Pistons Coach 20 yards from bridge collapse

Demopolis Times

Celtics247.com found this 8/2/2007 on www.demopolistimes.com

Ratliff has a lot to prove next season By BRANDON GLOVER/The Demopolis Times (Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 11:12 PM CDT) DEMOPOLIS Theo Ratliff has had an impressive career. The Demopolis native graduated from Demopolis High School, played ...

Pistons’ coach saved by a detour

behindthejersey posted 8/2/2007 from www.behindthejersey.com

Detroit Pistons’ head coach Flip Saunders was driving home from speaking at a camp in Minnesota when the ramp he usually takes to the freeway was closed requiring him (and his daughter in the car behind him) to take the detour. A few minutes later, the bridge collapsed about 20 yards away from him.

Pistons coach was nearly on collapsed bridge

Pistons Palace found this 8/2/2007 on www.freep.com

August 2, 2007 By LARRY LAGE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Road construction put Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders on the 10th Avenue bridge Wednesday in Minneapolis. The detour perhaps saved his life. “I usually take the 35W bridge, but the ramp was ...

Thursday evening update - New Orleans Saints Beat - Times-Picayune NFL

Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com found this 8/3/2007 on blog.nola.com

Finally. After five weeks last year and one week this summer, the Saints finally had a practice cut short because of weather. It was only a very brief rain shower just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, but reports of lightning in the area led the Saints to ...

SI.com - NBA - Detour saved Pistons' Saunders from bridge tragedy - Thursday August 2, 2007 5:29PM

SLAM Online found this 8/3/2007 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

DETROIT (AP) -- Road construction put Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders on the 10th Avenue bridge Wednesday in Minneapolis. The detour perhaps saved his life. " I usually take the 35W bridge, but the ramp was closed, " Saunders said Thursday from ...