Sports/Adventure

Sudsy’s Sports Shorts

By Tim Sutherland Sun sports guru “WE LOVE OUR TIGERS!” They are the heart and soul of our Michigan pro sports teams. From the beginning of the 20th century, when Ty Cobb terrorized American League teams with his hitting and base running, to the present day stars like Justin Verlander and Magglio Ordoñez, we live […]

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Wrapping the Fall Classic

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor How fitting that on the very night in October the Boston Red Sox captured their second World Series championship in four years Alex Rodriguez, the most talked-about and highest paid athlete in America, shunned the New York Yankees and opted for free agency. The old guard is in disarray, and […]

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The fight to save Tiger Stadium

From staff reports September is just around the corner, and for the second year in a row, our beloved Detroit Tigers are eyeing the playoffs, and if the pitching holds up, another trip to the World Series (they haven’t done that since 1934-35!). But while baseball’s all the rage downtown at stylish Comerica Park, her […]

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Fleet-of-foot Treece boasts Olympic dreams

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor On my first day as a cross-country runner at Glen Lake High School two years ago I was told that, without a doubt, Marissa Treece was going to win the race. I assumed that just meant she was “pretty good”. So I watched that race. Indeed, Marissa was the first […]

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Fighting off the bear with Internet technology

By Carol Purcell Sun contributor One beautiful week last September I headed to the Upper Peninsula for a solitary camping trip. The Hurricane River Campground is a small campground reached by dirt roads, 12 miles west of Grand Marais, right on Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks. It has 11 sites, one water spigot and […]

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Soccer, Mom?

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor As the crackling of a frenetic workday fizzles into late afternoon, witness a scene familiar to many soccer families in Leelanau: rush home from work, gather up scattered cleats, knee-high socks, uniform, shin guards, soccer ball, water bottle, nutritious snack, then head back out the door to get to […]

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Summer ’06 a biking extraordinaire

By Joel Gaff Sun contributor When the Tour de Leelanau cycle race comes through Leelanau County on Saturday September 16, don’t expect the riders to be doped up on anything other than fresh air and beautiful scenery. That’s right, folks — the Tour is back for its sophomore edition with an even longer and tougher […]

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Inaudible for two decades, the Tigers are roaring into fall!

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor I couldn’t believe the spectacle before me. Late-August was upon us and almost 50 pairs of eyes at a rodeo-packed Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor were fixated on the television screen above the pinball machine, watching Detroit Tigers baseball.

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Collegiate stars endure preseason training on our dunes

By Maggie Meyers and Jacob Wheeler Sun contributors Late August is the time to think about returning to school — stock up on notebooks, pens and lunchboxes, and after months of sleeping in, actually obey the alarm clock and make a mad dash outside to catch the yellow bus. Or for college athletes, especially those […]

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“Take me out to the ballgame”

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Play ball in northern Michigan! Wuerfel Park, the new minor league ballpark in Traverse City and home of the Beach Bums, isn’t quite as glamorous as Chicago’s Wrigley Field or Detroit’s Comerica Park. The pitchers don’t throw fastballs as hard as they do in The Show, and that crafty batter […]

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