by johnubacon | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hello Loyal Readers and Listeners! Today, something different: My first excerpt and interview for my upcoming book, “Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football.” (Simon & Schuster, Sept 3, 2013.) Here are the links: And here is the...
by johnubacon | Aug 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
As many of you are probably aware, Michigan’s long time PR man Bruce Madej announced this week he’d be retiring next year. He’s devoted 34 years of his life to doing a great job for the University, serving with distinction, and helping thousands of...
by johnubacon | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Bacon final Coach Mack with intro for web- AIRS – 8-2-13] I loved baseball from the start –but it didn’t love me. When I started in tee-ball, I was so short that if the catcher put the tallest tee on the farthest...
by johnubacon | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio, click here: Falk retirement 7-26-13] Jon Falk first met football coach Bo Schembechler in 1967. Falk was a freshman working in the equipment room at Miami of Ohio, and Schembechler was the head coach. Schembechler seemed pretty gruff to Falk,...
by johnubacon | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Kids Games 2013] Summer time, and the livin’ is easy. But not if you have children. Nowadays, you have to drive your kid to soccer camp and band camp, to this lesson and that clinic, to make sure they never have a single...