Ryan Ford

Deputy sports editor for @freepsports, Stroke and testicular cancer survivor. 2021 NSMA Michigan Sportswriter of the Year. Proud husband, Cat Dad, Wazzu alum.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

in baseball, we call this a wheeeeeeee!

[Ryan Ford @theford]

I don’t really want to admit how many rosters I went through to get to this:

[Ryan Ford @theford]

@MarcRyanOnAir Bobby Lane? Never heard of him.

Bobby Layne, though … helluva QB.

[Emily Waldon @EmilyCWaldon]

In case you wondered how the news of Tarik Skubal pitching for West Michigan on Sunday is being received, tickets to the game are currently ranging from $255 to $637 on Stub Hub.

[Ryan Ford @theford]

This team is better than the one in which I had to choose from "1980s Thunder" players at center, but only 80-2? With Giannis at PG? C'mon ...

[Ben Whitehead @BenOnSports]

Imagine having to explain to someone seeing Wazzu vs Oregon St in Eugene that this is not a Pac 12 Tournament game, but an NCAA Regional of a Mountain West team vs an Independent team at a Big Ten stadium.

[Ryan Ford @theford]

Bad news for the Pistons: NBA teams are 28-526 (.051) when trailing by at least 16 points at halftime in a playoff game.
The good news: The franchise is 2-11 (.153). The two wins: Game 6 vs. the Magic this season, and Game 3 of 2007 East semis against the Bulls on the road.

[Boston Radio Watch®️ @bostonradio]

Happy "Have Another Donut!" Day if you’re celebrating…

38 years ago today, May 6th, 1988, an angry NJ Devils head coach, Jim Schoenfeld, went after referee Don Koharski, after losing 6-1 to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Wales Conference semifinals.

NHL union refs refused to work Game 4 after Schoenfeld wasn’t punished by the league. Replacement refs were brought in.

[Stirrups Now! @uniformcritic]

Random 90s at bat: Nolan Ryan vs Alan Trammell (July 14, 1990).

[Jon Wilner @wilnerhotline]

I can count on one thumb the number of university presidents who would do something like this.

👍Cantwell
👎non-Cantwells

[Ryan Ford @theford]

Not always a fan of blue language in a headline ... but this might be the exception.

[Early Aotearoa New Zealand @ZealandEarly]

Boy oh boy...Tourist stranded in excrement for three hours after long-drop toilet collapses in Australian outback.
https://t.co/XgQLLY1Jrq

[Ryan Ford @theford]

@HeleneStJames Honestly just amazed anyone was able to get 11 Freepers in one room at the same time.

[Ryan Ford @theford]

Wouldn't have cans or bottles, either, if Wazzu had a team in the natty ...

[Kedrick Stumbris @KedrickStumbris]

BREAKING: They have run out of CO2 on the tap lines at Beerhaus across the street from the T-Mobile Arena.

#Badgers and Pioneers fans will be drinking from cans and bottles the rest of the day. No draft beer to be served for the foreseeable future.

[Ryan Ford @theford]

Perron/Pohlkamp #bucciovertimechallenge

[Ryan Ford @theford]

@freepsports @RealTonyGarcia @shawnwindsor @cmonarrez @MitchAlbom @RainerSabin @junfuphoto @ericseals But I digress. Anyway, if you can't find Friday's @freep on newsstands (or on your doorstep), it's available at https://t.co/HxMh3jFyE9 (in case you were wondering).

[Ryan Ford @theford]

A heck of a @freepsports and @freep edition arriving Friday if you're a Michigan fan, with a couple of fronts and a 12-page tribute section produced by yours truly along with the USAT Co. design studio. Great work from @RealTonyGarcia, @shawnwindsor, @junfuphoto and @ericseals.

[Ryan Ford @theford]

@freepsports @RealTonyGarcia @shawnwindsor @cmonarrez @MitchAlbom @RainerSabin @junfuphoto @ericseals Shoot, even the Tigers were feeling the Final Four spirit, or at least Kevin McGonigle was, on Opening Day, with an @freepsports poster over the following weekend ... that's why they've been stuck on FOUR WINS since Saturday, right? Right?