Author: Mike Coffey

Wonder, Think & Know: Kitchen Vacating Edition

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know. Maybe John Greenlief Whittier would have liked Mike Royko’s writing too. At least he actually said part of that. On the long list of things I don’t want to…

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IBG: Dry Heat Edition

The desert heat is the perfect thing to help fight a cold, so I’m regretting even more the fact I can’t go. But I soldier on with the Irish Blogger Gathering, muscling through the Nyquil fog and sharing my opinions with the masses. My fellow participants asked their usual questions of me, and their answers…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Double Bubble Edition

Driving home from South Bend today after watching the men’s basketball team open their season with a win, hoping to watch the gridiron Irish dismantle the Navy Midshipmen, I said to myself, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know.” My voice sounded nothing like Mike Royko’s, which is…

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ACC Media Day Live Stream

Here’s your chance to watch Irish coach Mike Brey’s interview at the ACC Media Day, along with Pat Connaughton and Jerian Grant. The ACCDN is giving fans the chance to tune in live for expanded coverage of the 2014 ACC Basketball Media Day Event. Every ACC men’s basketball head coach will be interviewed as part…

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IBG: Anchor The Ship

Avast ye, me hearties. We be sailing in uncharted waters now, with the treasure of a playoff berth a long uncertain voyage off. But ye can be sure the Irish Blogger Gathering will shiver yer timbers properly. Take heed of what my fellow landlubbers in the group asked of me, and follow the map to…

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