DETROIT – Perry Farrell, a longtime sports writer who worked for the Milwaukee Journal in the 1980s, retired last week from the Detroit Free Press.
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Before joining the Free Press in 1988, Farrell covered Wisconsin football and basketball for the Journal. He also had stints at the Ann Arbor News and The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal.
Farrell covered a wide range of topics over 30 years at the Free Press, including Michigan State football and basketball, the Detroit Lions, Pistons and Tigers, and a slew of high school sports.