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Northwestern Beats Michigan On Length Of The Court Pass, Buzzer-Beater
Northwestern knocked off Michigan 67-65, on a Dererk Pardon layup as time expired. Inbounding with 1.7 seconds left, Nathan Taphorn heaved the ball the length of the court, right into Pardon’s hands. The storming of the court afterwards was the most exciting thing to happen in Evanston, Ill. since, ...
For 20 Years, Gymnasts Said Their Doctor Was Sexually Abusing Them—And Nothing Happened
Nineteen-ninety-six was the year the U.S. women’s gymnastics team first won team gold at the Olympics. It was also the first year that Larry Nassar acted as the team doctor at an Olympic Games. And according to Irvine-based attorney John Manly, who represents dozens of plaintiffs in a civil suit aga...
Police: 81 Have Accused Doctor To Olympic Gymnasts Of Sexual Assault<em></em>
Today, the state of Michigan filed a slew of criminal charges spread across two counties against disgraced former gymnastics doctor* Larry Nassar, saying he sexually abused nine gymnasts when they came to him for treatment. In the affidavits for the charges, investigators outline how multiple gymnas...
Michigan Dunks Their Way To Upset Of No. 11 Wisconsin
Michigan’s Moe Wagner and Zak Irvin combined to score 39 points as the Wolverines downed a lackluster Wisconsin team 64-58 in Ann Arbor....
Jim Harbaugh Lays Into "Pete" Finebaum
Paul Finebaum doesn’t like Michigan. He’s mocked them online for losing, called Michigan fans pathetic crybabies, cast doubt at the bonafides of Michigan legend Bo Schembechler, and yelled about Jim Harbaugh’s sense of entitlement. Finebaum is a pro-SEC troll who lives to make arguments like these, ...
Michigan State Police Conclude Sexual Assault Investigation, File Warrant Requests
According to an email from Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Scott Hughes, Michigan State police submitted warrant requests regarding the recent sexual assault investigation involving three Spartan football players and one football staffer. ...
Michigan State Band Director Was Suspended One Week For Sexually Harassing Student<em></em>
Thanks to some hard-nosed student journalists, a recent sexual harassment case involving the Michigan State marching band director has come to light 10 months after the school attempted to address the matter internally....
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Michigan State Gymnastics Coach Resigns After Lawsuit Claims She Ignored Sexual Assault Scandal [Update]
Kathie Klages, Michigan State’s women’s gymnastics coach of 27 years, stepped down from her post Tuesday, according to MLive, one day after she was suspended by the university for being involved a Jane Doe lawsuit filed against team physician Larry Nassar, Michigan State, and USA Gymnastics....
Michigan State Suspends Football Staffer; School Police Continue Sexual Assault Investigation
Michigan State spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed that the football team’s director of college advancement and performance Curtis Blackwell was suspended with pay as of Tuesday afternoon....
Three Michigan State Players Suspended While Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations
Michigan State suspended three football players and one staffer Thursday afternoon, revealing in a press release that the four unidentified team members are currently being investigated by the university for a sexual assault reported in “late January.” The school police department is currently headi...
Big Boy Jim Harbaugh Makes A Big-Boy Splash
Jim Harbaugh is a man who derives a great deal of pleasure from the various odd combinations that make up his life: steak and milk, the words of both Sir Spongebob and Sir Andrew Barton, Italy and Michigan, football and baseball, etc. The Wolverines coach added another to the list Tuesday, combining...
Michigan Off To Italy To Spend Some Money, Practice Some Football<em></em><em></em><em></em>
Michigan announced Monday it will fly its football team to Rome this coming April (after finals, of course), where the players will conduct three of their 15 spring practices at the facilities of AS Roma, including an open scrimmage....
Michigan Pulls Off The Walk-On Scholarship Surprise Pretty Well
Much like pregame soldier-family reunions or fake-out marriage proposals, the tradition of surprising walk-on athletes with full-rides has become something of an over-used social media fixture. It’s cute and fun for the people involved, and the other players always eventually jump up and down, screa...
Ankle-Breaking Naked Bootleg, Anyone?
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Jim Harbaugh Answers Bizarre Questions About Oranges And Bikinis At Orange Bowl Presser
Jim Harbaugh, king of strange press conferences and second-hand awkwardness, told a gaggle or reporters today that he finds oranges “to be very refreshing.” ...
Michigan Wide Receiver Grant Perry Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct, Assaulting A Police Officer
Michigan wide receiver Grant Perry was arraigned yesterday on charges of criminal sexual conduct and assaulting a police officer. The charges follow Perry being accused of “sexually assaulting (by touching)” a woman on Oct. 15 while waiting outside a bar, according to the East Lansing Police Departm...
Jim Harbaugh Got A New Big-Boy Glove And He Loves It
Christmas has come early for Michigan’s prized son, Jim Harbaugh....
Get To Know Marcus Keene, 5-Foot-9 Scoring Wizard
The leading scorer in college basketball this season isn’t Lonzo Ball, Josh Jackson, or Ivan Rabb. He isn’t even 6-foot. Marcus Keene plays point guard for the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference, and he has a legitimate chance to become the first 30-point-per-game scorer in co...
Jim Harbaugh On NFL Rumors: "Lies Made Up By Our Enemies"
Milk-powered UM coach Jim Harbaugh accepted the Wolverines job in 2015 and has already racked up as many ten-win seasons in his tenure as his predecessors did over the previous 11 years. He’s the best Michigan coach in a long time, and given his success at both the professional and college levels, h...
WMU Basketball Player Charged With Murdering Fellow Student
At around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, Kalamazoo police responded to a report of a shooting near the campus of Western Michigan University. They arrived to find 19-year-old WMU student Jacob Ryan Jones dead, and a day later they arrested 20-year-old WMU basketball player Joeviair Kennedy as part of a felon...