Michael Jordan hasn’t exactly been the most effective or forward-thinking owner in the National Basketball Association, nor has he been a successful one. The Charlotte Bobcats-turned-Hornets have yet to win a playoff series since Jordan became the majority owner in 2010, and they’ve had eight losing seasons in
When I was a kid growing up in the early 1990s, my weekends were divided into two distinct days, and both of them revolved around football. Saturdays were for watching Michigan beat up on whatever hapless Big Ten team crossed their path (Ohio State included), and Sundays were for
When it comes to Forgotten Sports Heroes—there are few players out there as beloved as former Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon. Justin Carl Blackmon was more than a wide receiver on the football field—he was truly a force of nature. The story of Justin Blackmon reminds me of
Shawn Kemp entered the NBA by way of Trinity Valley Community College in 1989, a native of Elkhart, Indiana in the north-central part of the state near the Michigan border. While he quickly became one of the better athletes in the league with the Supersonics, it took “The Reignman”
The Michigan State football program has been on a dramatic uptick in the past decade despite recent struggles, winning Big Ten titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015. These program golden years were orchestrated by former head coach Mark Dantonio, who coached 13 seasons in East Lansing and led the