by johnubacon | Jul 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! It’s been a busy week at Bacon Blog headquarters — which is to say, these days, usually my car, zipping from Ann Arbor to Chicago to Up North and repeat as needed. Yahoo asked me to combine my pieces on Coach Mac from last year and...
by johnubacon | Jul 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio, which I recommend for this story, just click here: Coach Mac 2014] The summer before Mac McKenzie became our little league baseball coach, I spent the season picking dandelions in right field, and batting last. But just weeks after...
by johnubacon | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last night, I tried my luck on the NPR game show, “Ask Me Another,” which will run in a few weeks. But it brought back memories – traumatic ones – of my disastrous try out for the Jeopardy game show 24 years ago. I wrote this in my first year as a writer, as a...
by johnubacon | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear Loyal Readers, Here are a few Current Events that might be of interest to you. First, I’ll be appearing TONIGHT, Thursday, June 26, on the very funny NPR game show Ask Me Another at the University of Michigan’s Power Center, 8 p.m. Here’s more...
by johnubacon | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the shorter, audio version, click here.] Last week, I explained why Michigan students are dropping football tickets in record numbers – about 40-percent in the last two years. It touched a nerve – actually a few hundred thousand nerves. And not...
by johnubacon | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week, the Michigan athletic department admitted what many had long suspected: student football ticket sales are down, way down, from about 21,000 in 2012 to a projected 13,000-14,000 this fall. The department has blamed cell phones, high-definition TV, and a...
