J
ohn U. Bacon has worked the better part of two decades as a writer, a public speaker, a radio and TV commentator, and a college teacher.
Bacon earned an honors degree in history (“pre-unemployment”) from the University of Michigan, and a Master’s in Education. He also was awarded a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship in 2005-06, where he was the first recipient of the Benny Friedman Fellowship for Sports Journalism.
He started his journalism career covering high school sports for The Ann Arbor News, then wrote a light-hearted lifestyle column before becoming the Sunday sports feature writer for The Detroit News in 1995. There he wrote long features about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, bullfighting in Spain, and high school basketball on a Potawatomi reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, earning numerous state and national awards for his work.
Bacon is the author of the upcoming book “Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football.” His views are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Michigan Radio, its management, or its license holder, the University of Michigan.
Stories from John U Bacon
- Bacon: As is tradition, Michigan fans are frustrated with their quarterback
I’ve always said the two toughest jobs in this state are not governor, mayor of Detroit, or CEO of General Motors, but goalie for the Red Wings and quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines, because you … - After playing in an opulent dome, Michigan comes home to the Big House
Hang around the Midwest long enough and you’ll hear just about every Big Ten fan say, “I love fall!” It makes a lot of sense when you experience our famously frigid, gray winters, our non-existent spr … - The new Michigan hockey coach is Mel Pearson. Who?
This week, the University of Michigan did something it hasn’t had to do in 33 years: hire a new hockey coach. The last time the job opened was 1984. Athletic director Don Canham heard Red Berenson was … - Nobody needs to ask what Berenson did for Michigan
Gordon “Red” Berenson" loved the game from the start. When he was a six-year old kid in Regina, Sasketchewan, for Christmas his parent gave him new skates, gloves, and shin pads. He was so excite … - Michigan’s magical run ends
The first part of this story, you probably know. The Michigan men’s basketball stunk so badly two months ago, just about everyone figured they’d never get to the NCAA tournament in March. They had som …