Editor’s Note: Oh, hello. It has been over a year since my last post and as you might have guessed I have largely moved on from the Bakers & Best project. I still make bread, I just stopped writing about it. What have I been doing instead? The post below is a small example of […]

Surprise, surprise! I got my act together to do a Photoshop Phriday post! Irwin Uteritz attended Michigan in the early 1920s and from 1921-23 was the Wolverine’s quarterback under coach Fielding Yost.  As if balancing football and coursework weren’t enough, Uteritz was also an infielder for the Michigan baseball team (and a captain in 1923).  During […]

Earlier this week Bakers & Best had its 4th birthday and naturally I celebrated by…not posting.  But here we are again for the 103rd edition of Photoshop Phriday.  Since beginning I’ve expanded the scope of this project from just Michigan football to other sports and I decided I no longer wanted to shortchange many of the other […]

As I thought might happen on Monday, I had neither the time nor the energy this week to do a new Photoshop Phriday post.  There are a few blogs I follow that have continued to post on regular schedules when getting new puppies, I really don’t know how they do it.  I suppose when the […]

A few weeks ago this video resurfaced of Bo Jackson at White Sox spring training explaining who he was to Drake LaRoche (son of former National and recently retired Adam LaRoche).  It got me thinking about other two sport athletes and I was reminded of Drew Henson, who unfortunately did not have the good fortune to […]

With baseball season just around the corner I thought it would be appropriate to look back at one of Michigan’s all-time baseball greats.  George Sisler enrolled at Michigan as a mechanical engineering student in 1912 and the following year was a standout star on Michigan’s baseball (freshman could not play varsity sports).  Sisler was a […]

Jason Avant was a key part of Michigan’s formidable receiving corps in the mid-2000s.  Avant played at Michigan from 2002-05 but really stood out during his junior and senior seasons.  He saw little playing time during his freshman year and as a sophomore largely due to the presence of Braylon Edwards.  During his senior season Avant […]

With March Madness underway I thought it would be appropriate to highlight a basketball player this week.  On Wednesday night Michigan narrowly beat Tulsa 67-62 to earn a meeting with Notre Dame tonight in New York.  Jalen Rose is no stranger to success in March, he played at Michigan from 1991-94 and was part of […]

Michigan football fans in the 1930s and 40s witnessed quite a family dynasty.  The Wistert brothers – Francis, Albert, and Alvin – were each All-American offensive tackles at Michigan.  Albert came to Michigan in 1940, about a decade after his brother Francis (Alvin would follow in 1947).  Like each of his brothers Albert wore number 11 and quickly […]

As I approach my 100th Photoshop Phriday post (this is #96) it is amazing to consider how many of the great Michigan football players of the recent and distant past I’ve yet to cover.  Last week I realized I had covered so many on the 1997 National Championship team (Charles Woodson, Anthony Thomas, Jon Jansen, Dhani […]