Dave Briggs
Columnist at The Toledo Blade
Sports columnist for The Toledo Blade. AP Top 25 football voter. Email: [email protected].
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4 weeks ago |
toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs
Legendary owner Bill Veeck once said there are only two seasons — ”winter and baseball” — and in Toledo the equinox arrives on Friday. So do the Mud Hens. Along with the rest of their migratory feathered friends, our birds are back, ready to lead us from the iron clutch of winter into the thawing embrace of baseball. Opening day is here, earlier than ever but not a moment too soon. Some cities throw their biggest downtown party to celebrate the first day of the new year.
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1 month ago |
toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs
They began the day in Bowling Green, then hopped into their rentals and set off on a procession up I-75. Call it a midnight blue and gold rush. Wielding stopwatches and notepads, an array of executives, scouts, and assistant coaches from 30 NFL teams crowded into the Fetterman Training Center on Monday afternoon for the University of Toledo’s annual pro day. It was the place to be. And the billboard attraction didn’t even work out.
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1 month ago |
toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs
The jury is still out, the cookie still crumbling. But …While nothing is set just yet, enough precincts have reported this month to go out on a small limb: Michigan made the better basketball coaching hire than Ohio State. A year ago, the rivals both had openings to lead their going-nowhere programs. Ohio State hired from within, promoting interim coach Jake Diebler. Michigan went out and hired the hottest coach on the market, Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May.
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1 month ago |
toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs
It was late in Iowa’s thrilling win over Connecticut at the women’s Final Four last year, and, above the roar of the crowd in Cleveland, I heard someone call my name. The familiar voice belonged to Thom Dartt, a good-guy high school ref in Toledo. Just when I thought March couldn’t get any madder, here went nothing. I asked Dartt if he was there for the Caitlin Clark Show. Almost sheepishly, he unzipped his pullover to reveal a gray UConn shirt.
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1 month ago |
toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs
To the D, or not the D, that is the question. Will Jackson Jobe break camp with the Tigers? Or will the top pitching prospect in baseball begin the season in Toledo? With opening day just over a week away — the Tigers get going March 27 at Dodger Stadium, the Mud Hens the next day at Fifth Third Field — count me here for the forthcoming takes as sizzling as Jobe’s 102-mph fastball. Mine: The Tigers can’t go wrong. Sorry.
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