For those that haven’t heard, there’s big news from the world of professional sports in Detroit. The Tigers have made a trade right at the deadline, acquiring Sean Casey from the Pirates for minor leaguer Brian Rodgers…and have optioned Chris Shelton to AAA. Has anyone ever hit 10 home runs in a month [...]

The 2006 version of the Michigan Wolverines will appear together for the first time officially when they report to practice Sunday, August 6th at noon. Freshman now report at the same time as the rest of the team, but with the rumors floating around about the year-round dedication of the Wolverine veterans, expect the [...]

I’d rather drink fecal tea than be inundated with another reprised episode of the “My Wish” series on Sportscenter. Besides, it is really the athletes involved that are getting their wishes granted, specifically Kobe Bryant. I can almost hear former MTV dork Chris Connelly doing the voiceover as we look at the segment [...]

Your Thursday’s will never be the same! Gimme the rock son! From this Thursday forward I will be contributing to the all mighty UMTailgate.com website. Hope you enjoy! Let’s get started…
The Detroit Tigers have the best record in baseball and as we near the last two months of the season that statement actually holds some [...]

Let me start by apologizing. Yesterday was the 7-month anniversary of Michigan’s 71-67 victory over Michigan State in basketball, and I didn’t so much as send a postcard to Tommy Amaker. He probably didn’t even notice since he’s in his “best month ever” according to The Sporting News.
“It has become another terrific July [...]

If you were previously unaware, the Michigan student section (the one in the corner with the maize shirts) is not the only student section. Once filled, the University issues tickets (to the late registrants, johnny-come-lately grad students, and anyone else that doesn’t fit in the corner) to the south endzone. And I know [...]

Wow. This is really great. My first fresh-typed post on the all-new UMTailgate.com. Yes, we underwent a facelift just 5 months ago. But after implementation of that system, I found it to be less user friendly, both for myself as a developer, and for all of you as users. [...]

In these dreary days of summer, where we sometimes find ourselves staring at the countdown to the season, it’s tough to fill the pages here at UMTailgate.com. So I will take a moment to celebrate a very important person, both to The Tailgate, and to the world in general. ME. Several tailgaters [...]