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Current Sports | August 8, 2019

Mateen Cleaves
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Mateen Cleaves; Antonio Smith; Matt Patricia; TJ Hockenson; Jahlani Tavai; Will Harris; Chase Winovich

The Detroit Lions preseason is finally here! On this edition of Current Sports with Al Martin, Al gives his predictions on tonight's preseason matchup against Super Bowl champions; the New England Patriots. Also, the Mateen Cleaves trial began this morning. Al gives all of the information surrounding the case of the former Michigan State basketball player and Detroit Piston. To wrap things up, Al also tells the story about Antonio Smith, featured on the Lansing State Journal. He is a former Michigan State basketball player who is trying to turn his life around after battling homelessness. 

Episode 1486

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