 by the Dallas Cowboys.
It’s worth acknowledging the Seahawks were without five key defensive players, including Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy II, and Jerome Baker. Congratulations to Goff nonetheless. It was a historic night.
100% of the resort’s net profits will go to charitable initiatives.
Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan, will open its new Cardinal Golf Course on June 22, with several other top-tier golf amenities having been constructed to complement the 18-hole course.
Golf architect Raymond Hearn was tasked with reimagining the old 27-hole layout at what was then the Inn at St. John’s on the west side of Detroit. His new main layout is a total rethink of the property to create an original experience across the rolling landscape.
“The land was a perfect setting for me to draw on my inspiration from previous Donald Ross, Tom Bendelow and Willie Park Jr. projects and one of my favorite courses, the Old Course at Sunningdale (in England) by Willie Park Jr., which I implemented on both the championship course and the short course,” Hearn said in a media release announcing the opening. “Our goal was to create a fun golf experience. I believe we have achieved that, and then some, with this project.”
The routing for the new Cardinal golf course at Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan (Courtesy of Saint John’s Resort)
The project includes a seven-hole short course by Hearn named Little Cardinal, which plays across 7.5 acres with holes ranging from 44 to 112 yards. Also built was an 18-hole, 2-acre putting course – complete with food, drink and built-in music – that was themed after the famous Himalayas Putting Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. These are first-of-their-kind amenities for the Detroit area, and the concepts of alternative golf options have been proved at some of the top resorts in the U.S.
“These exciting golf attractions provide a relaxed environment focused on fun and offering a less intimidating introduction to the game, encouraging newcomers to want to participate, learn and improve,” Stan Witko, executive director of golf for Saint John’s Resort, said in the media release.
It’s all part of a renovation to the property formerly owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The property was donated in 2021 to the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation and has been rebranded as Saint John’s Resort. A $50-million transformation includes updated rooms at the resort’s hotel, a 6,200-square-foot pavilion, a ballroom and more. The charitable foundation has pledged 100 percent of net proceeds to educational and humanitarian initiatives in Metro Detroit and beyond.
Check out a selection of photos of the new courses and putting green below:
Today’s second super sprint race, the 100-minute Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, is round five of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The short duration both makes strategy a bit simpler and trickier at the same time. With both the GTP and …
Today’s second super sprint race, the 100-minute Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, is round five of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The short duration both makes strategy a bit simpler and trickier at the same time.
With both the GTP and GTD PRO machinery able to make more than half distance on fuel, only a single pit stop is necessary. But having only one stop makes the timing of that stop much more critical.
There’s also the tire question. Long Beach winners Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande did the entire race on a single set of tires. Forgoing a tire change allowed the out lap on hotter tires to be just enough quicker to make the difference. The same happened last year at Long Beach. The consensus so far is that Detroit is a very low-energy circuit, making running the full race on a set of tires possible, and in the case of the GTP cars, likely desirable. Expect most GTP teams to not take tires, or only two, trading ultimate grip at the end of the race for track position and hot tires in the middle.
GTP teams have three sets of tires to use between practice and qualifying. GTD PRO teams have an allotment of four sets for the event.
Proton Competition leads warmup
All the teams participated in the 20-minute warmup – officially termed “Practice 3” – on Saturday morning that fortunately was incident-free, although one car did lose a chunk of bodywork on the Jefferson Ave. straight. Gianmaria Bruni posted the top time in GTP in the No. 5 Proton Competition Porsche 963 at 1m5.899, nearly half a second better than the car did in qualifying yesterday. Ricky Taylor was second in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06, followed by polesitter Nicky Tandy in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963.
Antonio Garcia, the GTD PRO polesitter for today’s race, was quickest in the warmup in the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Z06 GT3.R, about half a second slower than he did in qualifying. Daniel Serra followed in the No. 35 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3, and Laurin Heinrich in the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3R was third.
Don’t pass me here
Detroit is proving to be a bit of a mystery in regards to how traffic may play out, but even within the narrow confines of a street circuit, it may not be much of an issue. Because all the corners are tight and given the size of the GTPs vs. the GT3 cars in GTD PRO, the GTP drivers are reporting that the GT cars are really not much slower in the corners, and sometimes even a bit faster. Most of the 4-5 second gap in lap time is coming on the straights thanks to the better acceleration and higher top speed of the GTPs.
But as the race winds down and GTP drivers are looking to put GT cars between themselves and any pursuers at every opportunity, things could get dicey. And the GT drivers definitely have a preference of where things do, and don’t, get aggressive.
“Once things get a little bit intense, they will start to dive bomb a little bit more,” explains GTD PRO polesitter Antonio Garcia. “So I reckon if they have good exit at 3, they will probably try to pass into 4. I hope there is no passing between 4 and 7. But then, if they have good runs, they can definitely pass into 8, Turns 1, 3, and the question mark will be 4 and 5. So yeah, it can be very very tight there.
“I’m sure initially we will all respect each other and everything will be kind of cool and mild. But once everything goes to the end and I’m sure all the GTP cars will want to put some GTs in the middle so that that’s when some of the dive bombs will come.”
Detroit has a unique start and pit setup. Michael Levitt/Motorsport Images
Split pit and start/finish
A unique feature of the downtown Detroit circuit is the split pit lane. A shorter pit lane in length is compensated by having two separate pit lanes on either side. The WeatherTech Championship split is GTP on drivers’ right, GTD PRO on the left.
Another unusual aspect of the Detroit circuit is the split start and finish. Because the pit straight is rather short, races are started on the long Jefferson Ave. straight between Turns 2 and 3 so that the full field can be on the straight and see the starter. Thus, “Turn 1” for the race start is actually Turn 3, a big-brake-zone, tight, 180-degree hairpin..
Drive time
With only Pro classes in this event, minimum drive time is 10m.
Previous winners
Of course, the last time the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship raced in Detroit, it was on the Belle Isle circuit in 2022, so previous winners may not be much of an indication as to who could star in this race, especially since that race’s prototypes were DPi machines as opposed to the current GTPs.
It is worth noting, though, that the teams that won the 2022 version of Detroit both also excelled at Long Beach this April. Renger van der Zande and Sebastien Bourdais took the 2022 Detroit victory in the No. 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, while Ben Barnicoat and Kyle Kirkwood won GTD PRO in the Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.
How to watch and listen
The race will be broadcast live on USA Network with flag-to-flag coverage beginning at 3 p.m. ET, as well as streamed on Peacock. Leigh Diffey and Calving Fish provide commentary while Marty Snider and Dillon Welch tackle the action in the pits. John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw, with Shea Adam in the pits, will keep IMSA Radio listeners informed on IMSA.com and RadioLeMans.com. SiriusXM race coverage begins at 3 p.m. on XM 206, SiriusXM Web/App 996
“We’re racing here at Detroit, it’s a short sprint race for us, just 100 minutes, and we’re on a narrow street circuit,” begins Nick Tandy, who scored the pole for today’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 …
“We’re racing here at Detroit, it’s a short sprint race for us, just 100 minutes, and we’re on a narrow street circuit,” begins Nick Tandy, who scored the pole for today’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 he’ll share with Mathieu Jaminet.
“So it makes the emphasis on qualifying even greater, of course. To have control of the pole position is mega for the start … but to have the front row to be able to control what’s happening into the first corner is a huge benefit for the team.”
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Tandy’s teammate Dane Cameron will start alongside in the No. 7 963 he’ll hand over to Felipe Nasr. Teammates starting side-by side on the front row can be a huge advantage if executed correctly. Of course, Tandy hopes they execute so well that the race, frankly, isn’t very exciting.
“We’re obviously very much now looking forward to the race and hoping that it’s going to be a very boring affair for everyone outside. But that’s the way that it will make it the best race for us, of course.”
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The PPM 963s weren’t the only front-row lockout in qualifying. The two Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Z06 GT3.Rs will lead the GTD PRO field to the green, courtesy of Antonio Garcia’s pole lap in the No. 3, and Tommy Milner putting the No. 4 on the outside of the front row. The team achieved the same feat in the last outing at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Nicky Catsburg taking pole in the No.4 over Garcia. That one didn’t work out as intended, but Laguna Seca isn’t a narrow street circuit.
“It was definitely the first goal of the weekend,” declared Garcia. “We knew this track was going to be really tough to pass. So obviously to be up front and actually have Tommy beside me into Turn 1, actually, it’s kind of nice – not only to be all around (General Motors’ headquarters Renaissance Center) and have the both Corvettes on the front row.
“It’s definitely the best possible start we can have, and let’s see if we can finish what we didn’t at Laguna with the same one-two. We just have to run a cleaner run than the one we had there.”
Front-row sweeps are nice, but its hard to maintain the advantage throughout the race as traffic and pit stops come into play. And if the teams decide to split strategies between two cars, then it’s nearly impossible to keep them together and maintain the veneer of invincibility that two teammates leading a race provides.
If nothing else, a one-two qualifying is a great morale booster for the entire team. Both teams have major Detroit ties, too. The race is Roger Penske’s baby, conducted in the hometown of Penske Corporation. The race runs around GM’s headquarters, and Pratt Miller is not far away in New Hudson, Mich. As for building and maintaining momentum, Corvette Racing by PMM is looking to get the ball rolling with the first win for the Z06 GT3.R. PPM is a two-time winner so far in 2024, and the IndyCar Series side of the operation is coming off of massive success at the Indy 500.
“Detroit being one of Roger’s home events, let’s say the Penske Corporation, along with what’s going on with IndyCar … it’s a great thing,” said Tandy. “It’s following on from momentum that we’ve built as a team since the back end of last year across two championships with Porsche Penske Motorsport.
“Personally, it’s great to be the building on the momentum that we’ve got on the [No.] 6 side since since the win at Laguna Seca.”
Here’s how the new draft order shapes up heading into Day 2.
The 2024 NFL draft will kick into high gear this evening when the second round kicks off in front of a raucous Detroit crowd. Every year the order of picks going in changes pretty dramatically thanks to trades during the draft.
Let’s reset and see where all 32 teams stand going into the second day of the draft. As for the Seahawks, they did not trade down from their No. 16 overall spot in Round 1 as expected, so they’ll have to wait until No. 81 overall (Round 3) to pick tonight unless they move up. Here’s what the full updated order of picks looks like heading into Day 2.
Brandon Graham will be the Eagles legend that announces Philadelphia’s Day 2 picks during the 2024 NFL Draft from his hometown of Detroit
Brandon Graham is heading home. The Eagles star is returning to Detroit as one of 32 legends or current players who’ll introduce Day 2 and 3 picks.
The NFL announced the move on Thursday, just hours before the start of Round 1.
Brandon Graham will announce the Eagles' second-round picks (currently slated as Nos. 50 and 53) on Friday in his hometown.
Of course, the Eagles could make moves. But Graham gets to go back to Detroit, have a Coney Dog (his favorite back home), and introduce Eagles fans to his…
In the NFL’s continuous effort to connect the game’s greats with the next generation of stars, NFL Legends and active players will add to the excitement of the 2024 NFL Draft by announcing various selections and participating in festivities in Detroit.
Pro Football Hall of Famers Isaac Bruce, Darrell Green, Calvin Johnson, Warren Moon and Barry Sanders are among the Legends in attendance to announce selections for the NFL Draft.
Graham is set to play his 15th and final NFL season, and the native of Detroit will get to honor his current team during the draft in his hometown.
Amongst various talent in 2024 NFL Draft class, running back Ray Davis from the University of Kentucky definitely deserves more acclaim.
With all the talk about the superstar talent in the 2024 NFL Draft class, running back Ray Davis from the University of Kentucky definitely deserves more acclaim.
After five seasons in the NCAA, Davis opted out of what would’ve been his final Bowl game with the Wildcats, and declared for the NFL Draft. Davis produced 21 total touchdowns last season, 14 rushing, and seven receiving. More impressively, Davis rushed for 1,129 yards on 199 carries in arguably the toughest NCAA division in football, the SEC.
Nimble, swift, and stocky, Davis would be ideal for NFL teams looking for a feature back on passing downs. With a 40-yard dash time of 4.5, Davis isn’t the fastest on the field, but his consistency as both a pass-blocker and pass-catcher do more than make him serviceable. Davis produced a season high 280 rushing yards versus the Florida Gators on Sep. 9, the only game last season where he featured a volume higher than 22 carries.
1. Chicago (from Carolina)
2. Washington
3. New England
4. Arizona
5. Los Angeles Chargers
6. New York Giants
7. Tennessee
8. Atlanta
9. Chicago
10. New York Jets
11. Minnesota
12. Denver
13. Las Vegas
14. New Orleans
15. Indianapolis
16. Seattle
17. Jacksonville
18. Cincinnati
19. Los Angeles Rams
20. Pittsburgh
21. Miami
22. Philadelphia
23. Minnesota (from Cleveland through Houston)
24. Dallas
25. Green Bay
26. Tampa Bay
27. Arizona (from Houston)
28. Buffalo
29. Detroit
30. Baltimore
31. San Francisco
32. Kansas City
Round 2
33. Carolina
34. New England
35. Arizona
36. Washington
37. Los Angeles Chargers
38. Tennessee
39. Carolina (from New York Giants)
40. Washington (from Chicago)
41. Green Bay (from New York Jets)
42. Houston (from Minnesota)
43. Atlanta
44. Las Vegas
45. New Orleans (from Denver)
46. Indianapolis
47. New York Giants (from Seattle)
48. Jacksonville
49. Cincinnati
50. Philadelphia (from New Orleans)
51. Pittsburgh
52. Los Angeles Rams
53. Philadelphia
54. Cleveland
55. Miami
56. Dallas
57. Tampa Bay
58. Green Bay
59. Houston
60. Buffalo
61. Detroit
62. Baltimore
63. San Francisco
64. Kansas City
Round 3
65. Carolina
66. Arizona
67. Washington
68. New England
69. Los Angeles Chargers
70. New York Giants
71. Arizona (from Tennessee)
72. New York Jets
73. Detroit (from Minnesota)
74. Atlanta
75. Chicago
76. Denver
77. Las Vegas
78. Washington (from Seattle)
79. Atlanta (from Jacksonville)
80. Cincinnati
81. Seattle (from New Orleans through Denver)
82. Indianapolis
83. Los Angeles Rams
84. Pittsburgh
85. Cleveland
86. Houston (from Philadelphia)
87. Dallas
88. Green Bay
89. Tampa Bay
90. Arizona (from Houston)
91. Green Bay (from Buffalo)
92. Tampa Bay (from Detroit)
93. Baltimore
94. San Francisco
95. Kansas City
96. Jacksonville*
97. Cincinnati*
98. Pittsburgh (from Philadelphia)*
99. Los Angeles Rams*
100. Washington (from San Francisco)*
Round 4
101. Carolina
102. Seattle (from Washington)
103. New England
104. Arizona
105. Los Angeles Chargers
106. Tennessee
107. New York Giants
108. Minnesota
109. Atlanta
110. Los Angeles Chargers (from Chicago)
111. New York Jets
112. Las Vegas
113. Baltimore (from Denver through New York Jets)
114. Jacksonville
115. Cincinnati
116. Jacksonville (from New Orleans)
117. Indianapolis
118. Seattle
119. Pittsburgh
120. Philadelphia (from Los Angeles Rams through Pittsburgh)
121. Denver (from Miami)
122. Chicago (from Philadelphia)
123. Houston (from Cleveland)
124. San Francisco (from Dallas)
125. Tampa Bay
126. Green Bay
127. Houston
128. Buffalo
129. Minnesota (from Detroit)
130. Baltimore
131. Kansas City
132. San Francisco*
133. Buffalo*
134. New York Jets (from Baltimore)*
135. San Francisco
Round 5
136. Denver (from Carolina through Cleveland)
137. New England
138. Arizona
139. Washington
140. Los Angeles Chargers
141. Carolina (from New York Giants)
142. Carolina (from Tennessee)
143. Atlanta
144. Buffalo (from Chicago)
145. Denver (from New York Jets)
146. Tennessee (from Minnesota through Philadelphia)
147. Denver
148. Las Vegas
149. Cincinnati
150. New Orleans
151. Indianapolis
152. Washington (from Seattle)
153. Jacksonville
154. Los Angeles Rams
155. Los Angeles Rams (from Pittsburgh)
156. Cleveland (from Philadelphia through Arizona)
157. Minnesota (from Cleveland)
158. Miami
159. Kansas City (from Dallas)
160. Buffalo (from Green Bay)
161. Philadelphia (from Tampa Bay)
162. Arizona (from Houston)
163. Buffalo
164. Detroit
165. Baltimore
166. New York Giants (from Carolina through San Francisco)
167. Minnesota (from Kansas City)
168. New Orleans*
169. Green Bay*
170. New Orleans*
171. Philadelphia*
172. Philadelphia*
173. Kansas City*
174. Dallas*
175. New Orleans*
176. San Francisco*
Round 6
177. Minnesota (from Carolina through Jacksonville)
178. Pittsburgh (from Arizona through Carolina)
179. Seattle (from Washington)
180. New England
181. Los Angeles Chargers
182. Tennessee (from Philadelphia)
183. New York Giants
184. Miami (from Chicago)
185. New York Jets
186. Arizona (from Minnesota)
187. Atlanta
188. Houston (from Las Vegas through New England and Minnesota)
189. Houston (from Buffalo through Denver and Los Angeles Rams)
190. New Orleans
191. Indianapolis
192. Seattle
193. New England (from Jacksonville)
194. Cincinnati
195. Pittsburgh
196. Los Angeles Rams
197. Atlanta (from Cleveland)
198. Miami
199. New Orleans (from Philadelphia)
200. Buffalo (from Dallas through Houston)
201. Detroit (from Tampa Bay)
202. Green Bay
203. Denver (from Houston through Cleveland)
204. Buffalo
205. Detroit
206. Cleveland (from Baltimore)
207. Denver (from San Francisco)
208. Las Vegas (from Kansas City)
209. Los Angeles Rams*
210. Philadelphia*
211. San Francisco*
212. Jacksonville*
213. Los Angeles Rams*
214. Cincinnati*
215. San Francisco*
216. Dallas*
217. Los Angeles Rams*
218. Baltimore (from New York Jets)*
219. Green Bay*
220. Tampa Bay*
Round 7
221. Kansas City (from Tennessee via Carolina)
222. Washington
223. Las Vegas (from New England)
224. Cincinnati (from Arizona through Houston)
225. Los Angeles Chargers
226. Arizona (from New York Giants)
227. Cleveland (from Tennessee)
228. Baltimore (from New York Jets)
229. Las Vegas (from Minnesota)
230. Minnesota (from Atlanta through Cleveland and Arizona)
231. New England (from Chicago)
232. Minnesota (from Denver through San Francisco and Houston)
233. Dallas (from Las Vegas)
234. Indianapolis
235. Seattle
236. Jacksonville
237. Cincinnati
238. Houston (from New Orleans)
239. New Orleans (from Los Angeles Rams through Denver)
240. Carolina (from Pittsburgh)
241. Miami
242. Tennessee (from Philadelphia)
243. Cleveland
244. Dallas
245. Green Bay
246. Tampa Bay
247. Houston
248. Buffalo
249. Detroit
250. Baltimore
251. San Francisco
252. Tennessee (from Kansas City)
253. Los Angeles Chargers*
254. Los Angeles Rams*
255. Green Bay*
256. New York Jets*
257. New York Jets*
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Pizza by the slice at Pennington Pizza in Pennington, New Jersey, paired with a regional Stewart’s root beer. Pizza used to be regional. If you were in New York, you just got New York pizza. If you were anywhere else in the country, there was a …
Pizza by the slice at Pennington Pizza in Pennington, New Jersey, paired with a regional Stewart’s root beer.
Pizza used to be regional. If you were in New York, you just got New York pizza. If you were anywhere else in the country, there was a different style.
New Jersey pizza can be folded and the oil runs down your arm. It’s sold by the slice, and paired with a Stewart’s root beer or maybe a birch beer. At one time, there was a neighborhood pizza pie place for everyone, run by somebody’s Italian uncle.
New York-style is pretty much the same, until you bring coal-fired into the picture. Some swear by the char.
Midwest pizza is all over the board. There was the cracker-thin crust that places like Ken’s popularized in the 70s. More recently, there are attempts at New York-style pizza, without the Italian uncle. It depends on your part of middle America.
The fun thing about Chicago pizza is arguing about it—all friendly, of course. Deep-dish is what they are known for, but Chicagoans beg to differ about which pizza maker is best. Giordano’s? Nancy’s? Lou Malnati’s? Pizzeria Uno? Do you want cheese in your crust? What’s worth standing in line for…because that’s a likely scenario.
Detroit-style pizza is square or rectangular, and often eaten with a fork. Otherwise it’s closely aligned to Chicago pizza.
California pizza—oh, now there’s a different pizza. Describe California toppings to someone from New Jersey and they won’t believe you are talking about pizza. These pizzas arguably started the trend toward fresh spinach, pineapple, artichokes, roast red pepper, sundried tomatoes, and goat cheese.
All this regionality made pizza distinctive. You knew where you were when you ate it. Times have changed.
Now you go to New Jersey and everyone raves about the wood-fired pizzas, thin crust and all. You go to Chicago and the deep-dish rivalry continues, sure, but they’ve branched out to skinny versions to appeal to the masses.
Pizza, in all its forms, has become ubiquitous. Want deep dish in Alabama? Go to Tortugas in Birmingham. Want Detroit-style on the West Coast? Try Purgatory Pizza in Los Angeles. Want New York-style in Missouri? Try The Big Slice in Springfield.
Understand, this is not a complaint, but rather a commentary on the melding of flavors and tastes that has taken place. As our world gets smaller, our access to the finer things in life—like our choice of pizza—is getting larger.
On a personal note, when I was transplanted from the East Coast to middle America, I missed “real pizza” terribly. What I could find was mostly described as cardboard covered in ketchup. Now, budget notwithstanding, I could use Goldbelly to get Pequod’s or John’s of Bleecker Street or a dozen others. But I don’t even have to do that. Pizza is offered in all its various forms at many local restaurants. It may not be the stuff of memories, but it usually satisfies the craving.
We are an amalgamation of tastes. And now, good or bad, we can access what we want. Without a road trip. Without necessarily packing it in dry ice to mail. Without using your imagination.
When it comes to pizza, it may no longer be regional. But it’s almost always good, in all its permutations. Go grab a slice.
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