The Greatest Play I’ve Ever Heard

by | Sep 25, 2009 | Uncategorized

September 25, 2009Let’s be honest: the Michigan-Indiana rivalry is no rivalry at all.  Of the 59 games they’ve played, Michigan has won fully 50 of them, including all but one since 1967.    But 30 years ago, this game produced one of the most memorable...

Going Mad over Mascots

by | Sep 18, 2009 | Uncategorized

September 18, 2009Dear Loyal Readers, I hope you enjoy this week’s commentary. It’s in text form only, however, so you listeners need to be readers for a week.   Hope that’s not too great an inconvenience.  In the meantime, we...

Saying Good Bye To An Old Friend

by | Sep 11, 2009 | Uncategorized

September 11, 2009Press play to listenIf you grew up in Michigan in the seventies, as I did, Bob Seger sang the soundtrack to your summers, and Ernie Harwell provided the voice over.   When I think about our family trips up north, they’re always accompanied...

What’s Going On

by | Sep 4, 2009 | Uncategorized

September 4, 2009Press Play to listen Last Sunday, the Detroit Free Press ran a front-page story on the Michigan football team that created a national stir.  The newspaper said Michigan football players exceed the NCAA rules on the amount of time student-athletes...