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Juwan Howard and John Beilein finally have something in common — 20-loss seasons at MichiganOne guy did it in his first season in Ann Arbor — before going on to win a pair of regular-season and conference tournament championships, along with appearing in two national title games. The latest guy is doing it in what might be his last season in Ann Arbor — with one regular-season championship...

This has been the best 7 days in Michigan sports historySports are about numbers, and that isn’t just because scores are kept. A player’s height and weight matter, they’re ages, too. But the best moments are when things occur that haven’t happened in a long time, as sports are also a marker of time. We just witnessed the best seven days that a place with...

Juwan Howard suspended for rest of regular season [Updated]A tough season for Juwan Howard got tougher on Sunday. Following Sunday’s 77-63 loss to Wisconsin, Howard and Wisconsin coach Greg Gard turned a post-game handshake line into a mosh pit of bruised egos. What began with Howard taking offense to Wisconsin calling a timeout up 15 in the final 15 second...

Between Chris Webber and Michigan AD Warde Manuel — someone is lying

A once-inconceivable happy ending was finally in sight — even though it was still a few miles away. And just as it seemed like the divide between the University of Michigan, Chris Webber, and the Fab Five was inching closer to reconciliation, it was hit with another roadblock just days before Webber...

Chris Webber, one of the NBA’s great enigmas, deserves his Hall of Fame honors

Chris Webber produced two very underrated Nas songs....

Chris Webber Does NOT Want To Talk About Jalen Rose

Fab Five teammates Chris Webber and Jalen Rose have a famously frosty relationship. When ESPN produced a Jalen Rose-spearheaded 30 for 30 documentary about the 1991-92 and 1992-93 Michigan Wolverines, Webber was the only member of the five not to participate, and he and Rose later had a war of words...

Jalen Rose Calls Chris Webber "Delusional"

Four years ago ESPN released The Fab Five, a 30 for 30 documentary about the 1991 Michigan basketball recruiting class of Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. The group reached the NCAA championship game in both their freshman and sophomore seasons but never won it al...

Christian Laettner Is Still Sore About The Fab Five's Shit-Talking

One of the best parts of the Fab Five 30 for 30 documentary was seeing that Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Juwan Howard hated former Duke star Christian Laettner just as much as everyone else in America did. Well, Laettner's got his own 30 for 30 doc coming out soon, and he's been whining about the Fab...

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A Heat win means a second ring for Juwan Howard, the only member of Michigan's Fab Five to win a championship. We wrote about Howard last year; our fuzzy feelings haven't changed....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Jun 21 2013

Juwan Howard And The Triumph Of The Superteam

Once upon a time, a group of gifted basketball players decided to join forces to dominate their sport. They were as talented as they were hyped, and they ushered in an era of style and scoring, a blueprint for superteams to come. But a funny thing happened: Winning wasn't as easy on the court as it ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Coach K, Please Shut Up (Also: Jalen Rose Arrested For DUI)

We do some Duke-hating around these parts. And maybe a hair too much of it, if you ask no one. I mean, hey, Duke lost to VCU in 2007 in the first round, before it was cool....

by Jack Dickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

ESPN, Jalen Rose, And The Manufactured "Uncle Tom" Controversy

Big ratings last weekend for ESPN's Fab Five film: Bill Simmons says it was the highest rated ESPN doc ever....

by Jack Dickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Thad Matta Testified Under Oath That The Fab Five Were Not The Best Recruiting Class Of All Time

Today, Grant Hill responded to Jalen Rose's "Uncle Tom" comment in the New York Times college sports blog. The piece, which is thoughtful and compelling and worth a read, ended with the kicker, "I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five." Fire....

by Emma Carmichael|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Watch The Entire "Fab Five" Documentary

A kind soul has gone to the trouble of uploading ESPN's entire "Fab Five" documentary for those poor souls without cable or DVR. Watch Jalen Rose talk about his impressions of Duke as an 18-year-old before it gets pulled. [Vimeo]...

by Emma Carmichael|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

The Fab Five Are Still Shit-Talking Christian Laettner

Did everyone watch "Fab Five" last night? If you're like us, you were most excited by the teaser of Jimmy King calling Christian Laettner a "bitch." Turns out he wasn't the only one with choice words for the face of that era's Duke team....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Remembering The Fab Five

"[T]wo decades after their high point, the Fab Five's legacy has gone from black socks to black marks, their swagger replaced by the shame of bequeathing the Michigan basketball program a generation of chaos." [NYT]...

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

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