October 22, 2010

Dear Loyal Readers,

It’s fund-drive week on Michigan Radio, so I’m off.  However, for you loyal readers (and listeners), we have a couple items to keep your insatiable appetite satiated for another week.

First, this feature piece that ran in Michigan Today on the building of Michigan Stadium — a lot more controversial and tricky than you might have thought, with two failed votes before Fielding Yost finally got approval.

And, because it didn’t work the first time, we’re including the audio from the piece on Aussie Rules Football, featuring a few Aussie phrases in native accent, thanks to my coach, Vince Duffy, who lived there for a year.

http://blog.johnubacon.com/2010/10/08/the-toughest-athletes-are-down-under.aspx

As always, thanks for reading, listening, and writing!  We’ve cracked the 70,000 mark for subscribers, and the 1,000 mark for Twitter…ing. If that’s a word. 

THANKS!

-John

HOW YOST BUILT THE BIG HOUSE

http://michigantoday.umich.edu/2010/09/story.php?id=7865