by johnubacon | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Brady Hoke grew up in Ohio, graduated from Ball State, and started his coaching career as an assistant at Yorktown High in Indiana. He is a football man, through and through. In 1995, Hoke began an eight-year stint assisting Michigan, a run that included the...
by johnubacon | Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
During World War II, the fortunes of a college hockey team didn’t amount to a hill of beans. The able-bodied were fighting in Europe and Asia, so Michigan’s roster shrunk. So did the schedule, from 20 games to eight. From 1940 to 1943, the Wolverines won exactly five...
by johnubacon | Nov 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
HELLO LOYAL READERS, This week’s piece has run on Michigan Radio, as usual, but a much longer, more thorough version will appear on thepostgame.com (part of yahoosports.com), either this weekend or Monday. I’ll let you know. Now, back to our commentary....
by johnubacon | Oct 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
You don’t have to know much about hockey to know about Mister Hockey, Gordie Howe. If Michigan had a Mount Rushmore of athletes, Howe would be on it. Heck, if we had to pick only one athlete for a Lincoln Memorial, it would be Howe. Bobby Layne and Al Kaline were...
by johnubacon | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers, Today I’m providing the short version of my commentary, which appears on Michigan Radio, and the link to the Yahoosport.com’s Postgame page, where the much longer version will appear some time Friday morning. (Follow me on Twitter to...
