Archive for the ‘Music and sports’ Category

It may rock, but Michigan fave Kid Rock’s “In Detroit” theme for the 2012 season doesn’t even mention the Detroit Lions. What about kicking off the season with reworked classics by other Motor City music icons? Check out the list.   Heaven help us. I mean, really, as Detroit Lions fans, we’ve all needed Noah’s [...]

  The uber-hype over Madonna’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime: A) extravaganza, B) marketing ploy, or C) disaster drill, with appearances by Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. got me to wondering whether this 12-minute made-for-TV blast has more potential for catastrophe than the much-maligned Nickelback appearance at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field. To [...]

He might not “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” these days, but Muhammad Ali’s strength, stature and significance as an African-American icon is unassailable and enduring. So, as a soundtrack to celebrate the legendary boxer’s 70th birthday today, here are five songs to help pay tribute to his legacy, with videos to [...]

  It had to happen. Tebowmania has hit the music world. Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos’ quarterback who was mauled and couldn’t hit the side of a mile-high barn when he played the Detroit Lions earlier this season, has since become a true Internet phenom with his last-minute heroics and game-winning drives, inspiring “Tebowing” poses [...]