by johnubacon | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Political writer George Will, an avid baseball fan, once said “Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence, punctuated by committee meetings.” Football isn’t getting rid of the committee meetings, also known as huddles, any time soon. But this...
by johnubacon | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
A little more than a year ago, in the last days of 2014, Jim Harbaugh accepted the University of Michigan’s offer to become the next head coach of the Wolverines. But Harbaugh could have come back four years earlier. In January of 2011, former Michigan athletic...
by johnubacon | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, three NFL teams – the San Diego Chargers, the Oakland Raiders and the St. Louis Rams – all bid to move their teams to Los Angeles. The nation’s second biggest city hasn’t had a team since the Rams left for St. Louis in 1995, while Green Bay has...
by johnubacon | Jan 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week, MLive.com, which covers ten cities in Michigan, laid off another 29 employees, which was hardly surprising. On Monday, Alabama beat Clemson to claim college football’s national title. These might seem completely unrelated, but I see a pattern here – and a...
by johnubacon | Jan 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! To quote Monty Python, “I’m not dead yet!” But it might have seemed like it, due to my long absence from The Bacon Blog this fall. Alas, 2015 was a crazy year! Let’s see, we moved an apartment, a condo and a loft into a...
