How about sending the Browns, 49ers, Titans, and Lions to lower-tier bowls?

It snowed in South Bend during the last home game of my senior year, and the students started pelting the field with snowballs. One snowball almost hit the ND holder’s hands during a field-goal attempt toward the end of the game. Had ND not made the FG, the game would have ended in a tie, which would have cost the…

Gonzalez’s legal claims are primarily based on theories of negligence, breach of contract and—most intimidatingly—racketeering.

It’s too bad Shakespeare isn’t around today. Between the Lions and the Bush family, he’d have a happy Fizzies party.

I moved from New Jersey to Michigan 40 years ago, and it didn’t take long for me to develop an antipathy to Detroit’s NFL franchise*. The Lions’ organization has, for decades, waged war against “negative” media, which were rarities in this lapdog-media town. The team is as inbred and insular as the Soviet Politburo…

Commenters on various Detroit Tigers boards were saying the same thing about Justin Verlander—who rediscovered his fastball in the second half of last season and started looking solid.

I’ve been married 32 years, and I agree 100 percent.

The AP has also ruled that Eastern Michigan shall be referred to as “The Team That Shall Not Be Named”.

An epic and righteous rant. I wish I could give out multiple stars.

Funny you mention the secondary market for tickets.

I’m from the Detroit area. Our local NFL team is the pits.

I had University of Michigan season tickets for over 30 years, but gave them up ten years ago for a variety of reasons: ticket prices, which rose much faster than inflation; bad non-conference opponents; 3:30 pm kickoffs to accommodate TV; and overbearing security measures, including a ban on bringing bottled water…

Just added Tribal to my growing list of books I want to read.

The NYT puzzle is good cross-training for Jeopardy skills. It’s very helpful with wordplay categories, especially “Crossword Clues”.

The next step down the ladder is I.M. Pei. He comes up a lot. So do Maya Lin and Eero Saarnian.

My wife and I refer to Richman as “The Galloping Glutton.”

Jindal didn’t even last long enough to release his delegate.

I wonder how much Bed Bath & Beyond charged her for the chicken flayer.

We have a winner!

And we had to walk uphill, both ways, to school, in the snow. Summer school.