Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team had the distinction of making it onto the front page of Deadspin last night after the popular sports website was made aware of a series of justifiably angry social media posts made by starting EMU forward Glenn Bryant following the team’s 58-54 victory over the Norfolk State Spartans at […]
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Only 373 people show to watch the EMU Eagles win their first postseason game since 1996… Let’s make it up to them if they get another home game
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged basketball, college sports, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Glenn Bryant, NPR, WEMU, Wurst Challenge 21 Comments
Old man with bad back requests help rioting: Ann Arbor
At some point in 1991, I had the occasion to witness a basketball-related riot in Ann Arbor, as I stood wedged between an open 450-degree pizza oven and a large plate glass window facing the intersection of Church and State. I can’t recall, but I don’t think my friend Roger and I, who were busy […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Backroom Pizza, Church Street, frats, life's not fair, misremembering, pizza, riots, South University, student riots, tear gas, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, vandalism 24 Comments
Coon meat and Faygo – Dinner in the D
The Detroit News has an interesting little feature today on a Detroiter named Glemie Dean Beasley, who supplements his Social Security income by catching urban raccoons, slaughtering them, and selling their meat to neighbors. Beasley, who calls himself the Coon Man, says the carcasses can got for as much as $12, and can serve four […]
Posted in Food, Media, Michigan, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged Aubree's, cannibalism, carcass, coon, Coon Man, Detroit, Detroit News, entrepreneurism, Faygo, Final Four, Glemie Dean Beasley, pizza, racoon, rodents, urban hunting 46 Comments