among the myriad reasons that ratings are down this year for the no fun league they should fully consider that they have an exclusive contract with a single carrier, directv, for those that want to choose particular games to watch. i certainly don't have it ( Read more... )

so now then.

we are re-watching cheers gradually. a show that she watched somewhat as it aired (myself i only saw the final episode -- and as a momentous occasion really rather than a televised story, having none of the context of what had gone before), and which we both had watched after it aired (but before we met). so for the first time ( Read more... )

the only time i can truly root for the pens (to the extent that i can -- which is really only rooting for c.'s happiness) is when the wings are done for the year, and so i will be thrilled if they can take this cup in the finals. that way they won't feel so bad if they have the bad luck of getting paired with us in next year's playoffs.

what i came away with was: i didn't have high expectations, and i know our power play stinks (on ice!) right now, but how does a team not score on a two-man advantage for more than a minute ( Read more... )

tonight was a fantastic night for detroit sports fans. the red wings and pistons both were victorious and both near realization of their playoff hopes (one for an amazing 25th straight season, the other for the first time since spring of 2009) [the pistons defeated the magic (!) to reduce their magic number to 1]. the tigers also won to begin the ( Read more... )

i was young, sure, but i watched villanova win the title in 1985. it is one of my favorite finals ever, and final fours (memphis state, st. john's, and georgetown too?!?!). in one sense it might have been cooler if michigan had defeated villanova, but having eight-seeded villanova win it all was phenomenal. it was only my second march madness ever ( Read more... )

english isn't his first language but miguel cabrera used it well when asked about reaching a career milestone as the best venezuelan-born hitter ever ( Read more... )

i just saw that they announced yesterday that the new bridge being constructed between detroit and windsor (a massive project) will be called the gordie howe international bridge. such the perfect name for a bridge between hockeytown and hockey country.

in doing research at work on a michigan case (most of our cases are outside of michigan because we take on cases that crop up nationwide) i came across a 1942 decision involving an injury that occurred at hotel victory, which once stood at the corner of randolph and jefferson, where today there is an elevated train station and several shops all ( Read more... )

i'm tired of the tigers stealing my sleep.
they need to start earning it.