Bad Prof’s Appearances in the Media
2016
- “Ball Don’t Lie,” six part, video mini-lecture series, University of Michgian College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, July 5
- “Big Summer Read 2016: Ball Don’t Lie! Myth, Genealogy and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball” Hardwood Paroxysm, June 29 — September 12
- “Yago Colás, Ball Don’t Lie! Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball,” interview with Bruce Berglund, New Books in Sports Podcast, June 7
- “Review of Ball Don’t Lie!,” by Cat Ariail, Sport in American History, June 5
- “A Conversation with Yago Colás About Ball Don’t Lie!, His Book on Basketball,” interview with Bryan Harvey, The Classical, May 30
- “Draymond Green and Basketball Plays,” cited in article by Ian Levy, Fansided, May 24
- “City Paper’s Summer Beach Reads: Yago Colás, Ball Don’t Lie!,” review in Baltimore City Paper, May 17
- “Yago Colás on Teaching Sports and New Book Ball Don’t Lie!” podcast interview with Jonathan Lord, View My Seats, April 22
- “Books: Yago Colás, Ball Don’t Lie! Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball,” Review in SLAM Magazine, April 17
- “NBA : la révolution à trois points des Golden State Warriors,” quoted in article by Clément Gaillou, Le Monde, April 14
- “UM’s Manuel on Harbaugh, Woodson, Fab Five, and More,” by Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News, April 8
- “Buzzer-Beating Shot Capped Villanova’s Victory Over UNC 77-74,” interviewed by Tom Goldman, National Public Radio Morning Edition, April 5
- “The Wolverine Beat: Wrapping up Michigan’s Spring Game, Also Talking Spike Albrecht, Fab Five,” Nick Baumgartner and Brendan F. Quinn, April 5
- “UM Will Host Public Forum on Fab Five,” interviewed by Tony Paul, The Detroit News, April 4
- “U-M Professor Planning Fab Five Public Discussion Oct. 8,” interviewed by Mark Snyder, Detroit Free Press, April 4
- “Fab Five’s Complex Past, Unknown Future Open for Discussion at Upcoming Public Forum,” interviewed by Brendan F. Quinn, MLive.com., April 4
- “Numbers Game,” article on basketball analytics research at the University of Michigan, by Alex Piazza, Michigan Research, March 23
- “Wilt & Russell: Good Friends, Better Enemies,” podcast interview with Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch, Over and Back Podcast, March 22
- “Ball Don’t Lie! Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball“ live radio interview with Jonathan Zarov, WORT-FM, Madison, March 4
- “Michigan Professor Yago Colás on Race, Culture, and Why He Hates the Warriors,” podcast interview with Nick Hauselman, Bball Breakdown, February 17
- “Chocolate Thunder: Darryl Dawkins,” podcast interview with Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch, Over and Back Podcast, August 29
2015
- “Discussing NBA Narratives with Yago Colás,” by Seth Partnow, Hardwood Paroxysm, June 27
- “Are We Allowed to Tell LeBron James How He Should Treat His Coach,” podcast interview with Nick Hauselman, Bball Breakdown, June 22
- “Golden State’s Steph Curry Perfects 3-Pointers,” radio interview with Tom Goldman, National Public Radio, Morning Edition, April 17
- “Registration: Professor in the Hot Seat,” newspaper profile by Allie Breitfeller, South Campus Times, March 30
- “Campus Voices: Santiago Colás,” newspaper profile by Emily Miller, The Michigan Daily, February 1
- “Sport and the University,” newspaper profile by Katelyn Norton, South Campus Times, January 29
2014
- “Sports Conference Discusses Role of Athletics at the University,” newspaper article by Margo Levy, The Michigan Daily, November 17
- “The Allrounder,” live radio interview with Amy Bass, Host of Conversations with Amy Bass, WVOX.AM, New Rochelle, New York, October 11,
- “Media Coverage of Violence and Race in the NFL,” live radio interview with Marc Daniels, Host of The Beat of Sports, WQTM AM, Orlando, Florida, September 23
- “Recent Attention on Athletes Not an Indictment of Black Men,” web article by Autumn Arnett, Diverse, September 22,
- “How Theme Semesters Are Shaping the Way You Learn,” newspaper article by Tanaz Ahmed, The Michigan Daily, September 14
- “Basketball and Race in the US” live radio interview with Jonathan Zarov, Host of 8 O’Clock Buzz Friday, WORT FM, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2
- “A Seat In The Intersection: Talking About ‘The Allrounder’ With Yago Colás” web interview by David Roth, The Classical, April 24
- “What We Talk About When We Talk About Basketball” magazine profile by Brian Short, UM LSA Magazine, March 18
2013
- “What They’re Saying: Chris Webber Disassociation Ends” web article by Dylan Burkhardt, UMHoops.com, May 8,
- “Students Somber After Loss in Atlanta,” newspaper article by Staff, The Michigan Daily, April 9
- “Jimmy King serves as classroom mentor to freshmen with Sweet Sixteen around the corner” newspaper article by Daniel Wasserman, The Michigan Daily, March 29
2012
- “If you can coach you can coach: Natalie Nakase and Earl Watson” web article by Spencer Hall, SaltCityHoops.com, December 3,
- “Hoop Convos: Yago Colás” web interview by Patrick Hayes, BallinMichigan.com, May 17
- “Yago Colás’s Cultures of Basketball Hits SXSW” web interview by Bethlehem Shoals, The Classical, March 9
2011
- “Michigan students can learn about the game of life through a different prism: basketball” newspaper profile by Michael Rothstein, The Ann Arbor News, February 10
- “Reliving the Dream: The TrueHoop Network Goes to College” web article by Beckley Mason, hoopspeak.com, January 19
2010
- “Learn about basketball culture, for credit” web profile by Beckley Mason, ESPN.com, December 28