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Long homers always remembered/Paul Peterson
April 28, 2012 As I read the recent story by Michael Bleach about soon-to-be-inducted Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame member Jack Mugford, I couldn’t help but recall a story I ran across many years ago while... more »»
In praise of Game 7/The Red Line
April 26, 2012 You might remember my column from January about the ‘one-round rule.’ I try to avoid the playoffs for at least a round after my favorite team is eliminated as sort of a cooling-off period. more »»
Research season/The Red Line
April 19, 2012 It’s April in the Copper Country, which means for a sports editor like me there are two primary activities: waiting for the snow to melt and research. more »»
No buyer for Coyotes? So Suomi!/The Red Line
April 12, 2012 Three years ago May 7, I wrote “A home for abandoned Coyotes,” a Red Line column about my efforts to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes using funds raised from the potential acquisition of precious metal... more »»
Covering the gaps/The Red Line
April 5, 2012 One of the best decisions I’ve made recently was to make the southbound trip to Escanaba for the All-U.P. basketball meeting a two-day affai. more »»
MHSAA taking easy way out/View from the Bleachers
April 3, 2012 At the start of the current calendar school year, the Michigan High School Athletic Association sent out a video and presentation to every participating school in the state under the campaign theme... more »»
Tigers too big to fail/The Red Line
March 29, 2012 Sometimes I run into folks in the supermarket or around town and they ask, “Boy, things must have really slowed down for you now, huh?” You could say tha. more »»
Who owns the Saints?/The Red Line
March 22, 2012 “Are you nuts? A bounty? We could all end up in the clinker for this. You can’t put a bounty on a man’s hea. more »» 
Awesome days/The Red Line
March 15, 2012 I didn’t get to be a sports editor by skipping clas. more »»
Tech XCels in playoffs/Inside the Huskie
March 13, 2012 There are plenty of legendary sports curses, and the one Michigan Tech has against Colorado College in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs is worthy of being one of them. more »»
Playoff time picks/The Red Line
March 9, 2012 It’s playoff time. more »»
CC you soon/Inside the Huskies
March 6, 2012 Michigan Tech hockey has spent all season making recent years’ painful statistics irrelevant, but for once the Huskies may want to reference recent history for a confidence boost heading into this... more »»
WCHA crunch time/Red Line Web Special
March 2, 2012 Just one week left to go in the WCHA regular season. Unfortunately, there's far too much going on for me to push aside for my deathless prose. So, it's off to the Web for this week's selections. more »»
Win-win situation/Inside the Huskies
February 28, 2012 Michigan Tech hockey cannot finish in the top or bottom four spots of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings, but the Huskies (currently seventh with 26 points) could finish in any of... more »»
NASCARed for life/The Red Line
February 23, 2012 Let this be a warning to you, parents: Be careful what you let your young children watch on TV ... even if it’s sports. more »»
Enjoy the moment/Inside the Huskies
February 21, 2012 This weekend will be the last home hockey games of the year for Michigan Tech — unless the Huskies earn home ice in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs. more »»
Meaningless statistical analysis/The Red Line
February 16, 2012 Numbers don’t lie, but they can occasionally babble nonsensically. Sportswriters are trained to recognize coincidental correlations and then attempt to retroactively create causality. more »»
Yzerman, disappointment, reality/Inside the Huskies
February 14, 2012 You just never know when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will present itself, and Friday was certainly that for me. more »»
Not your average Winter Carnival/The Red Line
February 9, 2012 While ambling around the All-Nighter Wednesday, a colleague asked me that, given the low amount of snow, does it really feel like Winter Carnival? It’s certainly different, but I’d say there’s enoug... more »»
Ali and the winter of discontent/Paul Peterson
February 8, 2012 Boxing champion and icon Muhammad Ali recently celebrated his 70th birthday. more »» |
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