Around Schembechler Hall these days, an unfamiliar four-letter word is prevalent: loss.
To the general masses, the intonation is obvious. After falling to Notre Dame and Syracuse in consecutive weeks, Michigan carries an 0-2 record for the first time since the 1988 season.
Curses and confoundment: Lost games, lost players leave Blue at a loss
The Michigan women's golf team began its fall season on a positive note, finishing tied for fifth out of 12 teams at the Mary Fossum/Spartan Invitational this past weekend in East Lansing.
By posting an overall score of 953 for the 54-hole event, the Wolverines tied Notre Dame and Illinois State. Host Michigan State won the tournament, posting a score of 895, 34 strokes better than second-place Wisconsin. 
Women's golf takes fth at Spartan Invitational
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mark McGwire was back in the lineup. He just didn't look like a home run king.
A day after leaving a game at Houston early because of minor back spasms, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugger was a quiet 2-for-4, taking few healthy swings last night in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
McGwire, Sosa held homerless
Whether it's a prom date or a Michigan soccer game, whoever controls the tempo controls the situation.
So when the 16th-ranked Wolverines (4-0) travel to Eastern Michigan for a 4 p.m. matchup with the Eagles (3-2) this afternoon, tempo will be critical.
Michigan soccer looks to shoot down Eagles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The IOC plans to lobby baseball and other professional sports in the United States to conform with the Olympics' drug policy, including a ban on the muscle-building compound used by slugger Mark McGwire.
International Olympic Committee medical director Patrick Schamasch confirmed yesterday that he would meet with Major League Baseball officials to encourage them to adopt the IOC's list of banned substances.IOC pressures baseball to make andro illegal
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State coach Nick Saban had plenty to smile about at his weekly news conference yesterday, but he didn't.
The straight-faced Saban played it cool two days after his team stunned Notre Dame with a 45-23 win, preferring instead to contemplate whether the coming two weeks - a bye week for State - will help or hurt their annual showdown with Michigan on Sept.Saban, surprisingly, not smiling after Spartans stun Notre Dame
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