By Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Before the start of his second season as men’s basketball coach at the University of Michigan, Dusty May looked at the schedule and discovered that his team’s first Big Ten opponent was Wisconsin at Madison on December 3. When the Wolverines managed to leave with a …
Read MoreBy Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS- Michigan! Maryland! March! The Michigan Wolverines and Maryland Terrapins battled in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament on Saturday afternoon. With 5.3 seconds remaining in the game with Maryland ahead 80-79, Michigan junior guard Tre Donaldson inbounded the ball to his big man Vladislav Goldin, who …
Read MoreBy Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Maryland Terrapins and Michigan Wolverines reached semifinal games of the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament with overwhelming victories on Friday night. The second-seeded Terrapins (25-7) advanced with a 88-65 victory over Illinois, while the third-seeded Wolverines (23-9) beat Purdue 86-68. The Terrapins forced 17 Illinois …
Read MoreBy Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — For more than 33 minutes in their semifinal game of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Michigan Wolverines gave themselves a reason to believe. They created problems for the second-ranked USC Trojans and national player of the year candidate JuJu Watkins. With 6:29 to play, …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism ATLANTA – The clash of competing shoulder pads striking with more velocity than at any other point in the season. The whisk of two ill-fated field goal kicks, one hooking beyond the reach of the left goal post, the other fading outside the right. The cry of …
Read More(Editor’s Note: Writing for teamusa.com, the official website of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Hanna Barton reports on the first USA medal in men’s gymnastics team competition since 2008.) Team USA | U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Earns First Team Medal Since 2008
Read MoreBy Andrew Thomison | @Andrew_Thomison Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan’s Zak Zinter is the kind of person who picks up his teammates. He was a unanimous team captain for the 2023 season whose leadership throughout his time with the Wolverines captured the admiration of his coaches and peers. When Zinter suffered a broken …
Read MoreReporters and photographers wait patiently in a hotel ballroom as the press conference is about to start. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Washington coach Kalen DeBoer enter the room and take their seats, sitting on either side of the College Football Playoff Championship trophy that sits in the middle of the stage. The interviews begin. …
Read MoreBy Mitch Friesenborg Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — Michigan made College Football Playoff history Monday night on the way to claiming its first national championship since 1997 and the first outright title since 1948. Wolverine running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards overwhelmed the Washington defense, and the team’s total of 303 rushing yards …
Read MoreBy Andrew Thomison | @Andrew_Thomison Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON – True to the end of a season that became perfect forever, the Michigan Wolverines led from start to finish in a 34-13 victory over the Washington Huskies to win the school’s 12th national championship, the first since 1997 and their first outright title since …
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