John U. Bacon

“There's a port on a western bay
and it serve 100 ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes.

There's a girl in this harbour town
And she works laying whiskey down
They say, "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine,

The sailors say, Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Whenever a college athletic program got itself in trouble with the law - big trouble - the NCAA usually steered clear, sticking to how many minutes a week student-athletes are allowed to stretch, the distance they can travel in a car with an alumnus, and whether they are allowed to put cream cheese or jam on their free breakfast bagel. (They are not).”
― John U. Bacon, Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football