The Michigan volleyball team travels to Wisconsin and Illinois starting tomorrow to face the 10th-ranked Badgers and the 25th-ranked Fighting Illini.
The Wolverines (4-0 Big Ten, 11-4 overall) will be looking to freshman Sarah Behnke to provide the extra spark Michigan will need to extend its perfect Big Ten record. 
Killer B leads Blue on road: Badgers, Illini next for spikers
If history repeats itself, the Ohio State field hockey team would be smart to get out of Michigan's way this weekend.
In each of Michigan's two games following a loss, Julie Flachs has scored at least two goals and the Wolverines have played as well as they have all season.
History on Wolverines' side at Ohio St.
For the Michigan soccer team, this weekend should serve as a much-needed breather.
After six straight Big Ten games, in which the Wolverines went an impressive 4-1-1, Michigan will take a break from the rigors of the conference schedule.
Soccer hits soft part of schedule
With only one weekend of Big Ten play complete, the usually fuzzy Rose Bowl picture has started to clear up ever so slightly. While Iowa burst into national prominence with a dominating 4-0 start, it was dealt a crippling 23-7 defeat at the hands of Ohio State.
Ohio State, Penn State face off in big showdown
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has called a news conference for today concerning the men's basketball program and speculation centered on the possible retirement of coach Dean Smith, the sport's winningest coach.
Sports information director Steve Kirschner refused to give details about the 2 p.m. news conference, saying only that the school planned a ''major announcement.'' He would not comment when asked whether it concerned Smith.
Dean Dome may be Smith-less this season
BALTIMORE (AP) - Hey, the American League has great pitchers, too.
Scott Erickson shut down Cleveland on just four hits over eight innings, and Brady Anderson and Roberto Alomar homered last night to lead the Baltimore Orioles over the Indians, 3-0, in the opener of the AL championship series.
Erickson shuts down Cleveland to give O's 1-0 series lead
ATLANTA (AP) - First the Atlanta Braves got mad. Then they got even.
Tom Glavine pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Chipper Jones and Ryan Klesko homered and the Braves caught everything in outplaying the upstart Florida Marlins in all phases, winning, 7-1, yesterday to tie the NL championship series at one game apiece.Glavine pitches Braves to 7-1 win
When the Michigan women's cross country team runs in the Michigan Intercollegiate tomorrow, coach Mike McGuire will be counting on his big three. It's the other two runners that have been the Wolverines' biggest worry.
The Wolverines lost a close meet on Sept. 27 when their first three runners grabbed the top three spots in the William & Mary Invitational, but their fourth and fifth runners finished 16th and 25th overall.
'M' women's cross country looks to be cohesive
The Michigan men's tennis team is ready to continue to pummel the competition - this time in a shoot-out at the OK corral of Austin, Texas, at the ITA All-American Championships this Saturday. The Wolverines will send three seniors - Arvid Swan, Brook Blain and David Paradzik - for what will be the second of four collegiate grand-slam tournaments for the 1997-98 season.
Blue tennis ready for ITA grand slam
There is an excellent chance that purple will be a prevalent color at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. That is the primary color of the Washington Huskies, is it not?
While the Huskies are a prohibitive favorite to capture the Pac-10 and the bid to Pasadena that comes with it, the Northwestern football team is dangerously close to merely playing out the string and playing a spoiler role in a conference it won the past two seasons.'Cats not thinking Roses
Slowly but surely, the Michigan men's cross country team is racking up its frequent-flyer miles.
Last weekend, the Wolverines traveled to Missoula, Mont., for the Mountain West Classic. Two time zones away from home, Michigan won the invitational, earning its biggest victory to date. Blue runs from Montana to Maine
STATE COLLEGE (U-WIRE) - Don't criticize Penn State coach Joe Paterno for feeling good this week.Paterno feeling good vibes prior to big Ohio State game
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