Archive for November, 2006

From Casino Dealer in Detroit to Yahoo Sports Columnist: An Interview With Dan Wetzel

Posted November 28, 2006, 5:19 pm by Jason McIntyre (6 Comments)

The man at the picture to your left who looks like he really doesn’t enjoy wearing a tie is Dan Wetzel, an author and Yahoo Sports columnist. And he will shock you. Did you know that everyone cheats in college basketball? Bet you didn’t. Did you know that he briefly attended something called Greektown Casino [...]

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More on Joe ‘Homer’ Cowley’s Ridiculous AL MVP Ballot

Posted November 24, 2006, 3:54 pm by Jason McIntyre (2 Comments)

Though we didn’t get into the Derek Jeter-Justin Morneau AL MVP debate at any point on Thanksgiving Day – we did, however, play the always-fun ‘Catchphrase’ – something about the bizarre voting method of Chicago Sun-Times hack Joe Cowley irks us. (In actuality, it’s probably misinformed voting by sportswriters in general that is galling; the [...]

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Breaking: Longtime Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler Rushed to Hospital [Update: He Has Passed Away]

Posted November 17, 2006, 4:25 pm by Jason McIntyre (5 Comments)

Legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembechler collapsed while taping a TV show this morning and was rushed to the hospital. More as this develops. Bo Schembechler Rushed to Hospital (ABC 12) [Update I: According to MGO Blog, this isn't Bo's first collapse on set of Big Ten Ticket. Another report claims thing look grim for the [...]

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The Man With the Mean Mailbag: A Q&A with Sportsline’s Gregg Doyel

Posted November 3, 2006, 8:36 pm by Jason McIntyre (5 Comments)

Practically every writer in the country enthralls readers with some form of a mailbag. You know the drill – taking witty or banal reader emails and spinning them into a column one day when there�s nothing else going on. Gregg Doyel has mastered the art of the mailbag � by turning the tables on the [...]

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