Everyone is doing it, so I will jump on the Super Bowl Prediction bandwagon.
So here goes… Read more »
In a press conference in Tampa, site of the Super Bowl, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the annual Thanksgiving Day game hosted by the Detroit Lions will still be held at Ford Field in 2009, but that was the only guarantee. Read more »
The image of a dead man frozen in ice in an abandoned building caused a stir through Detroit.
The photo appeared on the frontpage of the Detroit News today. There was a lot of talk on local radio about whether it was appropriate to have such a photo published in a family newspaper.
I say it was a [...] Read more »
A couple years into his tenure as Detroit Lions president, Matt Millen called out a player for being a coward on the field. He made the comment on a Chicago radio station.
Local sports radio station WDFN used to play a sound drop from the interview where you could hear Millen say, “Where are your testicles?”
I ask, “Where are [...] Read more »
Just like most Michiganders (even those of you who won’t admit it), I’m a big fan of Ted Nugent! Yeah … I’m as disappointed as anyone else that he left us to take up residence in Texas, but all the same, Ted’s a true-blue Michigan man!
So in light of all that, I’d like to draw [...] Read more »
After all the hype, all the talk and all the adoration, we will finally see if Barack Obama will be a good president. I’m not sure. The president is like a quarterback… he gets too much blame when things go wrong and too much credit when things go right. Obama has many challenges in front [...] Read more »
The Detroit Lions have a new head coach. After an 0-16 season, it was inevitable William Clay Ford Sr. would pull the plug on the Rod Marinelli regime. Of course, most owners would have broomed the coaching staff AND the front office, but Senior decided to keep Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand as general manager [...] Read more »
There has been a lot of talk on Detroit sports radio about the Red Wings being denied a starter in the NHL All-Star Game and getting only Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom named as reserves.
There has been some outrage. Some fans and media types are calling it a “slap in the face” or “an insult.”
I [...] Read more »
You want to fix the economy? Create jobs! Hear that Gov. Jennifer Granholm?
This state needs people working. I recently volunteered at a homeless shelter (more on that in future posts) and I talked to several of the guests that recently lost their jobs and found themselves homeless shortly there after. These people weren’t drug [...] Read more »
Hi, all!
I am MI J. Blogger and theCL has asked me to blog about all things Michigan and I was excited to accept. As a lifelong resident, I am in love with the Great Lakes State. From the tip of the UP to the southern border, I love Michigan!
When theCL and I talked about the direction [...] Read more »
