White dismissed from basketball team, leaves 'U'
Michigan sophomore forward Albert White has been dismissed from the team permanently, Michigan coach Steve Fisher said in a prepared announcement on Friday.
White, already suspended for the semester, has elected to withdraw from school according to Fisher and White's teammates.
Lost cause: Boilers spoil it for 'M'
WEST LAFAYETTE - It would take Sigmund Freud years to figure out why Michigan's Rose Bowl dream became a nightmare Saturday.
The short version of the explanation, however, would probably go like this: the ninth-ranked Wolverines turned the ball over five times and lost to Purdue, 9-3, in front of 40,624 at Ross-Ade Stadium.
The Run for the Roses becomes the limp to Texas
WEST LAFAYETTE - Sometimes there are no answers. Sometimes there are only questions.
Take, for instance, Michigan's game at Purdue on Saturday. Entering the game, the ninth-ranked Wolverines were a two-touchdown favorite over a team that hadn't beaten a top-10 team since 1984.
Banner weekend for 'M' has a lot of punch
Friday night was the opportunity for the Michigan hockey team to raise its 1996 national championship banner.
Saturday night was the chance to defend it.
Aussies kick off season for Michigan
Controlled desperation.
That was last week's practice theme for the Michigan men's basketball team, and it may also be an apt theme for the team's attitude as it takes the court tonight against the Adelaide 36'ers, an Australian professional team.
Dream the dream of a Big Ten hoops tourney
It's the strangest thing. I mean ... I keep having this same dream. It's not just any dream. It's not about money, fame or everlasting happiness. It's a rather weird dream, you see, about something very, very different ...
The date is March 15, 1998, and the Michigan men's basketball team, led by junior All-Americans Louis Bullock and Robert Traylor, is playing Indiana in the finals of the first-annual Big Ten basketball tournament.
Big Ten bowl picture now clear
Michigan's 9-3 loss to Purdue on Saturday helped clear up the Big Ten bowl picture.
There's just one problem: If you're a Michigan fan, you're probably wishing the picture was a little more fuzzy.
Colletto's departure sparks emotion in Boilermakers' win
WEST LAFAYETTE - After his team's 9-3 upset of Michigan on Saturday, you half expected Purdue coach Jim Colletto to withdraw his resignation.
Colletto, who announced last Monday that he was stepping down after the season, has never had a bigger victory at Purdue.
Ohio State romps Illini
Quarterback Joe Germaine threw three touchdown passes for the Buckeyes (6-0 Big Ten, 9-0 overall). And Ohio State held the Illini (1-5, 2-7) to just 130 yards, 20 on the ground.
Ohio State scored touchdowns on seven consecutive possessions in the second and third quarters and racked up 546 yards of total offense.
Turnovers doom 'M' in loss to Boilermakers
WEST LAFAYETTE - When Michigan givith, Purdue gladly taketh away and score.
Or something like that.
Last week, Michigan took advantage of five Michigan State turnovers en route to a 45-29 victory.
'M' women's soccer season finishes with loss to Wisconsin
The Michigan soccer team's season ended Saturday with a 2-0 loss to 10th-ranked Wisconsin in the semifinal round of the Big Ten championship.
The Wolverines (4-4-1 Big Ten, 10-7-3 overall), who advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over Ohio State on Friday, were hurt by two goals in the first 20 minutes of the game.
Blue soccer youngsters hope to Hoff and puff and blow the competition away
The sky is the limit for Michigan midfielder Mari Hoff and her young teammates.
After this weekend's Big Ten tournament performance, Hoff and the rest of the team returned home with mixed emotions.
Lady Lions oust Blue stickers from tourney
At the Big Ten field hockey tournament in Evanston on Friday, the Michigan field hockey team attempted to cool off a Penn State team that is on fire.
Instead, the sixth-seeded Wolverines got burned.
Fatigued women tankers inch past Vols
If the Michigan women's swimming team felt any sort of exhaustion after one of its hardest and most intense weeks of practice this year, the Wolverines did an excellent job of concealing it against Tennessee last weekend.
Running on almost empty, No. 3 Michigan (3-0 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) won 11 of the 13 swimming events as it motored its way to a 160-140 victory over No. 10 Tennessee (2-2).
Led by Olympians, 'M' men drown Eastern Michigan for 20th consecutive time
Although it wasn't the Olympics, the Olympians on the Michigan men's swimming and diving team performed much like they did over the summer, helping the Wolverines defeat Eastern Michigan in their first meet Saturday.
Michigan, which triumphed by a score of 125-87, has now won all 20 meetings between the two teams, in a series dating back to 1971. The Eagles are 2-1 on the season.
'M' golfers take 7th at Stanford
Going into its toughest tournament of the year, the Michigan men's golf team was well-rested.
Facing their first action in a month, the Wolverines placed an impressive seventh place at the Nelson, hosted by Stanford.
Blue spikers avenge loss to Minnesota, fall to Wisconsin
If the Michigan women's volleyball team had a "to do" list, it would look something like this:
No. 1: win at least one match this past weekend over Minnesota and/or Wisconsin. No. 2: have strong performances against top-ranked Penn State and Ohio State. No. 3: finish the season with four straight victories over Purdue, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
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