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State House Inquiry Outlines How Michigan State Failed To Protect Survivors From Larry Nassar

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives released a letter today that summarized the findings of an inquiry into Michigan State’s handling of Larry Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of patients while working as a doctor for both MSU and USA Gymnastics. Their findings lay out multiple area...

Ex-MSU Football Players Won't Get Jail Time In Sexual-Assault Plea Deal

Three former Michigan State football players charged with sexual assault have reached a plea deal with Ingham County prosecutors, multiple local outlets reported today. All three men—Donnie Corley, Josh King, and Demetric Vance—pleaded guilty today to the lesser charge of seducing an unmarried woman...

CMU Soccer Player Rescues Drowning Squirrel, Revives It With CPR Thanks In Part To <i>The Office</i>

In a heartwarming tale of a college freshman doing something right, Central Michigan women’s soccer player Natalie Belsito saved a drowning critter on campus. She credited the successful rescue to an episode of The Office....

The Donte DiVincenzo Show Was A Damn Work Of Art

Donte DiVincenzo was not a sophomore bench player on Monday night. He was when the game started, but by the final horn he was the man who had saved a national championship for Villanova. ...

How Big Colleges Prey On Fan Loyalty To Fight Back Against Scandals

If you’ve been following the ongoing developments in the Larry Nassar scandal and Michigan State University’s sexual-assault crisis, you’ve recently become familiar with the phrase “#SpartansWill.” If you’ve spent any time around East Lansing, you already knew about it, because it’s all over town. Y...

Villanova Coasts To Title On Back Of Record-Setting Bench Player Donte DiVincenzo<em></em>

For the bulk of the first half, tonight’s NCAA men’s basketball championship was Michigan’s game—not by more than a few points, not convincingly, but it was. With six minutes remaining, though, Donte DiVincenzo hit a three to deliver Villanova its first lead since the opening seconds, and then he se...

Late Michigan Surge Ends Loyola-Chicago's Heroic Cinderella Run

For a good 30-plus minutes Saturday night it looked like the unlikely tournament run of 11th-seed Loyola-Chicago would live on. The Ramblers had a seven-point lead at halftime; that lead would grow to 10 points early in the second half, and stood as high as eight points at the 11:25 mark. From that ...

The Michigan Goal Is So Hot Right Now

In Thursday’s 5-3 Nashville win over San Jose, Predators winger Filip Forsberg attempted—and almost nailed—a thing of beauty. While skating around the back of the net, Forsberg scooped the puck onto the blade of his stick and threw it on net while he skated past. He hit the post....

MSU PR Firm Confirms It Monitored Nassar Victims' Social Media, But Wants To Make It Sound Less Bad

A report yesterday from the Lansing State Journal revealed that in January—the same month over 150 women gave victim-impact statements in Michigan courtrooms about Larry Nassar’s serial sexual abuse—the PR firm Weber Shandwick billed Michigan State, Nassar’s old employer, for more than $500,000. Acc...

Report: MSU Spent Half A Million Dollars Monitoring Nassar Victims' And Journalists' Social Media Accounts 

A day after William Strampel, the former dean of the osteopathic medical school at Michigan State University and the ex-boss of disgraced sexual abuser Larry Nassar, was charged with criminal sexual conduct and willful neglect of duty, the Lansing State Journal reported that MSU spent in excess of $...

Larry Nassar's Former Boss, William Strampel, Charged With Sexual Misconduct [Updated]

William Strampel, the former dean of the osteopathic medical school at Michigan State University, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct by the Michigan attorney general’s office. Strampel supervised convicted sex offender Larry Nassar while both were employed by MSU....

Dr. William Strampel, Former Michigan State Boss Of Larry Nassar, Arrested

Dr. William Strampel—the former boss of convicted serial sexual abuser Dr. Larry Nassar and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State—was arrested this evening on undisclosed charges....

Michigan's Offense Just Showed Up, And Everyone Should Be Scared

They didn’t show it for the first 79 minutes and 57 seconds of this NCAA Tournament, but this year’s Michigan basketball team can be pure, unstoppable adrenaline when they’re at their best. And oh my god, that’s what the Wolverines were tonight in their 99-72 win over Texas A&M....

Report: Larry Nassar's Longtime Boss Said In 2016 <em></em>He Didn't Believe Victims

William Strampel is the former dean of the osteopathic medical school at Michigan State University, a position he held from 2002 until last year. In that position he supervised Larry Nassar, a doctor who sexually abused hundreds of girls while working for Michigan State and USA Gymnastics. The Wall ...

Matt McQuaid Banks In Crazy Buzzer-Beater

Michigan State took a three-point lead into the half against Syracuse thanks to Matt McQuaid fielding his own rejected field goal attempt and heaving up a banked three at the buzzer....

Here's How Jordan Poole's Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer Sounded On Michigan Radio

Michigan is moving on to the Sweet 16 after freshman Jordan Poole drilled a buzzer-beating three to end Houston’s season and seal his place in Wolverines lore. Brad Nessler’s call was perfectly fine for the moment, but we thought we’d share with you how it sounded to radio listeners back in Ann Arbo...

Michigan's Miracle Victory Cost The Utter Devastation Of Houston's Devin Davis

Before Jordan Poole sank his amazing buzzer-beating three to bring Michigan from behind to beat Houston, Cougars senior Devin Davis was at the line with four seconds on the clock and his team up two points. A make would’ve meant Michigan could do no better than force overtime; two makes would’ve ice...

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Jordan Poole's Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer Downs Houston

Michigan is moving on to the Sweet 16 after Jordan Poole delivered a desperation shot at the buzzer to give the Wolverines a 64-63 win over Houston....

John Beilein Is Pulling All The Right Strings And Michigan Looks Great

If there is anyone who still doubts that Michigan’s John Beilein is one of the best head coaches in the country, they should be shown a tape of Sunday’s Michigan-Purdue Big Ten title game. For the second day in a row, Beilein’s Wolverines faced an undeniably more talented opposition, and all they di...