The Athletic-- free 2017-18 MBB lookback stories
The Athletic normally has most of their content behind a paywall, but in honor of the Final Four is providing free access to seven Brendan Quinn stories written throughout the year. A bit of a time capsule, and some great content and writing from my second-favorite site. https://theathletic.com/289865/2018/03/27/the-brendan-quinn-index-seven…
March 27th, 2018 at 10:58 PM ^
As someone who has been obsessively checking in to Mgo the past few weeks, if it's older than 5 minutes it's too late.
March 27th, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
Mods, go ahead and delete, and apologies to all.
March 27th, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
water is wet
March 27th, 2018 at 11:11 PM ^
2013 National Title Team. They do a great job of setting it up with Trey Burke’s recruitment and reviewing the previous years success.
I forgot Michigan was 1-6 in Big Ten play when Stun Douglas made the heroic game winner in East Lansing. That shot could very well have changed the trajectory of the program.
Amazing the setbacks this program has endured with Beilein only to rise above and endure. Beilein is a true grinder.
March 28th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
PERFECT! I'm sure stunned sparties would painfully agree.
the 1-6 play was in 2011 , but I think what also gets forgotten sometimes is the 2012 team was also a 4 seed like the 2013 team, and they got knocked out in the first round by 13 seed Ohio. Not a fun way for Stu and Novak to end their careers but at least they got to hang a Big Ten Title regular season banner for the first time since 1986.
Can't wait for the site update that hopefully introduces an easily searchable forum.
I have been kicking around subscribing for the past few weeks but haven't pulled the trigger because it's been hard to find feedback on the writing quality/value proposition. I would be happy to pay for content that is worth the cost.
the hockey and baseball coverage in particular are much better than anything else around. And bonus, no ads.
They are good reads.
They are good reads, promise.
March 28th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
Thank you. I appreciate the tip about the free articles for two reasons.
First, The Athletic clearly has better resources, so their writers are able to go into depth in a way that regular beat writers don't have the time or money to do. The site has the money to send Quinn to Milwaukee for a story on Poole. Quinn captured many details that I'd never read in years of following the team and Coach Beilein.
Thanks too for directing us to the site, so I could discover that Quinn has improved. He used to employ big words or try to get poetic, in a way that made lots of people consider him smart. But it wasn't smart. His big words were often misused and his attempts at poetry were less about making the subject of an article clearer than about him showing off. Now that excess has been trimmed in the articles I read. Now he's writing well, not just fancy.
Reading a site without ads and pop ups everywhere with clear concise text and quality writing was so refreshing.
I consider investing in projects like this an investment toward a better world. Thank you
All great articles. But reading the one on Jordan Poole, I have to pull this awesome nugget out to share.
Makes beating Houston and man bun all the more sweet.
“MILWAUKEE — Moments before Houston’s Devin Davis attempted the first of two free throws to seal an NCAA Tournament win over Michigan, Rob Gray, the Cougars’ high-scoring star, approached Jordan Poole. He smirked. Poole, a Michigan freshman, had just checked back into the game with 3.9 seconds left and his Wolverines trailing by two.
“Yo, Poole, where you from?” Gray asked.
Poole winced, gritted his teeth and spit a response.
“Milwaukee.”
“That’s nice,” Gray said. “You ‘bout to go back to Milwaukee.”
Nope. Rob Gray, you ‘bout to get your mouf shut.