• Patrick HayesNeighbor

  • Fenton, MI

I’m a Flint, Michigan,-based writer who has written extensively about basketball at all levels.

I’ve covered the Detroit Pistons, first for MLive.com, and currently for ESPN’s TrueHoop Network blog PistonPowered, since 2008.

I’m a former sports reporter and editor for the Flint Journal and a former local news reporter and editor for View Newspapers. Currently, I work as the Publications Director in the communications office at a Flint university and I'm the publisher of BallinMichigan.com, a website covering basketball at all levels in Michigan.

My work has been published in print in the Detroit Free Press, Flint Journal, Saginaw News, Bay City Times, Johnson City Press, Lansing City Pulse, Grand Blanc View, Burton View, Lapeer Area View and the Oakland Post. I’ve written for several online publications, including: Good Men Project, SLAM, The Only Colors, Great Lakes Hoops, Technorati, MLive and Michigan Preps/Rivals.

I've written two books, The HIGH-erarchy: Ranking the top 30 NBA producing high schools in history, and Piston Devotion: The ups and downs of a long-term relationship with the most under-appreciated franchise in sports.

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