Dana's Take:Sports & Life from MY Perspective: BEING A MICHIGAN MAN

Saturday, May 26, 2012

BEING A MICHIGAN MAN

Sorry to have introduced you to this blog and then left it unattended for so long. I promise some new original thoughts coming soon but first I wanted to share something that I read that moved me to tears.

Last weekend in Ann Arbor once again my eyes were opened to the power of a child's spirit and the true meaning of a hero. As some of you may for the past 3 years I've been honored to participate in the Griese Hutchinson Woodson Champions for Children's Hearts weekend. The annual fundraiser at the University of Michigan is spearheaded by members of the '97 National Championship football team: Brian Griese, Steve Hutchinson, and Charles Woodson with a great deal of inspiration from their coach Lloyd Carr. It's the usual fundraising type weekend: a reunion of sorts with parties and dinners, auctions and golf. Of course all the fun is to raise funds and they've done a great job at that. Over a million dollars has been donated each year to Mott Children's Hospital and Woodson's Research fund from the weekend. The best part for those of us representing Michigan there, a chance to see the money put to use in a visit to the hospital. And while I had intended to tell you about my time there, my account is nothing compared to what one mother wrote. Once again GHW opened my eyes to the power of a child's spirit and the generosity of some of the athletes I've come to know.

One more thing, this may be a "Michigan" event but this story isn't even about a Michigan Man. It is about someone who whether he knows it or not, understands what being a Michigan Man is all about. Hope you enjoy.

http://myfaithsjourney.com/

DJ

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DANA JACOBSON BIOGRAPHY

Dana Jacobson joined the CBS Sports Family in December after nearly a decade of work at ESPN. She can be heard on the new CBS Sports Radio Network from 6-9am ET hosting the morning show alongside Tiki Barber and Brandon Tierney. She can also be seen on TV filling various roles on CBS Sports Network, the first of which was fill in duty on Rome (6pm ET).

An award winning Sports Anchor and Reporter, Dana started her ESPN career as an anchor on the Emmy Award winning SportsCenter. She went on to anchor and host ESPN First Take (originally known as Cold Pizza), Outside the Lines, and College Football Live. Away from the studio she spent part of one season doing sideline reporting for ESPN’s Sunday Night NBA showcase game and became a well-known part of ESPN’s Summer and Winter X Games, hosting the event’s nightly wrap up show: XCenter. Never one to settle for the familiar, Dana branched out to write for ESPN.com and fill in as a radio host on The Dan Patrick Show and Mike and Mike.

After graduating from the University of Michigan, Dana got her first job in television broadcasting as an assignment editor at the CBS affiliate in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. She turned her focus to on air work, reporting and anchoring in Traverse City, Michigan and Sacramento, California where she was honored with National Headliner and Regional Edward R Murrow Awards for sports reporting. It was in Northern California that Dana also first gave sports radio a try, co hosting an NBA show on the Sacramento Kings flagship station, KHTK 1140.

Dana is the proud dog parent to a lab-mix rescue. She’s jumped out of an airplane with the Army’s Golden Knights and in paying off a crazy sports bet cheered with the OSU spirit squad. She ran her first half marathon in 2011 and continues to toy with the idea of a full. She's a passionate sports fan who is never afraid to go toe to toe with the guys and takes great pride in having the best shoes while doing so.