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My Two Cents: The Brawl at the Big House By Warren Williams As a lifelong Spartan, let me first say I am becoming increasingly disturbed by new revelations supported by video of the “Brawl at the Big House” Saturday night between players from Michigan and Michigan State. What I’m seeing is vicious and COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE behavior. And I must concede, it ‘could have been’ criminal! Here’s what long-time Detroit Sports Columnist Bob Wojnowski writes today in a very thought-provoking opinion piece in the Detroit News:
“It’s not about the tunnel. It’s not about taunting and trash-talking. It’s not even necessarily about the rivalry, although Michigan-Michigan State has reached peak toxicity levels. It’s about cowardice. And misguided, misdirected hate.” I believe ‘Wojo’ is mostly right here. That stuff in the tunnel had nothing to do with the Michigan/MSU rivalry. NOTHING. Where I beg to differ is on the possible motivation for that ‘explosion’ we saw Saturday night in the tunnel.
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Rather than “cowardice” I saw “calculation.” This wasn’t about heartbreak or frustration over a football defeat. It looked like a personal
vendetta. Why would those Spartan players “go off” as they did at just those two Michigan players? And why did it appear that the > Turn to Page 2
Author and mom of 9 creates grassroots publishing company, producing 30 authors within a year write and publish their stories. In just 8 months, she has published 30 authors. Delacruz-Jones said, “It has little to do with me. We all have stories. No matter who you are, you have something of value to share with the world.”
By Kristen Freeman In February of 2022, Dezarea DelacruzJones, author and mom of a blended
family of 9, created and founded her own publishing company “Author Overnight Publication and Design” to help women
In 2020, she published her experiences as a young girl growing up in Lansing in the book “Unravel and Break Free from Trauma.” She attended Lansing’s Eastern High School, and her family
owned and operated a notable local restaurant chain, Famous Taco, first opened by her late grandmother. Growing up in an entrepreneurial family and following other creative business notions throughout her life, DelacruzJones says the launch of her publishing house was organic and true to her passions. After owning both an apparel and a consulting/coaching business at different times in her life, she senses > Turn to Page 6