In Appreciation of Denard Robinson

[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...

Is There Life After High School?

[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...

Olympic Sports — from the Sublime to the Silly

[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...

Wolverine Olympians Worth Remembering

[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...