OLD MAN OF SWIMMING BACK ON OLYMPIC TRAIL
“Come on, Mark. Race him.”Mark Spitz looked over the pool and grinned. He was filming a piece for ABC-TV and Rowdy Gaines, preparing for the upcoming LA Olympics, was in the water, working out. One of the coaches playfully suggested that Spitz, 34, drop...
LIONS’ NEAR VICTORY A REASON TO BE NICE
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — I am going to do something I rarely do on Monday morning after a Lions defeat.I am going to be nice.Hello? . . . Wake up . . . you fainted. Yes, I know they blew it, they are still winless in 1989. But the fact is, as I sat in the press...
What If . . . Socrates Followed Football?
I pick, therefore I am.
Hmmm.
I have no idea what that means. I just thought it sounded good.
U-M Twice Burned, 24-19; No. 1 Hopes Singed By ‘Rocket,’ Better Team
The kickoff came tumbling out of the wet, gray sky, and nobody could believe this. Raghib (Rocket) Ismail couldn’t believe the ball was coming his way, and his coach, Lou Holtz, couldn’t believe Michigan would kick it to Ismail again, and Bo Schembechler, already having a bad day, what with an injured quarterback and a sluggish offensive line, couldn’t believe what had happened once would ever happen twice. A second kickoff return? For a touchdown? In Michigan Stadium? No way. There hadn’t been one here against U-M since 1957.
With Schembechler, Only Mom Is No.1
There are some big shots in New York who have been trying to get Bo Schembechler to leave Ann Arbor, just for a few hours, to promote his new book on shows such as “Good Morning, America” and “Late Night with David Letterman.”
“I can’t leave my team during football season,” he says.
End of conversation.
Last year, George Bush personally called to ask for his support. One night, that’s all. Schembechler told the future president: “I can’t leave my team during football season.”
End of conversation.
WITH SCHEMBECHLER, ONLY MOM IS NO. 1
There are some big shots in New York who have been trying to get Bo Schembechler to leave Ann Arbor, just for a few hours, to promote his new book on shows such as “Good Morning America” and “Late Night with David Letterman.””I...
CATCH AS CATCH CAN’T
“It’s no fun if you hit me in the hands.”– Shake Tiller in “Semi-Tough” I once destroyed a television set over a dropped football. It was in college, a Sunday afternoon, and I was rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles, who at the time...
ANDERS PROVIDES A SPARK, ELECTRIFIES THE CROWD
The gift wrap came off midway through the third quarter. The ribbons were cut and left on the sidelines. The crowd rose to its feet and began to scream and from that frozen moment there was one story in the Lions’ opener, and only one story.Barry.”I was in...
DO LIONS HAVE A GHOST OF A CHANCE?
He finds me in the basement, hidden behind a stack of books.”Go away,” I say, “I’m busy.””But it’s Sunday,” says the ghost in the silver and blue football jersey. “It’s Sunnnnnday. . . . “I know...Stay Connected
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