A golden golf club engraved with the signature of former president and Michigan football great Gerald Ford was only one of many items the volunteers were boxing up and getting ready to auction off at today's Millie Schembechler Memorial Golf Classic.
Stars flock to tourney
A sweet deal for Michigan coaches might get a little sweeter in the next two or three years.
The athletic department wants to consolidate all the coaches' individual sports camps and bring them "in-house," said Senior Associate Athletic Director Peg Bradley-Doppes. In addition to thickening coaches' wallets, the new system would provide the athletic department with better oversight.
In-house sports camps could mean more cash for coaches
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic in five sets yesterday to win his fifth Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam championship.
Sampras, converting a few key returns to break the Croatian's big serve, won the tournament for the fifth time in six years with a 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (11-9), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 triumph. 
Sampras ties record, wins fifth Wimbledon
LYON, France (AP) - A country that didn't even exist seven years ago has made a sweet, stunning climb to the heights of the World Cup.
Set ablaze by patriotism, German put-downs and a two-year-old loss, Croatia claimed a triumph for soccer's small powers and for its fledgling nation's pride. 
Croatia reaches elite status
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Eight jail inmates sawed their way to freedom during the Croatia-Germany World Cup soccer match, but Thai police refused to say the escape occurred because the guards were too busy watching the match.
Thai media reported that the inmates sawed through their cell bars and fled the detention facility in Rayong, 90 miles south of Bangkok, after televised coverage of the match began at 2 a.m. local time yesterday.Jailbreak! Cup may have helped Thais escape
As the dog days of summer approach, many students plan to get away from school or work and go on vacation. A common destination for these refugees of real life is Europe.
At first glance, Michigan basketball players Josh Asselin and Brandon Smith seem to be following the European route of fun, as they will join coach Brian Ellerbe in traveling to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Ellerbe to coach Big Ten tour de Europe
Charles Woodson and Sara Griffin capped off stellar seasons when they were voted the Big Ten Athletes of the Year by a media panel. In the process, Woodson and Griffin gave Michigan a clean sweep of the award, the school's first ever.'M' sweeps Athlete of the Year: Woodson, Griffin complete first Michigan sweep of the award
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