Category Archives: Sports

Three and Out

Posted on November 21, 2011 by LaDale Winling

Word is starting to come out that Rich Rodriguez will be named the next coach at Arizona. I couldn’t be happier for the guy. I hope (and believe he can) make Arizona a dominant football school. I bought John U. … Continue reading →

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Rich Rodriguez and Michigan Football

Posted on December 20, 2010 by LaDale Winling

The Rich Rodriguez situation makes me sick. Not the 37-7 loss to Ohio State, not the 6-18 record vs. the Big Ten. Not the 7-5 record this year. The calls for his head. Michigan is too established and classy an … Continue reading →

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Juris Luzins

Posted on May 3, 2010 by LaDale Winling

While I’m preparing a killer power point presentation, I thought I would provide you all with another transcript of my Florida Track Club interviews from way back in undergrad. This is Juris Luzins, a William and Mary alumnus with at … Continue reading →

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The Return of Content

Posted on March 14, 2010 by LaDale Winling

In the midst of a furious drive to finish my dissertation I thought it might be nice to revive this moribund blog. Way back in the day my top priority used to be distance running and all things athletics. True … Continue reading →

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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Posted on February 23, 2009 by LaDale Winling

I had heard all the stories about Brian Dowling but until now had never seen film of the guy play. Kevin Rafferty’s new video film on the season-ending 1968 duel between the two Ivy League teams is chock full of … Continue reading →

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Marathon Olympic Trials

Posted on November 3, 2007 by urbanoasis

Ryan Hall, a 25-year-old former miler won earlier this morning in 2 hours 9 minutes and change, while Dathan Ritzenhein, the phenom from outside Grand Rapids, MI was second and Brian Sell, running with the Rochester, MI, Hansons Running club, … Continue reading →

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Sad

Posted on October 8, 2007 by urbanoasis

Marion Jones. Chicago Marathon. Chicago Olympics. Olympics in general.

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Detroit Sold For Scrap

Posted on July 28, 2007 by urbanoasis

Remember this Onion article from a year ago? Ha, ha, we all morbidly chuckled at the nation’s finest news source taking a dig at our fair city. Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past

Posted on October 9, 2006 by urbanoasis

From an editorial I wrote 4 years ago as opinion editor of the Western Herald. The Detroit Tigers are in trouble. The Tigers lost their Hall of Fame announcer to retirement. They lost almost two-thirds of their games this season. … Continue reading →

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19 Years

Posted on October 8, 2006 by urbanoasis

Comerica Park Originally uploaded by SOUTHEN. The return of the Detroit Tigers to respectability and even dominance (briefly) has been a long time coming. This observer is overjoyed at having seen all three wins against the damn Yankees in the … Continue reading →

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