Finding joy: A former WDIV sportscaster’s journey from TV to golf caddy

We started running promos earlier this week for my story catching up with Van Earl Wright, and I immediately started hearing from people eager to know what Van Earl was up to. In a way, it’s one of those “whatever happened to” kind of stories. But it’s more than that. Van Earl (never Van, never V.E., and certainly never Earl -- always Van Earl) had one of the more singular careers in our whacky business.