by johnubacon | Jan 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Lions have lost to the Cowboys 13 times – so that’s not unusual. There are 31 other teams in the NFL, and 27 of them have winning records against the Lions. That leaves those pesky cats to feed on the likes of the Cleveland Browns, whose only fan in Michigan is...
by johnubacon | Jan 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
[This blog comes from my feature this week in The Wall Street Journal, linked here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-michigan-landed-jim-harbaugh-1419958985?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj] The private jet cut through the clouds and eased onto the airstrip at Detroit...
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...
