Hello, Loyal Readers!
Today we bring you the first excerpt of “Endzone: The Rise, Fall and Return of Michigan Football,” due out by St. Martin’s Press September 1.
It ran in today’s online Wall Street Journal, and will run in the paper version Saturday.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-seduction-of-jim-harbaugh-1439481739?mod=trending_now_3
More excerpts coming in a week.
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My next book, “ENDZONE: The Rise, Fall and Return of Michigan Football,” comes out Tuesday, Sept 1. That same day, Literati bookstore in Ann Arbor is renting out Michigan’s Rackham Auditorium to host the book launch. I’ll be introduced by WTKA’s Sam Webb and Ira Weintraub, then give a 30 minute talk, take some Q&A, then sign books until they’re all signed. Literati will be selling hundreds of books there that night, many of them pre-signed before the event if you don’t want to wait to have it personally signed.
You can find all my book tour events this fall at https://johnubacon.com/upcoming-events/ We are adding new events every day, and will make 40-plus stops coast to coast this fall. If you’d like your city to be one of them, the best bet is to talk with your local UM Alumni Club.
Radio stuff: On Friday mornings, these commentaries run at 8:50 on Michigan Radio (91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit and Flint, and 104.1 Grand Rapids), and a few minutes later, I join Sam Webb and Ira Weintraub LIVE from 9:05 to 9:25 on WTKA.com, 1050 AM.
After 12 years, I’ve handed over my “Off the Field” slot on WTKA to my good friend Jamie Morris, who launched his new two-hour show, “A View From the Backfield,” last year. He’s returning this fall, and I’ll be joining him Sunday, August 30, to talk about my next book, “ENDZONE.”
This gives me the time I need to join Michigan Radio’s great Cynthia Canty on her afternoon Stateside show every Thursday for a few minutes. Check it out!
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John,
It’s good to have you back. Once again, from Woody to Bo to Jim. Men of character are now in place. An AD and a head coach that believe in character first and doing what is right. Those that leave may never be champions, but those that stay will eventually find their way to restoring the UM tradition and The Legacy of Champions.
bomberjohn5
OMG – the sequence of events you describe about Hackett being out of contact, and at the mercy of mobile technology – while trying to get an agreement back to Harbaugh’s attorney reminds me of the alleged problems of Bill Martin being out on his sailboat at the same time Les Miles could have been in the same situation after Carr left. As you say, that date was Hackett’s choosing, knowing some kind of written commitment would be coming. Why on earth would he schedule a commercial flight at the same time, on the same day??!!
I know that stretch of “no wake zone” near Ironton very well. Grew up within 10 miles of it. I’m glad to hear they properly dealt with the green and white noise pollution. South Arm is a nice waterway, can’t have the riff raff messing it up!