The Art of Conversation, by René Magritte, 1963, 📸 by Kevin Jairaj

#Lions CB Rock Ya-Sin, one of the NFL's only Arabic-speaking players, has found a home in Metro Detroit. “I...believe it’s really important that younger Muslims see people of their faith who are doing positive things, but also holding onto their faith." detroitnews.com/story/sports/n…

📺 New Around the Shoe, quick hits on Ohio State football on The Bill and Doug Show 🏈 Joined by 2 great student journalists from The Lantern 🏈 Olivia Rinaldi 🏈 Jack Diwik 🎤 Future 2026 stars for Buckeyes; how important is football to Ohio State? youtu.be/ruhdq2rKB1c?si…

Found myself picking up the pen again. On a small army of volunteers and medical students providing dental, vision and medical care to Columbus last weekend: thelantern.com/2025/11/remote…

James Franklin to Virginia Tech long looked like a perfect fit. After weeks of discussion between the sides, it's happening, sources confirm to The Athletic. Story: nytimes.com/athletic/67808…

BREAKING: We’re getting six (!) edible mascots at this year’s Pop-Tarts Bowl! - six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls - fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER

thelantern.com/2025/11/ohio-s… Got a very cool opportunity to talk to long time Ohio State beat reporter Tim May and hear about his experience with covering The Game for over four decades for The Lantern Rivalry Edition.

The seventh edition of The Michigan Daily and The Lantern Rivalry Edition is here! Donate to support the work of our award-winning student journalists and beat The Lantern! maizeraise.umich.edu/michigan-daily…

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Good morning, friends. Happy to share that The Lantern's annual fundraising competition with the student newspaper in that state up north is underway. Please consider donating and help us achieve a third-straight win. therivalrygame.com

Last home game for Ohio State Football’s SID Jerry Emig. One by one, staff and media have stopped to wish him a happy retirement and handing him a Buckeye. His desk won’t have space for his laptop by the end of the day.

A proper tribute…

I wrote about working nights, weekends and holidays — and how even a “dream” job still has its tradeoffs. Explaining (to aspiring sports journalists) is not the same as complaining: open.substack.com/pub/nicoleauer…

Echoing Ohio State Football's result on the field, The Lantern topped The Michigan Daily in our annual fundraising challenge for the third straight year. Thank you to everyone who supported us, and you can still contribute at the link below. buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/48355

USA Today's editor in chief abruptly departs -- this is the second one out in less than 2 years nytimes.com/2025/12/09/bus…

Michigan: "U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately. Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member."