Archive for the 'Media Rare' Category

February 1, 2007

How Times Have Changed, Episode 92

We’ve leaned heavily on that adage since the Tigers started making serious inroads on the 2006 post season and I’m here to lean on it a little more. On Thursdays (I think), The Detroit News puts together an outstanding weekly package of Tigers stories. This is the first offseason in recent memory in which the [...]

January 26, 2007

Terrific Lary Sorensen Feature in The News

I always liked Lary Sorensen as a broadcaster and particularly as a Tigers analyst. To say that he fell on hard times is the understatement of…well, the day. Read Lynn Henning’s feature on Sorensen’s journey from the bigs to the bottle to the clink. The one thing that I can’t picture from the article is [...]

December 27, 2006

Scathing Article on Mike Ilitch, the Tigers and Casinos in The New York Times

You’ve gotta love Google News. Once in a while I’ll search for Tigers news on Google just to see if there’s a random article of interest out there. Man, did I find one this afternoon. In the Dec. 26 edition, The New York Times‘ baseball deity Murray Chass takes aim at Tigers owner Mike Ilitch, [...]

December 26, 2006

Yanks’ GM Cashman Says Leyland is His Sportsman of the Year

In this week’s issue of The Sporting News, the publication’s editors announce the 2006 Sportsman of the Year. The pick? San Diego Chargers’ back LaDainian Tomlinson. No biggie there. Inside, though, the editors asked recent winners of the award whom they would select as Sportsman of the Year. The Yankees‘ GM Brian Cashman (who got [...]