A record-setting 111,012 fans packed the Biggest House in the nation Saturday expecting everything to be new: A new stadium, expanded by 5,000 seats and a multicolored halo.
Clocked by Orange: Record crowd witnesses thrashing
Tom Brady is the quarterback. No, wait, Drew Henson is the quarterback. Well, maybe Brady should be the quarterback. Then again, Henson could be the quarterback.
Does it really matter who plays quarterback anymore? At this point, there are so many problems, Donovan McNabb might not be able to win with this team.Brady isn't the problem - it's much worse
The coaches and family members bribed the Michigan soccer team to win this weekend with, of all things - food.
After a 5-1 blowout win over Massachusetts on Friday, the team was treated to pizza. It happened again yesterday, after a convincing 3-1 win over Detroit. An unidentified family member brought in a vegetable tray with dip that senior defenseman Vanessa Lewis called "incredible".
Goodies spur soccer to two victories
Back when Northwest Airlines was called Northwest Orient, they had a slogan: 'The world,' it went 'is going our way.' But now they're simply Northwest, and until yesterday, they weren't going anyone's way.
Last week, their strike disrupted the best-laid travel plans of the Stanford field hockey team. After an 8 a.m. arrival in Detroit, Stanford coach Sheryl Johnson canceled her team's scheduled practices to conserve her players' jet-lagged legs.
Jet-lag, 'M' combine to shoot down opponents
The Michigan field hockey team's offense didn't need a bullhorn yesterday to send out a message.
Scoring on four of seven attempts against Stanford said it loud enough.Offense sends message with 4-goal flurry
On the other side of the world, in the Land Down Under the rest of civilization, field hockey is king. The sport is big across Europe, too, but in Australia, it's one of the few sports that garners major attention. There's cricket. There's Australian football. And there's field hockey.Aussie rules field hockey: arenas and autographs
BOWLING GREEN - Facing the No. 5 women's cross country team in the nation is a very frightening prospect.
Apparently, Marshall thought so. Scheduled to run at a four-team meet Saturday alongside fellow MAC foes Bowling Green and Ohio, as well as Michigan, the Thundering Herd chickened out. Didn't show up. Just stayed home.
Blue scares away Ohio, Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN - As the popular T-shirt slogan says, 'Pain is temporary. Regret is forever.'
Nobody can understand this statement more than Katy Radkewich. As a four-time All-America selection in high school who was lauded with awards everywhere she ran, Radkewich could expect big things from her collegiate career at Providence.Resilient Radkewich becomes contributor
Focus. It's a requirement for any successful team.
Without focus, a team's goals can not come into view or even become recognizable.
Spikers drink up success at All Sport
Mathematician Jeff Sagarin added to the confusion of college football in 1985 when his complicated "Power Rating" system was first published in USA Today.
As of this year, collegiate volleyball has also entered the realm of computer rankings.Sagarin, volleyball serve up new poll
Right now, there undoubtedly is a McDonald's representative climbing the steps of the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City.
As the sponsor of the Heisman Trophy, the DAC should be preparing marketing tie-ins for Donovan McNabb and the Heisman, which could come McNabb's way in early December.McNabb topples defense by himself
Michigan and Syracuse are as different in offensive ideologies as two sides of a coin.
And when that coin fell during the opening toss and Syracuse chose correctly, the Orangemen didn't hesitate. They knew they wanted the ball. Why defer until the second half when they could go ahead and score right away?Syracuse offense tears through Blue
The injury bug has bitten Michigan. Hard.
The list of Wolverines that missed action against Syracuse reads like ... well, like the roster.Injuries sideline more Wolverines by the day
STATE COLLEGE - Joe Paterno tried his best to make sure this week was just like any other in the 33 seasons he's been the coach at Penn State. Nothing special, just a victory.
But even the low-key Paterno was in a party mood after No. 9 Penn State routed Bowling Green 48-3 on Saturday and gave JoePa his 300th victory.JoePa gets his 300th win in Nittany Lion runaway
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Florida State has made passing and catching - some of the harder things to do on a consistent basis - look easy the last decade. It became brutally difficult for the second-ranked Seminoles on Saturday.
North Carolina State, a 25-point underdog, threw more than a scare into highly-ranked Florida State this time around, stunning the Seminoles 24-7 for the program's biggest upset in 31 years.No. 2 Florida State thwarted by North Carolina State
When it comes to college football, nothing is too far-fetched.
Florida State, Notre Dame, Michigan and Arizona State took mighty tumbles on a surreal Saturday and fell out of the national title picture, probably for good.Florida, Nebraska survive crazy week on the gridiron
The life of a soccer goaltender is one of loneliness. The goalie stands in the box, watching her teammates move the ball up the field toward the opposing goal. She yells at her teammates, encouraging them and helping them find the open man.Lack of shots a positive sign for Michigan goalkeepers
The roadrunner has been spotted in Ann Arbor.
But she isn't running away from coyotes. She's running away from opposing defenses.Defender Lewis has become the 'roadrunner' of 'M' soccer
CHICAGO (AP) - Not so fast, Mark. Slammin' Sammy may win the race for the home run record after all.
Sammy Sosa tied Mark McGwire yesterday, connecting twice against the Milwaukee Brewers to raise his total to 62.
'Slammin' Sammy' belts Nos. 61 and 62, equals McGwire
NEW YORK (AP) - It was Aussie Rules tennis at the U.S. Open on yesterday and Patrick Rafter had by far the bigger, meaner game.
Rafter retained his title with an awesome display of speed and accuracy, winning an all-Australian battle with Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Rafter wins all-Australian U.S. Open nal
Michigan cross country coach Ron Warhurst must think pretty highly of his team's chances in 1998.
In perhaps his most difficult decision of last spring, Warhurst, after consulting with captain John Mortimer, decided that Mortimer would not redshirt the '98 season, and instead would return for his final year of eligibility.Mortimer, Snyder to return for last run: Defending Big Ten title at home without Sullivan is Warhurst's highest priority
HOUSTON (AP) - With Mark McGwire already out of the game, St. Louis delayed the Astros' clinching party for another day.
McGwire went 0-for-2 and left with minor back spasms after four innings yesterday night in the Cardinals' 3-2 come-from-behind win over Houston, which stopped the Astros' winning streak at eight.McGwire exits game homerless, injured
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