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Lions' Golden Tate, IndyCar champ reconnect through pingpong

DETROIT -- They embraced early Wednesday evening like they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, which, in fact, they hadn’t. More than a decade had passed since Golden Tate and Josef Newgarden were both students at Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and up until six months ago the two hadn’t spoken since their days in the halls together.