TAMPA, Fla. - What color do you get when you cross Yankees Blue with Michigan Blue?: Drew Blue 
Drew Blue, Quarterback will try two-sport career
Drew Henson's mother said blue must be her son's color.
The incoming Michigan freshman will wear two hats, or caps, this year, having signed a four-year contract with the New York Yankees early Friday. Henson will be fighting for the starting quarterback spot with the Wolverines in the fall as well.
If you ask Michigan students about Economics 101, many will say it's a pretty harsh class to take.
Robert Traylor and Maceo Baston's opinions would probably differ. Instead, Traylor and Baston are learning a harsh lesson about economics in a real-world setting thanks to the NBA lockout.
Tractor idled by NBA lockout
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders signed Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson on July 20, their top pick in this year's draft, just a day before opening training camp.
''I told my agent when we first talked that I didn't want to be a holdout,'' said Woodson, a cornerback out of Michigan and the fourth overall pick in the draft.Woodson inks deal with Raiders
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Something might seem out of place for a Michigan hockey player finding himself skating around without rowdy fans clad in maize and blue insulting the opposing team's goalie.
It may seem even more out of place if the old maize and blue are replaced with red and white, and the insults are replaced with "O Canada." And if there isn't even ice, then maybe this isn't even hockey at all.
Van Ryn, Canadians find gold in California
From staff reports
The Michigan hockey program's past and present will descend on Yost Ice Arena on Friday. Former icers to drop pucks at Yost Friday
On the wall in Brent Baribeau's hospital room is a photograph. The kind taken by a pocket camera dragged out at a party. Caught by the camera is Baribeau and an unidentified girl planting a wet one on his right cheek.
"That's one of his girlfriends," said his mother, Karen, rolling her eyes. "They seem to be running concurrently now."
Baribeau returns to 'M', class
From staff reports
With the graduation of Kevin Sullivan, the title of Michigan's top distance runner is now solely John Mortimer's. And Michigan's best was good enough for seventh-best at the Goodwill Games, as Mortimer finished seventh in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase last Monday with a time of 8:36.
'M' trio practices Goodwill
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