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Miscellaneous Archive
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McLain: Tigers and Patriots will be big winners
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No CommentsFielder’s kid comes to town and Inge cries foul The Tigers pulled the rabbit out of the hat, signing their “Prince,” Mr. Fielder” for $214 million dollars. This signing does a... -
Pro football struggled in Detroit during the Roaring 20s (Part II)
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 CommentThis is part 2 of Richard Bak’s series on professional football in Detroit in the 1920s. Read Part 1 here. After the collapse of the Heralds/Tigers, Detroit had to wait... -
Pro football struggled in Detroit during the Roaring ’20s
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsMany people who believe professional football in Detroit began with the Lions are surprised to learn that the team that moved here from Portsmouth, Ohio in 1934 actually represented the... -
Remembering the woeful Michigan Stags hockey team
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsHockey fans with long memories remember the World Hockey Association as an upstart enterprise strong on ambition and innovation but light on cash and principle. Overall play may not have... -
Wrong-handed! The most famous lefties in Detroit sports history
Posted on December 22, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn ancient times, being left-handed was thought to be a sign of being possessed by the devil. Some people were put to death for it. ‘Oh, how times they have... -
There’s a long history of Black semi-pro football in Detroit
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsFor much of the 20th century, most of American life was split along racial lines, forcing many black athletes in search of competition to organize their own teams and leagues.... -
When Joe Louis knocked out Mussolini’s boy
Posted on December 1, 2011 | 1 CommentThe sports world was hungry for a great boxing champion in the mid-1930s. Detroit’s Joe Louis satisfied their hunger with a string of impressive victories that launched him to the... -
Pujols, World Series ratings, and the popularity of Baseball
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsIs there any doubt that Albert Pujols is the MVP of the baseball world? Now that the Cardinals have won the 2011 World Series and seeing as Mr. Pujols smashed... -
A short, heads-up history of the Hockey helmet
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsHats off to technology. Without gains in helmet design over the last few decades, National Hockey League players would be subject to the same tragedy that befell Minnesota’s Bill Masterton,... -
Michigan’s “First Perfect College Football Fan” Is Discovered
Posted on September 17, 2011 | No CommentsMikado, MI — Behavioral analysts who have been searching the urban centers and back roads of Michigan for the past 47 years claim to have located a man in this...
