When I took over as a sports editor there was a specific piece that I promised myself I would get done before I was gone
A feature piece on
@thevannzee
and his passionate dedication towards Eastern Michigan athletics
Check it out below:
After a FOIA request letter, I have received some files that Eastern Michigan Athletics has sent to EA Sports for the new EA College Football 25 game. The school sent in mock-up images of the new turf, jerseys for EA development, as well as historical program records.
aye whoever wrote “all lives matter” in blue and white and wrote the cop flag on the rock at the high school THAT ME AND MY FRIENDS PAINTED FOR
#BlackLivesMattters
lmk. cause my patience is at 0 right now and i just wanna talk.
CAREER NEWS:
I am extremely blessed and excited to announce that I have been accepted and will be pursuing my Journalism master’s degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, specializing in sports media.
A dream come true. Just a kid from Flint, Michigan.
y’all remember this from last week? that first picture is the names of the group of friends that painted this. i’m sick rn 🤦🏽♂️💔 guys i used to call friends. i have no respect for y’all anymore.
if you are mad or disappointed that i’m defending part of my culture and people, i don’t care. enough is enough. it’s been happening for hundreds of years and it’s time that we are treated like the HUMANS we are. we are not THUGS. i’ve said what i said. love it or hate it 🤷🏽♂️.
I HOPE YALL KNOW THAT NOT ONE OF THEM. NONE. WENT TO THE PROTEST OR HAVE POSTED ANYTHING IN REGARD TO SUPPORTING
#BlackLivesMatter
MOVEMENT 🤬. TOOK YALL ALMOST 24 HOURS TO COME UP WIT DIS 💩. IM DONE WIT JUSTIFICATIONS.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY GRAND BLANC. THIS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. FAKE AF AND DONT KNOW HOW TO VOICE THEY OPINIONS WITHOUT IT BEING HIDDEN. and excuse me to whoever this is, me and my 3 friends who started the rock, to my understanding have never posted anything with the flag.
i HATE grand blanc😭 all these years i had to keep that wrapped up tucked away in my head. now i don’t care. i’m grown and i speak for myself and you can (like i always say) LOVE IT OR HATE IT. sorry not sorry 🥴🤷🏽♂️
i’m disappointed in the teachers telling US how to handle this situation. THEY PAINTED OVER OUR
#BLM
ON THE ROCK. they disrespected the
#BlackLivesMatter
movement. they disrespected us as people. and most importantly they disrespected our culture and roots.
Extremely excited and blessed to announce that this week I will officially start my new position as Sports Editor at
@TheEasternEcho
.
It’s only up from here 🙏🏽❤️!
As an official graduate of
@EasternMichU
my days as
@TheEasternEcho
Sports Editor has come to an end. It has been real Ypsilanti. Thank you 💚!
Big news coming soon.
doesn’t matter whether u like Kamala Harris or not, EVERY politician has FLAWS. What matters is Trump is in office right now and we are in month 5 of a pandemic while other countries haven’t had a new case in over 100 days. oh yea, THE KILLERS OF BREONNA TAYLOR are still free!
i’m actually heated that people are surprised AND MAD at
@GovWhitmer
like she didn’t warn us this would happen. dumb mfs🤦🏽♂️ ITS COLD OUTSIDE WHAT YOU THINK GON HAPPEN?!?!?
MAN! I’m honored to be awarded Most Popular Writer for the Eastern Echo this year by my editors and managers at
@TheEasternEcho
! Excited for what’s to come in the future ❤️! (check out the shoes yadigggg 🕺🏽💚)
wow. can’t believe people are actually saying we a sucky class (2020) bc we couldn’t do prom, spring break, senior pranks, and maybe even graduation. BC OF A NATIONWIDE PANDEMIC THAT WE DIDN’T CAUSE.
tell me how tf u can support “blue lives” when blue not a skin color. smurfs don’t live here bro. THEY CAN TAKE THEY BADGE OFF AND WALK AWAY. WE CANT TAKE THE BLACK OFF AND WALK AWAY. u gotta be real ignorant and racist to not see that. y’all all betraying me and was so fake 🤦🏽♂️
hello Mr. Garner, hope the evening is wonderful!! Mr. Fray said your the guy to target about the snow days, just a little something to think about as you make the decision!! ❄️🚫🚗
@gbsupt
seen and re shared this on snapchat, i wanna make sure it reaches every social media platform i’m active on. YOU AREN’T ALONE! if anyone is afraid to talk about their struggles, TALK TO ME! i will never judge, i will always try my best to help you ❤️!
So extremely blessed and thankful for the
@roleprechauns
for allowing me the opportunity to intern with them this summer. It was so much fun gaining experience in front of the camera, meeting new people, and getting to know the great residents and fans within Royal Oak.
What a great experience for me tonight to be apart of
@wxyzdetroit
Black History Month round table conversation with Dave LewAllen, Carolyn Clifford, Amyre Makupson, Al Allen, and Alex Bozarjian. A big thanks to Kennan Oliphant, and Joe Spencer for allowing me the opportunity!
feel like a politician all these people JUSTIFYING these terrible actions made by whites and how it’s wrong on how i’m reacting to people disrespecting my culture🤦🏽♂️ i said this before and i guess again. IM NOT CHANGING MY VIEW. and all these justifications just make you racist🤦🏽♂️
EA Sports also requested the following files:
-Helmet being held up or placed on ground
-Team flag being waved
-Generic cheer/band/spirit squads
-Campus/tailgating imagery
-Unique school traditions
-Image of the Michigan MAC Trophy
-Team headshots from this season
After year one of being in the Sports Editor role
@TheEasternEcho
, I took home these two honors! 2x Most Popular now 😎!
Blessed and thankful 🙏🏽! Summer season begins now 🫡.
With the commitment from three star CB Daiquan White tonight, Eastern Michigan now has the number one rated recruiting class in the MAC for the first time in program history.
The Eagles are rolling.
I love Michigan, one of the reasons we are doing such a GREAT job for them during this horrible Pandemic. Yet your Governor, Gretchen “Half” Whitmer is way in over her head, she doesn’t have a clue. Likes blaming everyone for her own ineptitude!
#MAGA
Two weeks ago, I sat down with
@EMUFB
2023 signee
@MakhailWood
to discuss his journey with football that has lead him to Eastern Michigan University.
THE ARTICLE IS OUT NOW! Click the link below to read:
@gbhs_stugo
I say we get rid/reduce the teacher parking lot in both main parking lots. we as students already pay for parking and teachers CANT BE TARDY. PLUS they already have gated teacher lots on both sides of the high schools, what do you say student gov?
most schools around us have today off, but of course the only school where kids have to cross between campuses still has school today. ITS -4 OUT WITH A WIND CHILL OF -13 and kids that can’t afford coats or gloves. I’m mad.
59 Years Ago, Bill Russell and some of his fellow Celtic teammates boycotted their NBA game due to racial injustice. 59 Years LATER, The NBA has boycotted a full 2 days of playoff games... FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE. FIFTY NINE YEARS... When Will You Be Tired of it?
my boy Jon D, keep up the amazing work you do! THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, MEANS A LOT!! AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE
#BlackLivesMatter
MARCH TODAY IN GB, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US 🖤!
Grand Blanc grad Blake McQueary (
@b_mcqueary6
) is a special kid. He'd make it on TV leading
@GBSection
in chants (can't miss the blonde hair), we've seen him help organize students to clean bleachers, & today his character was on full display, leading a
#BlackLivesMatter
march.
LOOK YALL
@jt_pease
is making the official senior video and us at
@GBHTV
have gotten a lot of film FOR EVERYONE. YOU CAN ALSO SEND JT (810-931-0905)VIDEOS FROM YOUR CLASS OF 2020 MEMORIES.
so a WHITE kid who had on ah whole athletic outfit got to eat there with his WHITE family. and the WHITE employee is telling this BLACK family they can’t eat there because her son has on A WHOLE ATHLETIC OUTFIT. AND YOU’RE TELLING ME YALL DONT SEE WHATS WRONG???
i want you to know, AND I DONT CARE WHO YOU IS, if you not verified on instagram, I AM NOT finna be “subscribed” to yo snapchat. you is not hollywood, we live in MICHIGAN.
no no no. this whole country should be shut tf down right now. no sports, no school, no work. NOTHING! everyone straight quarantined. 💩 is getting screwed because we are trying to just live normal life while a deadly virus with no cure is killing us off.
Excuse me ma’am, did you just call BLM Activist and my culture of African American a “mob” are u serious? fighting for our human rights and we are a “mob” THIS IS WHO YALL ELECTED FOR BOARD GRAND BLANC.
@GBCSBobcats
. sad.
SILENCE BLACK VOICES AT GB, ARE U KIDDING ME??? I just sat in a full panel trying to help GB find the problems with racism in the schools and YOU GO HIRE A RACIST. cause at this point she’s there. something needs to be done or else y’all are in trouble with her on board 🤦🏽♂️ sick.
Eastern Michigan linebacker Joe Sparacio announced that he will be entering the 2024 NFL Draft, per his Instagram
Sparacio totaled 139 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 pass deflections, and 1 interception this season
His 139 total tackles ranked him seventh in the nation on the year
Eastern Michigan University cornerback Daiquan White was named a Freshman All-American Honorable Mention by
@CFN365
for the 2023 season
White totaled 18 tackles, 12 pass breakups, and one fumble recovery on the year for the Eagles
my cousin
@MALIKRGP
got dress coded for wearing a “playboy” sweatshirt at school. the next week i seen a white kid wearing it and i asked “u haven’t gotten dress coded for that?” and he responded with no. this is just a minor situation that racism, 99.9% chance played a part.
Man Gb been racist aint shit changing da school will let u wear confederate flag shit or fly that big ass flag on they trucks but if u wear a t shirt with a rapper or "playboy" u get dress coded lmaooo