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Hello, Loyal Readers! My next book, OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football, comes out September 3. You can pre-order now from amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local book store. We're setting up the book tour now,...

NOTE: My next book, OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football, comes out September 3. You can pre-order now from amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local book store. We're setting up the book tour now, which will include...

This week basketball coach John Beilein announced he was leaving the University of Michigan for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. It was shocking, but understandable, since Beilein always wanted to coach at the highest level. But it is also a commentary on college...

HELLO AGAIN, LOYAL READERS! I should have told you before I went on hiatus that, well, I was going on hiatus. The reason was a good one: deep in the writer's cave to finish my next book, OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College...

This season, four Michigan college football teams qualified for bowl games, and a fifth, Ferris State, made it to the finals of the Division II playoffs. But when all five teams lost their last game, it left thousands of fans in despair. Today we consider the good...

When I was 15, I went to YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha on Torch Lake. The camp director there, Pat Rode changed my life, and thousands of others.  To listen to the audio, click play.  I first met Pat Rode (pronounced Roadie) in the summer of 1980.  I was...

This winter, 39 college football bowl games have invited 78 teams to play in their stadiums. Sounds great, right? But that’s way too many – especially when most bowls can’t fill the seats, and the teams lose money. So why do this?  The people who run all 39...

On Saturday, the Michigan Wolverines suffered a historic loss to arch-rival Ohio State, 62-39, causing despair among many Michigan fans. As bad as it was, however, the program is a lot better than it was four years ago, and will get better still. After the Michigan...