Giving Thanks With 'On the DL'

It's that time of year when we say what we're thankful for, and Dan Levy of the awesome On the DL podcast invited me to chat for a few minutes about what I'm thankful for in sports. 

Strangely enough, I don't think the Detroit Tigers came up once in my conversation with Dan and his co-host, Nick Tarnowski.  Though maybe that shouldn't be a surprise since it was such a disappointing baseball season in Detroit. 

But we talked a bit about those Honolulu Blue-clad gridiron heroes, the Detroit Lions, and since I'm in Ann Arbor, we also discussed the coaching performances of Rich Rodriguez and John Beilein at the University of Michigan.  You might be surprised which of them I'm thankful for. 

The whole show includes five interviews with bloggers such as AJ Daulerio of Deadspin and Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog, which you can download here.  (What am I doing among those guys?  Good question.)  Or you can choose among the individual interviews, as Dan created separate downloads for each of them.  Mine can be found here.

Thanks to Dan for inviting me on the show, which was a very pleasant surprise in my inbox yesterday.  On the DL is one of my favorite podcasts, and if you haven't listened to it yet, give it a shot.  Dan and Nick talk to personalities from all throughout sports media and the blogosphere, and have some great conversations about the inner workings of the media and the sports world at-large.