Students, fans, alumni, faculty and administration of the University of Michigan are used to one thing – winning football. They don’t know how to react to losing. Even Notre Dame had the Gerry Faust years and other down coaching regimes that showed ND losing more games than it won. But not Michigan; going back to […]

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One of the problems with being a major media outlet is what happens when you have to report on a major partner? Can you be impartial if you are making money with an organization where there are issues? I’ve been very busy, so I never got a chance to discuss the Bill Simmons/ESPN situation. For […]

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Usually, when the media talks about a coach “losing the team,” it is a head coach. Losing the team is probably the worst thing that can happen to a coach; it means that the team no longer believes in your plan, doesn’t like your scheme, and don’t think it will work. Once this has happened, […]

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Last weekend, Western Illinois played at Ryan Field against Northwestern and lost, as would be expected 24-7, but there was something weird to me as I watched the game. Coming in, Northwestern had played badly, losing to Northern Illinois, a bowl caliber team, and to Cal, who had gone 1-11 last season. The defense was […]

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We have another football player acting badly, but this time at least, we don’t have to wait for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to make an uneducated, ill considered decision. This time, it was Florida State University. Already the subject of a sexual abuse accusation that was poorly investigated Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has been […]

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Never one to turn down a revenue stream, it is surprising that the National Hockey League has decided against placing sponsor logos on jerseys. According to the report, the league is forgoing a possible $120 million annually by not having sponsorships on uniforms. The only advertising on the jerseys is from Reebok, which manufactures the […]

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One week after the second Ray Rice video of him knocking his then fiancée unconscious, Minnesota Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson was indicted for beating his 4-year-old son with a switch. When I first heard about it, I posted on Facebook that every African-American parent over 60 years of age should be indicted also. What […]

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