by johnubacon | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
[For the audio version, click here: Student_Football_Seats_2nd_edit_5-3-2013] For decades, students at Michigan games were assigned seats, with the seniors getting the best ones. But last year, according to the Michigan athletic department, roughly a quarter of the...
by johnubacon | Apr 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: bacon_0426_web] This week, a company called “CareerCast.com” ranked more than 1,000 American jobs, and determined that the worst job in America isn’t garbage collector, dog cage cleaner or Lindsey Lohan sobriety tester –...
by johnubacon | Apr 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hello Loyal Readers and Listeners, When I’ve not been able to produce a Bacon Blog, I’ve done a poor job of letting you know, instead just going AWOL. Well, last night, I finished the fourth draft of the upcoming book, “Fourth and Long: The Fight...
by johnubacon | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
[Click here for audio version: Bacon_final_Beilein_for_web_with_open_4-12-2013] It wasn’t that long ago that Michigan’s basketball program was not merely unsuccessful, but the shame of the athletic department, if not the university. Bo Schembechler, then Michigan’s...
by johnubacon | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dear Loyal Readers and Listeners, This is fund drive week at Michigan Radio, and the fourth draft of my book — gasp! — is due Monday, which is also why I wrote only one column in March — sorry! Should have let you know. In the meantime, I’m...
