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The New England Patriots announced an addition to their defense on Tuesday.
Undrafted rookie linebacker Steele Chambers joined the Patriots one day after being waived by the Detroit Lions. New England released fellow rookie LB Jay Person as a corresponding move.
Chambers, 23, started his collegiate career as a running back for the Buckeyes before transitioning to linebacker, where he was a three-year starter. The 6-foot-1, 229-pounder totaled 114 tackles, three sacks, four interceptions, and five passes defended during his three years on Ohio State’s defense. Last season, he notched a career-high 83 tackles with one INT
The Patriots’ linebacker depth chart is loaded, so Chambers will have his work cut out for him if he hopes to crack New England’s roster as a defender. His history as a running back, however, suggests he’s athletic enough to handle a special teams role. That would be his best chance to make the team out of camp.
Mike O’Hara isn’t one of kind but the last of a kind.
After more than 50 years as a sports journalist, the last 12 as a columnist for the Detroit Lions’ website, O’Hara officially retired Monday. The 78-year-old, who spent 42 years at the Detroit News, and covered more than 500 Lions games in his career, tells Deadline Detroit a contributing factor to stepping down was an issue with his eyesight, which made the job more challenging.
“I’ll miss the camaraderie,” O’Hara says.
Perhaps one of the funniest journalists to carry a reporter’s notebook, O’Hara, a 2019 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee, was a true character, clever, smart and quick to deliver a quip or tell a joke and
