First, it was Anthony Thomas off right tackle. Next, it was Thomas over right guard. Then, it was Thomas off right guard again. Then, in a surprise move, it was Thomas off right guard one more time.
Eagles Grounded: Michigan runs over Eastern for first victory
We're three games into the season, and there has yet to be a fourth quarter worth watching. No game has offered anything worthy of sticking around for, other than watching Drew Henson.Suggestions for fighting fourth-quarter boredom
ILWAUKEE (AP) - Mark McGwire hit his major league record 65th home run yesterday, then had an apparent No. 66 taken away by an umpire's ruling in the St. Louis Cardinals' game against Milwaukee.
McGwire blasts 65th; just misses No. 66
BERLIN (AP) - Brazil's Ronaldo da Costa ran the fastest marathon in history yesterday. da Costa impressed the crowd by breaking the 10-year-old record by 45 seconds in clocking 2 hours, 6 minutes, 5 seconds, at the Berlin Marathon.
Brazilian smashes old marathon mark by :45
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Michigan field hockey team traveled east this weekend looking for respect. With two tough games against Northeastern and No. 7 Boston College, the No. 8 Wolverines hoped to establish themselves as one of the elite field hockey teams in the country.
'M' stickers split with tough Eastern foes
Several thousand students packed Michigan Stadium to watch a football game this weekend. It happens most Saturdays. Generally speaking, weekends in the Ann Arbor sports world revolve around the Michigan football team. This Saturday was just like any other. But not for everybody.
Go fish! No Bassmasters, Michigan's squad has fun
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Streak is over. After 16 years and 2,632 consecutive games, Cal Ripken took himself out of the Baltimore Orioles' starting lineup last night and did not to play - ending the most amazing iron man record in sports history with just one week left in the season.Ripken sits out at last, saying 'the time is right,' to end The Streak
Thus far this season, the Michigan volleyball team has won 80 percent of its matches. Half of the time the Wolverines haven't allowed their opponent to win a game. And in their only two losses, Michigan took at least one game from a top-20-ranked opponent. 
'M' volleyball earns its pizza at Domino's Classic
The Michigan volleyball team has been stuck with the moniker of an up-and-coming program for the past couple of seasons. Steadily improving, the Wolverines have been trying to catch up to the Big Ten and national powerhouses Penn State (preseason No. 1 nationally), Wisconsin (7), Ohio State (13) and Michigan State (17). If the Wolverines hope to establish themselves as a power in the Big Ten and national rankings, they need to do it this season. Spikers need seasoning
Hoping to learn more about themselves, the Michigan men's golf team traveled to Minnesota last weekend to compete in the 54-hole Northern Intercollegiate tournament. After playing well during the first two rounds, the young Wolverines struggled over the final 18 holes to finish eighth among the 12-team field. 
Men's golf takes eighth at Northern
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Who needs Kevin Faulk when Louisiana State has great field position and turnovers? Faulk was held to 88 yards rushing Saturday and had his mark of six straight 100-yard games snapped, but the seventh-ranked Tigers beat Auburn 31-19.LSU wins battle of tigers 31-19
It wasn't exactly pretty. But it sure wasn't as ugly as the first two weeks. It was head-down, chin-strap-buckled, cleats-digging, smash-mouth football for a while on Saturday, and that meant only one thing: Michigan was once again running the ball.'M' rediscovers running game
On Saturday, as Michigan throttled Eastern Michigan 59-20, the Wolverines realized how important suspended safety Marcus Ray is to the secondary. His absence - Ray was declared ineligible by Michigan coach Lloyd Carr after allegations of 'improper contact with a sports agent' - left a huge hole that Eastern quarterback Walt Church seized with a vengeance.Church crucifies Ray-less secondary
If Drew Henson possesses the Golden Arm among freshmen on the Michigan football team, then kicker Hayden Epstein must have the Golden Leg. Epstein, whose long-distance leg was approaching mythical status the more it remained in hiding, finally got a chance to kick in a game situation against Eastern Michigan and confirmed the hints.Epstein's blasts win him kickoff spot for rest of season
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - In the end, there really was no option against No. 1 Ohio State. "That was a good old, rock 'em, sock 'em football game," coach John Cooper said after his Buckeyes (3-0) beat No. 21 Missouri 35-14.Buckeyes shut down Missouri
Most students can remember the wild celebrations and the added national exposure that two national championships brought to Michigan last year. Long ago, the world was not as sports-oriented as it is today, and championships were not received with the same attention and fanfare that they are now. The 1953 national champion Michigan baseball team was one team that did not have the opportunity to celebrate its championship - until now. Alumni baseball game makes up for lost time
After an impressive 2-0 weekend at home and a five-game winning streak, things were looking up for the Michigan soccer team. But the Wolverines, ranked No. 10 in the nation, looked away for a split second - and all of a sudden Big Ten rivals Wisconsin and Northwestern brought Michigan's streak, and hopes of Big Ten supremacy, to a grinding halt.
'M' soccer drops first two in Big Ten
CHICAGO (AP) - Sammy Sosa hugged his mother, kissed his wife and then took off on a victory lap around Wrigley Field, waving his cap as the theme from "Superman" blared over the loudspeakers. What a way to end the best party Wrigley Field has seen in decades.DeSosa honored, but fails to hit a homer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer admitted it wasn't a real pretty game all the time. To the fans who swarmed around him and his team after the game, the Volunteers' long-awaited victory over Florida was a thing of beauty.Tennessee finally beats Florida, 20-17
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