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Minor Leaguer Escalates Rowdy Brawl By Whipping A Baseball At Opponent [Update]
For a while, this basebrawl was suitably wild without exceeding the bounds of a typical melee. During a Sunday game between the West Michigan Whitecaps and the Dayton Dragons of the Class-A Midwest League, Whitecaps shortstop Daniel Pinero stepped on Jose Siri’s ankle after he stole second. Siri and...
Four-Star Football Recruit Announces Decision With Paintball Battle Royale Video
Jalen Mayfield, a 4-star offensive tackle from Grand Rapids, was committed to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and then he took them out on the field of (paintball) battle. Mayfield is ranked as the top offensive tackle in the state of Michigan and Scout has him as the 16th-best tackle in the nation. S...
Jim Harbaugh Delivers Newborn Calf Into The World
What does Jim Harbaugh love? Cows. He loves cows. Consider the following:...
Michigan State Sues ESPN To Withhold Sexual Assault Police Reports From Network's Public Records Request
Michigan State is reportedly suing ESPN in an attempt to withhold a portion of sexual assault reports, filed by university police, from a public records request. The school’s lawsuit stemmed from a request by the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, which asked the school not to turn over certain repo...
Gymnast Writes Open Letters To Michigan State Leaders Who Claim Sexual Abuse Couldn't Be Prevented<em></em><em></em>
In response to the outward finger-pointing taking place at Michigan State over its years of downplaying and ignoring concerns voiced about disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, one of the first gymnasts to come forward saying Nassar sexually abused her has penned a pair of open letters to university presid...
The U.S. Gymnastics System Wanted More Medals, And Created A Culture Of Abuse To Get Them
Seventeen years ago, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team placed fourth at the Sydney Olympics, finishing behind Romania, Russia, and China. Coming four years after the gold medal from the Magnificent Seven, this placement was seen—both inside and outside the sport, by the press and by coaches like the ...
Jim Harbaugh Delivers <i>Gladiator</i> Monologue In His Special Style
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team are, for some reason, still in Italy, and boy, is Harbaugh making the most of it. He enjoyed the sights. He met the Pope and gave him some Michigan swag. He saw and was inspired by an opera....
Pope Francis Scores Some Sweet New Kicks From Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan’s favorite woke slam poet, joined his wife Sarah in visiting the Vatican on Wednesday, gifting Pope Francis with a Wolverine football helmet and a pair of basketball shoes. The pope reportedly told the Harbaughs to “Pray for me, don’t forget.” According to Sarah, Jim was left ...
Jim Harbaugh Sure Enjoyed Himself On His Big Italian Vacation
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines went to Rome for reasons that are unknown and uninteresting to me. What I am interested in are the various images of Jim Harbaugh enjoying his vacay that have been shared on social media....
Michigan State's Auston Robertson Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct
Spartans defensive lineman Auston Robertson has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, Ingham County prosecutors announced today. Prosecutors didn’t say much else about the charge, but a police detective testified in court today and discussed details of the case. Here’s some of what...
Steve Fisher Calls An End To His Strange, Successful Coaching Career
After 571 wins, three Final Four appearances, and a ground-up rebuild of a once-moribund basketball program, Steve Fisher has retired from college basketball. Fisher has been the head coach of the San Diego State Aztecs since 1999, and his longtime lead assistant Brian Dutcher will take over for Fis...
Judge Blocks Gag Order Forbidding All "Potential Witnesses" Against Larry Nassar From Speaking
A federal judge in Michigan has temporarily blocked a gag order banning “all current and potential witnesses” in a criminal case involving disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar from speaking out. In her ruling today, U.S. District Court Judge Janet Neff said she was approving the request for the ...
Gymnasts Who Say Larry Nassar Abused Them Sue To Stop A Judge From Silencing Them
Less than a week after a Michigan circuit judge told all “potential witnesses” against disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar to stop talking, several women who said Nassar sexually abused them are fighting back. Rachael Denhollander, Lindsey Lemke, and Jamie Dantzscher, as well as the “more than ...
Judge Tells All "Potential Witnesses" In Larry Nassar Case To Shut Up
One day after several women testified before Congress about how disgraced former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually abused them, the judge overseeing one of the related criminal cases issued an order restricting what can be said. On Wednesday, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilin...
The Perfectly Stupid Scandal Of The NCAA's First Real One-And-Done<em></em><em></em>
Nearly 30 years ago, on the day before he was to play for a national championship, Andrew Gaze was on the defensive....
Jim Harbaugh Is Passionate About Securing Legal Representation For Those In Need
Khaki king Jim Harbaugh is fed up with low-income Americans increasingly not having access to quality legal aid, and he’s attacking the issue with his typical level of enthusiasm. ...
I Don't Think I Can Deal With Jim Harbaugh In Slim-Fit Khakis
The only thing Jim Harbaugh loves as much as football, Twitter, baseball dust, milk, and his bitchin’ mitt is a fresh pair of khaki pants. For years, Harbaugh has worn ill-fitting but absurdly cheap khakis, because luxury only serves to dull one’s taste for victory. It’s a little jarring, then, to s...
The Sweet 16 Teams That Are Worth Rooting For
Despite what ESPN and the like would have you think, there are no Cinderellas left in this year’s NCAA tournament—the real Cinderellas were offed by programs designed to chew up teams with limited talent and depth. ...
Gymnast Explains Why She Felt Nobody Would Believe She Was Sexually Assaulted
Disgraced former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar already has been criminally charged with sexually abusing nine gymnasts, put in jail, and fired from his job at Michigan State. The university, which cleared Nassar in a 2014 complaint, also went ahead this year with another investigation—this from a c...
We Got Jim Harbaugh’s Itemized Expenses And They’re Kind Of Lame<em></em><em></em>
We all know big boy Jim Harbaugh loves a tall glass of whole milk. Questions remain. Some, like How much does he love milk? are perhaps unanswerable. Others, though, like How much does the highest-paid public employee in the state of Michigan’s milk lust cost taxpayers?, aren’t. In an attempt to fin...