John U. Bacon
John U. Bacon has worked the better part of two decades as a writer, a public speaker, a radio and TV commentator, and a college teacher.
Bacon earned an honors degree in history (ââââââ
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The people who run all 39 college football bowl games recently picked the 78 teams they want to showcase this holiday season – even though there are...
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Last Sunday, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta invited the Michigan Wolverines to play Florida. But is that good news for Michigan fans, or bad?
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The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry has long been considered the nation’s best. But for all the great Michigan-Ohio State games, the two teams never entered...
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On Michigan Radio, we don’t normally cover baseball outside the state. But we have to make an exception this week, because the Chicago Cubs beat the...
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The college football season officially kicks off this weekend. Powerhouse division 1 schools will play. That got our commentator wondering: What's in it for the weaklings of that division?
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Hockey fans will pay their last respects on Wednesday to Gordie Howe, who died last week at age 88. Our commentator looks at the lasting impact the man known as Mr. Hockey had on the game in the U.S.
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The Big Ten entered the bowl season battered from a brutal decade. How bad was it? Michigan’s sworn enemies, Michigan State and Ohio State, had given...
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Brady Hoke grew up in Ohio, graduated from Ball State, and started his coaching career at Yorktown High in Indiana. He is a football man, through and...
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On Nov. 17, 2006, Bo Schembechler died. He was 77. For Michigan fans, the bad news hasn’t ended. Second-ranked Michigan lost the next day’s game to top...
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Michigan and Notre Dame have the longest running duel among major college powers, and one of the best. But that seems to be coming to an end this...