Our guest this episode is former Ann Arbor News co-worker, Dave Holzman. A Michigan resident the vast majority of his life, Holzman is a Michigan State University graduate, a big Spartans fan, as well as a supporter of the Detroit Tigers and Lions. Our conversation takes us from his poor timing arriving on campus (a year after the Spartans won Big 10 football, basketball, and baseball championships as well as the NCAA baketball title) to his time as a journalist, first in Chillicothe, OH, and then in Ann Arbor where he worked the sports and news desks on some of the most significant events in thorugh the 1990s and 2000s (including the Fab Five era and Bo Schembechler's death). We also touch on how important high school sports have become to Holzman as time's moved on.

Athletes and events referenced in this episode:

• MSU basketball great Scott Skiles.
• Long-time MSU hockey coach Ron Mason(correcting the podcast, he came to MSU from Bowling Green).
• MSU's Jenison Fieldhouse.
• Louisiana State at Ohio State, September 24, 1988.
• The1982 CCHA Championship Game between MSU and Notre Dame.
• The 1988 MLB All-Star Game from Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The boxscore is here.
• The 2013 B1G Championship Game in Indianapolis. The boxscore is here.