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 [...]
September 23, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Manny Harris made the right decision signing overseas. (Ridiculous Upside) Magic Johnson spent $50 million on his investment in the L.A. [...]
September 21, 2012 in Professional, Video
WNDU Video on Demand – Chet Walker, a Benton Harbor great who was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame earlier this month, returned to his hometown this week. The [...]
September 16, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Saginaw native and former Notre Dame star Tory Jackson almost ‘fell off his couch’ when learning that Notre Dame would move [...]
September 7, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes One of my favorite writers around, Curtis Harris, who writes for Hardwood Paroxysm and curates the fantastic @ProHoopsHistory Twitter feed, wrote about the state of Michigan’s two [...]
September 6, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Making the Naismith Hall of Fame is surely a remarkable accomplishment for anyone who is enshrined. But for deserving players who are overlooked for a number of [...]
August 31, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Jeff Thomas of the Springfield Republican has started a series profiling all of the inductees in this year’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He recently looked at [...]
August 29, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Michigan natives Chet Walker of Benton Harbor and Mel Daniels (read the story I wrote about Daniels in the early days of this site) of Detroit Pershing [...]
August 17, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Ralph Simpson, a Detroit Pershing and Michigan State standout who played 10 seasons in the NBA, including a stint with the Detroit Pistons, was inducted into the [...]
August 7, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Detroit Pershing great Mel Daniels is one of professional basketball’s best kept secrets, namely because most of his pro success came in the ABA rather than the [...]