“The truth is contageous, and I haven’t washed my hands in days. This is The Colbert Report!” Cancelled Reservations: NASA plans permanent base for exploration of the moon, Defense Secretary confirmation, Native Americans The Wørd: Honest Injun Bowling For Columbus: Stephen Colbert’s Sport Report – Bob Mancini (GM, Saginaw Spirit) Got Ur Freak On: Steven [...]
Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle Posters
December 5, 2006 By
If you saw the ColbertNation.com offering of a poster of the Colbert Portrait, but thought it was a bit out of your price range at $14.99, the Saginaw Spirit has a deal for you! The Saginaw Spirit shop is offering 17″ x 12″ posters of Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle for only $5! A few other [...]
Saginaw Spirit General Manager and Head Coach Bob Mancini Phoning It In Tonight
December 5, 2006 By
Press Release from Saginaw News: Mancini Interviewed on Colbert Report Tonight December 5, 2006 (Saginaw, MI) Saginaw Spirit General Manager and Head Coach Bob Mancini is tentatively scheduled to call in to the Colbert Report tonight, December 5th. The Comedy Central news parody featuring host Stephen Colbert will air tonight at 11:30 PM ET. Saginaw [...]
Sports Illustrated features Colbert and Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle
November 7, 2006 By
Sports Illustrated posted an article today about Stephen Colbert and the Saginaw Spirit mascot: Spirited away: Colbert-inspired mascot a hit. Will more teams follow? Posted: Tuesday November 7, 2006 1:38PM; Updated: Tuesday November 7, 2006 2:17PM I officially have a new favorite mascot. Actually, I have for a few weeks now. His name is Steagle [...]
Oops – Colbert Nation clogs up the Saginaw Spirit web site
November 7, 2006 By
On the up side, the Saginaw Spirit is still getting lots of national attention thanks to Stephen Colbert. On the down side, they’re having growing pains. Colbert’s plea to buy Spirit merchandise jams team’s Web site Tuesday, November 07, 2006 MARK CONSTANTINE THE SAGINAW NEWS Stephen Colbert caused a traffic jam in Saginaw without leaving [...]
Thanks to Colbert, Saginaw Spirit is in the national spotlight
November 4, 2006 By
From OurSportsNetwork.com: Spirit in National Spotlight 11/03/06 – Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Saginaw Spirit (Saginaw, MI) The Saginaw Spirit Hockey Club has been featured in the national spotlight several times this week. The team was featured on the Colbert Report, ESPN.com and the New York Rangers website. The Colbert Report highlighted the Spirit last night [...]
Saginaw Spirit still feels the love for Colbert
November 1, 2006 By
There were some mumblings in the Colbertophileoverse that the Saginaw Spirit (and the Saginaw News) had stopped feeling the love for Colbert when the Saginaw News published an OpEd in the paper entitled “Fake news pundit doesn’t help, could hurt Spirit“. Many fans wrote to the paper (and on the Colbert message boards) and asserted [...]