Podcast series, Growing Green: A Football Family

Growing Green: A Football Family is a 19-part series on Michigan State football from Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty through Mark Dantonio and now head coach Mel Tucker. The episodes air at 4:30 p.m. ET each Thursday on The Drive with Jack, mid-Michigan's sports talk show hosted by Jack Ebling. Con Demos and I join Jack each week with our historical perspective from our books. Ebling was named the Michigan Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports…

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Michigan State football history series

By TOM SHANAHAN Jack Ebling, host of The Drive with Jack, announced on Monday a 19-part series on Michigan State football history. The series begins July 21 and continues through November, marking the 66th anniversary of the 1966 Game of the Century matching No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Michigan State on November 19 at Spartan Stadium. The game was a seminal moment in college football, drawing a record TV audience of 33 million. Michigan State coach…

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My Black History Month guest spot on The Drive with Jack

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Click here for my appearance Feb. 10, 2022, on The Drive with Jack I discussed "Raye of Light" and Michigan State's leading role in college football integration. Note my comment it is a disgrace the producers and editors at The NFL Network and the Big Ten Network have failed to produce a documentary on the careers of Jimmy Raye and Sherman Lewis. They both broke ground as players aboard Michigan State coach Duffy…

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