From out of the sewers, Michigan finds its man in John Beilein
It wasn’t that long ago that Michigan’s basketball program was not merely unsuccessful, but the shame of the athletic department. Bo Schembechler fired basketball coach Bill Frieder on the eve of the...
View ArticleFind the work you love and forget the rest
CareerCast.com ranked more than 1,000 American jobs , and determined that the worst job isn’t garbage collector, animal cage cleaner or Lindsey Lohan’s sobriety tester – but journalist. Yes! Score!...
View ArticleStudents aren’t leaving Michigan football - Michigan football is leaving them
For decades, students at Michigan games were assigned seats, with the seniors getting the best ones. But for some games last year, a quarter of the 20,000 or so people in the student section were...
View ArticleWhy hockey fans should still savor the Red Wings' season
Wednesday night the Detroit Red Wings lost their final playoff game of the season to the Chicago Blackhawks, breaking the hearts of hockey fans across Michigan. But according to Michigan Radio Sports...
View ArticleA history of unfortunate remarks, courtesy of OSU President Gordon Gee
Ohio State University president Gordon Gee’s ability to put money in the bank was equaled only by his ability to put his foot in his mouth. Well, this week he was finally fired – er , retired, entirely...
View ArticleAdvisers aren't doing Michael Sam any favors
When Michael Sam told his University of Missouri teammates he was gay before last season, it wasn’t a big deal. It’s a safe bet that NFL teams – who know what kind of gum their prospects chew – already...
View ArticleMichigan athletics loses magic and fans thanks to Brandon's policies
L ast week, Michigan Athletics admitted student football ticket sales are down —from about 21,000 two years ago to just 13,000 this fall. How’d Michigan lose so many students so fast? A lot of hard...
View ArticleBig Ten football suffers from a lack of leadership
In 1895, the presidents of seven Midwestern universities met at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago to form what we now call the Big Ten. They created the world’s first school-based sports organization,...
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