By Patrick Hayes OK, so it is has been about six months since BallinMichigan’s content, which had been churned out at a ridiculous rate since I launched the site last summer, came to an abrupt halt. I wish I had an elaborate explanation for what that happened, but the reality is it was simply a [...]
There are few things better than getting philosophical about the game of basketball. In ‘Hoop Convos,’BallinMichigan will do just that, engaging in (hopefully) meaningful, free-flowing conversations with compelling writers and thinkers who love the game as much as we do. By Pardeep Toor John Girdwood is a PhD candidate at Michigan State University where his research [...]
By Patrick Hayes I’d wondered what former Flint Northwestern and Michigan State star and longtime NBA player Morris Peterson has been up to since we lost saw him on a NBA court in 2011. Turns out, he’s acting. Or at least acting in one movie. Peterson had a small part in the above film by [...]
Regularly, BallinMichigan.com will look back at the yearly Mr. Basketball award with the benefit of hindsight. These posts will look back at the top five finishers at the time, provide updates on what they’ve done since and, for the fun of it, let readers re-vote to see if the results would be different if we [...]
June 21, 2013 in Cover Story, Site News
By Patrick Hayes OK, so it is has been about six months since BallinMichigan’s content, which had been churned out at a ridiculous rate since I launched the site last [...]
December 30, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Slow posting will continue on BallinMichigan until after the holiday this week, then we’ll return to a more normal schedule. The [...]
December 29, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes When Tory Jackson gave up his professional career to coach his alma matar, Saginaw Buena Vista, Jackson insisted that he believed his role in the district was [...]
December 23, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes When veteran guard Derek Fisher went down with an injury and subsequently asked for his release from the Dallas Mavericks, the Mavs didn’t have to look far [...]
December 23, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Slow posting will continue on BallinMichigan until after the holiday this week, then we’ll return to a more normal schedule. Numbers [...]
December 21, 2012 in Division II, Professional
By Patrick Hayes Justice B. Hill of SB Nation has an incredible, in-depth story on the life of former Wayne State basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter Earnest Wagner Jr.: Their [...]
December 21, 2012 in Division I, Video
By Jay W. Jensen Highlights of University of Detroit player Jason Calliste. Follow PrepHoopsTV on Twitter and subscribe to the YouTube channel. BallinMichigan.com runs highlight videos of high school players across Michigan. The players [...]
December 21, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes East Lansing coach Steve Finamore has long been intrigued by the ‘foul or defend’ debate and why coaches choose one or the other with their team up [...]
December 20, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Kevin Scheitrum of NBA.com has a fantastic, long piece on former Michigan State standout Durrell Summers, who now plays for the Idaho Stamped in the NBA D-League. [...]
December 20, 2012 in High School, Video
By Jay W. Jensen Highlights of Jalen Adams, a class of 2013 player from Saginaw Arthur Hill. Follow PrepHoopsTV on Twitter and subscribe to the YouTube channel. BallinMichigan.com runs highlight videos of high school [...]
