Frank Beckmann, the play-by-play voice of Michigan football for 33 years who also had long stints calling games for the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers, has died at age 72 in hospice care. Beckmann ...

Legendary WJR radio broadcaster Frank Beckmann, 72, died Saturday with his family by his side. Beckmann's versatile career covered all four Detroit professional sports teams (Lions, Tigers, Red Wings ...

ANN ARBOR -- Frank Beckmann has been the voice of Michigan football for 33 years. The 2013 season will be his last. Michigan, and IMG College, announced Friday that Beckmann -- who took over Michigan ...

It’s no surprise that President Barack Obama’s State of the Union message on Tuesday drew the smallest viewing audience in 15 years for such an address. Obama and his speechwriters have turned what ...

ANN ARBOR -- Frank Beckmann still remembers his first production meeting with Bob Ufer. Sitting in Madison on the eve of Michigan's 1981 season-opener at Wisconsin, Beckmann played the role of sponge ...

DETROIT – Longtime broadcaster and WJR host Frank Beckmann has died nearly one year after retiring from his decadeslong career, according to several reports. Beckmann’s family reported on Friday that ...

Frank Beckmann sits down with Central Michigan University Athletic Director Dave Heeke to discuss CMU football and also talks with NBC golf analyst Jimmy Roberts. Kevin O'Brien, General Manager of the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Frank Beckmann, the radio play-by-play voice for Michigan football since 1981, announced his retirement Friday, effective at the end of this football season. Beckmann had been the ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Sports broadcaster and conservative talk show host Frank ...

. So credit the Republicans for leveraging that dissatisfaction to their advantage in the midterm campaign. But there is a difference between a generic health care reform opponent and Frank Beckmann.