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It was the same story but a different day for Michigan ace Sara Driesenga as she propelled her team to a 5-0 win Saturday afternoon over California in the 2013 NCAA softball regionals at Alumni Field.
The Michigan softball team’s quest for its second national championship couldn’t have gotten off to a better start. In front of a packed crowd, Driesenga flirted with a perfect game as No. 8-seed Michigan overpowered Valparaiso, 5-0, in its NCAA Division 1 regional opener.
If age is only a number, then height serves the same meaningless purpose for Michigan’s Trey Burke, the national player of the year. He feels his skill set and accomplishments should speak more to NBA teams than the concerns about how tall he is.
Former Michigan standout Charles Woodson, a Heisman Trophy winner and eight-time NFL Pro Bowl player, said he would consider playing for the Detroit Lions. But a lot of things would have to fall into place, like the right financial figures.
Hoke said his comment regarding Notre Dame ending the football series after the next two games was not meant as an insult to any of the Irish players. Hoke was a call-in guest to WTKA Friday morning as part of the Mott Takeover fundraiser.
Hart, Michigan's all-time leading rusher, is now an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, but he still has opinions about the Wolverines. He's disappointed the Michigan-Notre Dame series will be suspended after the 2014 game in South Bend, Ind.
Everitt, who last played at Michigan in 1992, appeared on WTKA's Mott Takeover fundraiser Friday and randomly referred to the former Michigan State quarterback's comment from two seasons ago, after the Spartans' fourth straight victory.
Over the first six weeks of the AAU season one of the hottest names on the circuit has been Jalen Brunson, a point guard from Des Plaines (Ill.) Stevenson. The 6-0, 170-pound sophomore has impressed while playing with the talent-rich AAU club Mac Irvin Fire.
Borges didn't take it personally when starting quarterback Devin Gardner recently enlisted QB guru George Whitfield for a three-day training session. Whitfield has worked with a number of college and NFL quarterbacks.
Brady Hoke's recent "chickening out" comment regarding Notre Dame and its exit from the series with Michigan after the next two games definitely has support among former Wolverines.
Sara Driesenga has known for years she was partial to Michigan. During Michigan’s run to the national championship in 2005, Driesenga was 12 years old, but already was sold on playing for the Wolverines.
Thomas, who appeared Friday on WTKA's Mott Takeover fundraiser, said he received a tweet from Green several months ago. "I didn't know who he was," Thomas said.
Borges said that despite the youth and inexperience of the interior offensive line, he likes how physical they were in spring practice. Borges appeared early Friday morning on WKTA-AM during the "Mott Takeover" fundraiser for Mott Hospital.
Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon certainly knows it’s not an ideal situation for Michigan to play at Michigan State in football the next two seasons — the 2014 Big Ten schedule was revealed Thursday by the conference — but he prefers to look at the positives.
"The excitement of that game on a national level, I just think it’s going to be too bad when that series ends," Hoke said Thursday on ESPN's "Mike and Mike" ...
After running through all sorts of uniform combinations over the past two seasons, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said this week there are no plans to ...
University of Michigan Board of Regents on Thursday approved funding for athletic facility improvements, including replacing natural grass with synthetic turf ...
Robinson, who projected as a running back/receiver prospect when the Jaguars drafted him in the fifth round, was lining up at quarterback at times during ...
Burke and Hardaway, who were the Wolverines’ leading scorers last season, both are in Chicago to participate in the NBA draft combine, which begins Thursday.
Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal- ...
The matchup between Michigan and Notre Dame is coming to an end, but apparently the echoes have been awoken in the rivalry just as the series winds down.
After helping Michigan reach the NCAA title game, Tim Hardaway Jr. announced last month that he would forgo his senior season and enter the June 27 NBA draft.
Michigan safety Marvin Robinson and linebacker Mike Jones have left the football team, a U-M spokesman confirmed Monday. Linebacker Kaleb Ringer left the team ...
Michigan’s softball team enters the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 overall seed and will host a four-team regional this week at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor.
As previously reported, Michigan’s basketball game against Stanford at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Dec. 21 will be part of a tripleheader.
Michigan (45-10), ranked sixth in the nation, was the Big Ten regular-season champion and the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Wisconsin (41-11), seeded No. 4, ...
The primary goal of the weekend, hosted by former Michigan players Brian Griese, Steve Hutchinson and Charles Woodson, is to assist funding research to help ...
Marshall had committed to Ohio State in February, then de-committed two days later. His commitment increases U-M's total to nine for the class of 2014.
Ashley Lane hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Wolverines withstood a late Ohio State rally to win, 3-2, in the Big Ten ...
In her 29 years as Michigan’s softball coach, Carol Hutchins never has been confused with being a laid-back or relaxed person. Never. Enter senior second ...
David Goricki Albion College senior Mike Schypinski earned the title of MIAA Most Valuable Pitcher in voting by the league baseball coaches. Schypinski, a native of Sterling Heights, was 6-2 with a...
David Goricki Western Michigan’s basketball program was dealt a big blow with the news Darius Paul – the MAC Freshman of the Year – decided to transfer. Paul, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound power...
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