by johnubacon | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Bacon_Final_for_air_9-21] Last week, the University of Michigan football team beat up University of Massachusetts, 63-13. Okay, U-Mass was pretty bad. Even the lowly Indiana Hoosiers crushed them the week before. But the...
by johnubacon | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I can only assume Tonya Harding had to cancel. Enjoy this fast-paced seven minutes of sports, silliness and sarcasm with the incredible Brothers Sklar, filling in for Jim Rome, by clicking here: rome-sklars-bacon8-23 -JUB
by johnubacon | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To hear the audio version, click here: Reunion 2012] I know a lot of people who look forward to their high school reunions, others who dread them, and still others who avoid them like the plague. My brother falls squarely in the third category. “If I was that eager...
by johnubacon | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio, click here: Bacon_final_Olympic_satire_8-3-2012] The London Olympics features 26 summer sports, with 39 disciplines, and 302 separate competitions, in a desperate attempt to get everyone to watch. As a result, the International Olympic...
by johnubacon | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tonight, the U.S. Olympic team will enter London’s Olympic Stadium, led by Mariel Zagunis, the American flag bearer. What you probably won’t see, however, is Zagunis dip the American flag, unlike every other nation’s flagbearer. Last week, I mentioned the...
by johnubacon | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio, click here: UM Olympians 7-19-12] The University of Michigan has sent 226 athletes and coaches to the Olympic Games. Wolverines have competed in every modern Olympics since the first in 1896. The numbers are impressive, but the individuals in...