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What Bear Bryant and Bo Schembechler Thought About Water
On day one of camp, nearly 100 football players pressed their cleats into hard dirt that refused to yield. Sharp rocks gashed their bodies; cacti pierced their skin; crunched noses spilled blood onto...
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Celebrating Rob Lytle with the University of Michigan
On September 25 and 26, the University of Michigan honored my father, the late Rob Lytle, for his election to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. Friends, family, former...
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My Life in Shit
I wake up and can’t escape it. Smeared across the hardwood floor, caked into the carpet, stained inside my nose. There’s shit. Everywhere. Our two dogs, Sula (a 13-year old pit bull with pensive eyes...
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Lytleisms – Quotes from a Hall of Fame Smart A**
Dad suffered a heart attack and died five years ago today. Anyone that knew him understands this loss. Those that did not missed out on knowing a man who just got it. He understood when to comfort,...
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A real Ohio State – Michigan story
Rob Lytle made his final commitment to the University of Michigan and Bo Schembechler while staring into the angry eyes of famed Ohio State coach Woody Hayes. During Dad’s recruitment, he and Woody...
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College Football Hall of Fame
On Tuesday, December 8, the National Football Foundation will induct its class of 2015. The list of inductees impresses for the body of its accomplishments and depth of character. That Dad will be...
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What Comes Next for Kobe Bryant?
Kobe Bryant announced he will retire at the end of this NBA season. Twenty years, more than 1,300 games, 45,000-plus minutes, 33,000 points on over 11,000 buckets, five titles, one MVP, seventeen-times...
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The Disappointment of Roger Goodell
Football has problems. *** Roger Goodell, his black bow-tie snug to his neck, beamed. His tailored tuxedo jacket broke at his shoulders, which bounced in-sync with his amusement. Former Dallas Cowboys...
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Football’s Problem is Football
Football has problems. *** Roger Goodell is one of them. He should be humiliated over deflate-gate (which was nothing more than a petulant attempt to exact some authority over his old pal Robert...
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Stories to read this week
The headliner… Crack, a Tiffany Drug at Woolworth Prices: Spin’s 1986 Feature “There are messages in these bottles, cries for help tossed in a curbside sea. The fleet stops at the corner of Eighth...
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