by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
June 17, 2011Press play to listen My dad grew up in Scarsdale, New York – but, as he’s quick to point out, that was before it became “Scahsdahle.” His dad told him always to root for the underdog, and my dad took that seriously. All his friends were...
by admin | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
June 10, 2011Dear Loyal Readers, Well, this is it: the LAST time I can claim the book is holding me up. I will be turning it in, a huge stack of hacked up pages, on Monday in New York. It will arrive in your book stores by October 11, 2011. ...
by admin | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
June 3, 2011Press play to listen The Jim Tressel era at Ohio State started on Thursday, January 18, 2001. The Buckeyes happened to have a basketball game that night against Michigan, so it was a good opportunity to introduce their new football...
by admin | May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
May 27, 2011Press play to listen I went to Ann Arbor Huron High School, considered by every objective source to be the greatest high school in the history of the universe. And one of the things that made it so great when I was there was an intramural softball league....
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
May 20, 2011 This tale of woe takes place in the ninth grade, back when ninth graders still stayed in junior high. I had detention. I don’t remember why. But so did the prettiest girl in the class, whom I’ll call Rhonda—because that was her name....
