Pride of Detroit
We accomplished a lot in 2024. What was your favorite Pride of Detroit moment of the year?
We here at Pride of Detroit are always trying to elevate our game year after year. The sports media business is growing and evolving every single moment, and if we just produced the same content every season, we’d fall behind.
The 2024 Detroit Lions season was not only momentous for the franchise itself, but for us here at POD. We expanded the staff, threw multiple live events, expanded our coverage via the Pride of Detroit Direct newsletter, and had several pieces of content that went above and beyond our typical offerings.
We’ll get back to the Detroit Lions awards in the upcoming days, but let us spike the football a bit with our the POD award for Pride of Detroit Moment of the Year.
Previous awards:
Ryan Mathews: Live PODcast at the Majestic Theater
What else is there to say about the biggest night in the history of our podcast—your podcast? Seeing how many people showed up to support us and our cause, Mina Kimes and Herman Moore dropping by, it was really special. Earlier in the year, a live show—something we’d wanted to do for years—seemed so far away. A few months later and I’m walking down Woodward, on the way to the live show that seemed like it was never going to happen.
To all the POD community that showed up, all of the POD staff, my friends and loved ones, it’s hard to find the words to say how much that meant to me. Thank you, truly.
Al Karsten: Live PODcast at the Majestic Theater
At the Majestic Theater on December 4, amidst a sea of loyal POD fans, the heroes of POD were in their element on stage as they welcomed their first guest of the night—ESPN’s Mina Kimes. Surrounded by fellow Pride of Detroit team members, the crowd was in awe of Kimes’ digital arrival, making the moment feel larger than life. It was a significant accomplishment for the hardest-working group of Lions media members.
Ty Schalter: Live PODcast at the Majestic Theater
I’ve been reading Pride of Detroit for over 15 years. And though I’m biased, having just joined the site this season, I feel like it was a monumental one. But above all the huge moments, the Live PODCast stood out—not just because of the energy, the vibe, the charity, the beer, the killer venue and the incredible special guests—but because we got to hang out face-to-face with the readers and colleagues who made it special the entire way.
Erik Schlitt: Live PODcast at the Majestic Theater
The Pride of Detroit podcast went through a whirlwind in 2024. After being canceled—right before the NFL Draft—due to sweeping changes made by...
