(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)
Allen Park — There was a time when his job being close enough to Ann Arbor was a blessing for a different reason.
Now, Lions new and old special teams coordinator John Bonamego cherishes being close to the University of Michigan and their medical program with much happier feelings.
While preparing for his first season as head coach of Central Michigan, Bonamego once commuted from Mount Pleasant to Ann Arbor each weekday for two months of radiation and chemotherapy to fight tonsil cancer.
Now back in the NFL with the Super Bowl singularly in his sights, the only regular visits to Ann Arbor will be to visit his oldest son, Javier, who is a pre-med student at Michigan.