Western Michigan coach Bill Wilkinson was officially placed on temporary suspension yesterday, while university officials conduct an internal investigation of the school's hockey program.
Two of Wilkinson's players, sophomores Steven Rymsha and Wilkinson's son, Mark, were suspended indefinitely by Wilkinson after Kalamazoo police arrested the two men Friday night.
Western suspends hockey players, coach
No new State News; cows still rule campus
The bars are full, the libraries are empty, there's not a book to be found anywhere and the cows are causing another traffic jam at Grand River and Hagadorn.
Yep, it's another Wednesday in East Lansing.
Stop the insanity! Ann Arbor isn't that bad
Enough is enough. After a long, intense, state-dividing period of contempt between East Lansing and Ann Arbor, the time has come to make peace. There's no reason for this kind of behavior.
Ohio State looks poised to crush biggest dreams - but what about Michigan's?
Can you imagine standing under center, hailed as one of the nation's most innovative quarterbacks - a Sports Illustrated story subject - and then getting stepped on as if your No. 19 ranking were meaningless?
After just two meets so far this season, the Michigan women's cross country team has started off sprinting - with a first-place finish at each meet.
Led by senior All-America Katie McGregor and junior All-America Elizabeth Kampfe, the Wolverines are trying to build upon last season's second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in Columbus, and their seventh-place finish at the NCAA tournament in Greenville, S.
Depth should be key for 'M' cross country
'M' men's golf team 'still testing the waters'
Michigan men's golf coach Jim Carras fine-tuned his lineup this weekend, saying that his team is "still testing the waters" - but it's no surprise who's in the No. 1 position.
Junior Mike Harris should once again be Michigan's top gun. Last season, Harris, an all-Big Ten selection and honorable mention all-American, set the Michigan record for scoring average, firing an average score of 72.35.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The NCAA banned the Louisville men's basketball team from postseason play for one year yesterday and placed the school on three years' probation because of rules violations.
The nine violations in the men's basketball and women's volleyball programs involved extra benefits, recruiting, financial aid, institutional control and ethical conduct.
Louisville men's basketball, women's volleyball slugged by NCAA sanctions
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mark McGwire failed to add to his major league record 65 home runs, yet gave a sellout crowd some drama with two warning-track fly balls in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-0 victory over the NL Central champion Houston Astros last night.
McGwire, Sosa stay in yard; Cubs, Mets tied
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