Daly’s stories on James Bond, Duffy, Biggie, breakfast with The Bear and quotes Bryant’s apologists don’t want you to hear

By TOM SHANAHAN Team equipment managers hear the juiciest gossip. As the locker room empties, they quietly go about their business, unintentionally a chameleon blended into the walls. Others forget they’re within earshot. Marty Daly was one of those guys at Michigan State. Daly was the Spartans’ assistant equipment manager from the 1965 to 1972, a time that overlapped College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty’s 1965 and 1966 national championship teams. He later was promoted to…

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Raye of Light in the Chicago Tribune, The Sherman Report and official Big Ten History Book

Ed Sherman, veteran Chicago Tribune writer, is the author of the Big Ten's official history book, "This is B1G" that was published in 2019. Sherman's 352-page volume includes citing "Raye of Light" while highlighting the impact of Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty's 1960s Underground Railroad teams leading of integration of modern college football. Daugherty and his five 1965-66 All-Americans are pictured on Page 48 (below). Sherman previously posted articles in the upon the release of Raye of Light…

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ESPN documentary link and my past stories on Rashaan Salaam’s career

Below are are links to ESPN's E:60 teaser for documentary on Rashaan Salaam and links to two stories I posted on Rashaan Salaam after the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner took his life in Dec. 5, 2016. Lower on the page are Salaam's 1994 season game-by-game results and more links to stories I wrote with Rashaan over the course of his college and NFL careers. I first met Rashaan and wrote about the high school All-American while playing at…

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