With blogging chops that rank somewhere between those of Will Leitch and Flea, the Raptors’ Jalen Rose takes a tip from the Maloof Brothers and lowers the boom on Motown. From the Toronto Star.

Most pro athletes write it like they speak it, typing at 110 per cent. Rose keeps a not-so-cliché diary at BET.com, wherein he recently bestowed a timeless observation on Detroit nightlife: “Ain’t nothing cracking at two in the morning,” wrote Rose, “because ain’t nothing open but hospitals, jails and legs.”