Brenna Banktson: 2006 Miss Basketball
The Detroit Free Press reports that in one of the tightest races in the 26-year history of the award, Frankfort's Brenna Banktson has captured the 2006 Miss Basketball award, given annually by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan and…
MSU hires Mark Dantonio as new football coach
Javon Ringer dives by spartanjoe
We've given a lot of attention to the Wolverines lately, so here's news that Michigan State will hire former Spartan assistant and University of Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio (also see this Freep story)…
Photo Friday: Mild Midnight
In addition to being a really cool shot, the comments on this photo by One Foot Over the Moon introduced me to one of my favorite Michigan stories, the 100-year-old Southdown Challenger.
Make it a Michigan gift this holiday season
Absolute Michigan would like to help you find great gifts that are made in Michigan - and also to ask you to help us find them and share them with others!
Leslie, Michigan by Joanne
The Detroit News has a guide to Black Friday shopping…
Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving Curvature by Andrew Morrell
These days there are a lot of powerful forces that conspire to make us feel ungrateful: Michigan's struggling economy, the United States' difficult war in Iraq, our world's tottering environment.…
Michigan's 21st Century Energy Plan
Vestron by Andrew McFarlane
The Detroit Free Press reports that Michigan's 21st Century Energy Plan is due to be released by the Michigan Public Service Commission by year's end. One aspect that state regulators are considering is whether…
MHSAA State Football Championships
Kickoff by Steve Philp
The 2006 Michigan High School Athletic Association Football Finals take place this week at Ford Field in Detroit. You can get details on the matchups, rosters and game times from the Michigan High School Athletic…
Totally Terrifying Turkey Trivia Test
Cornwell's Turkeyville USA, located in Marshall, Michigan sent us this terrifying test of turkey theory. All right, so it's not really terrifying. It is a bit tricky though.
Turkey in Flight by strobist
1. What is the scientific…
Protecting Lake Michigan's Shoreline Dunes
Michigan has laws to regulate development and activity in our geologically unique shoreline dunes. The question for today is: are those laws working?
Beach House by kobukson
WMMT Kalamzoo has an interesting article/video on the…
Touring Michigan's Big Things with Wandering West Michigan
Trout by Josh Leo
Wandering West Michigan is a weekly video blog hosted by Josh Leo. It features videos highlighting the events, businesses, people, attractions and everything else that makes the west side of the Great Lakes State unique.…
Tribute to Bo Schembechler
mgoblog has a wonderful tribute to Bo Schembechler that far exceeds anything I might be able to write. Click the photo above to see more shots from Ann Arbor.
MGoBlue has a very nice tribute to the Wolverine coach. You can watch ESPN's…
3rd Down, Goal to Go: Michigan vs. Ohio State
John Brickner, Jr. says As if this game needs any more hype... and then delivers this a short but excellent highlight video.. (more)
We agree that "The Game" is probably already an 11 on the Spinal Tap Media Volume scale. However,…