I'm at the Barnes & Noble on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills, starting at 6 p.m., to sign copies of my book, Metro Detroit's High School Football Rivalries.
I'll give a FREE BOOK to the first five people who can tell me the correct answer to either of the following questions:
1. What Detroit-area high school did Brother Rice coach Al Fracassa coach at before he took over the Warrior sideline?
2. What now-closed Detroit-area high school team did George Perles command before he went to the Pittsburgh Steelers and later, Michigan State?
It's almost gift-giving season and nothing says, 'I have the holiday spirit!' like a football book about rivalries, the long-standing role prep football has played in our metropolitan communities, the games that have withstood the test of time and the great theater that is prep football.
Long live high school football!
DSBA: In other news, the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association (DSBA) took a flyer on my Friday post and ran with it for their site as a review of the media luncheon they hosted for the Michigan - Michigan State game on Tuesday afternoon. It all went down at Ginopolis Restaurant in Farmington Hills at Twelve Mile and Middlebelt Road.
You can read the entire post of the Paul Bunyan Game throwdown here, or wait to read the post Friday here!
Who won and what were the answers?
I'll post the answers later today.
Posted by: | October 23, 2008 at 23:03