Hardly a trivial pursuit

While you're either filling out your NCAA tournament brackets or waiting for the Lions to make a move in free agency (I mean a significant move, not signing Corey Bradford), please allow me a moment of self-indulgence.

The new March issue of Motor City Sports Magazine hit newsstands last week, and there's a little bit of Ian sprinkled throughout the issue. My hairy face adorns the column on page 10, which explains a recent trend I've noticed in Detroit sports. Fortunately for aspiring artists, the photo is big enough to draw upon with markers. Devil horns, missing teeth, nose hair - knock yourself out. We could have a contest with the best submissions.

My only beef is the editing done to my short biography at the front of the magazine. Eno took out all the stuff about me dating Uma Thurman and Ashley Judd, and turning down a role as the Penguin in the next Batman movie. But I guess I understand, since that's not really sports-related information.

Other than that, however, I also wrote a short piece on Zamboni machines (which was previewed here) and participated in this month's Roundtable discussion, in which my head could be used as the actual "roundtable." (Could I be on human growth hormone and not even know it? Speaking of that, have you read the Barry Bonds stuff in Sports Illustrated yet? I just read it today - hoo boy.)

I'd like to thank MCSM's editor-in-chief, the aforementioned Greg Eno, for giving me this opportunity, which has already led to some amazing experiences (one of which I'll probably share later this week). And I'm also indebted to Kevin Antcliff, without whom there would likely be no magazine to write for, and who graciously mentioned me to Greg when he was looking for contributors. (Have you joined KA's Tourney Challenge, by the way?)

MCSM should be available at most newsstands, if you'd like to take a peek. The final product looks good, and there's a lot of fun stuff (trivia!) in this issue. If you can't find the magazine or you're not in the metro Detroit area (or outlying regions of the state), and are interested in reading my work, drop me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do.