University of Michigan
At an Ann Arbor Rock Show, Almost Everyone There Is Over 65
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Every Friday night from September to May, at an off-campus nightclub in this thriving college town, a group of die-hard music fans gathers to dance to some of the most devoted live bands in southeast Michigan. There are women in skintight red dresses, long-haired men sucking down bottles of beer and […]
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What’s Next for LeBron James Jr.?
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — As LeBron James sat on a folding chair in the corner of a recreation-center basketball court last week, he often appeared to be in a state of agita. There was James, edging onto the court repeatedly to check the scoreboard and the clock above him. Or chomping on an apple and […]
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Michigan’s NHL-Ready Hockey Team Plays in Frozen Four
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mel Pearson, the University of Michigan men’s hockey coach, gestured with his hand toward a small box in his office. His voice quavered as he described his players’ hopes of winning the upcoming Frozen Four, college hockey’s premier event. “I just want it so bad for the players,” Pearson said. “They’ve […]
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Juwan Howard Slaps Rival Coach After Michigan-Wisconsin Game
After Wisconsin routed his team, 77-63, Sunday afternoon, Michigan Coach Juwan Howard slapped Joe Krabbenhoft, a Wisconsin assistant coach, in the head during the postgame handshake line, precipitating a scrum between the two teams. Howard, the former Miami Heat assistant coach and a member of Michigan’s famed Fab Five recruiting class in the early 1990s, […]
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University of Michigan Fires Its President Over Inappropriate Relationship
The president of the University of Michigan, Mark S. Schlissel, has been fired for having a relationship with a subordinate that the university’s Board of Regents said violated university policy and was carried out “in a manner inconsistent with the dignity and reputation of the university.” The board terminated Dr. Schlissel’s employment effective immediately after […]
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Renewed Georgia Pummels Michigan to Reach the National Title Game
On Georgia’s second drive, Bennett completed three passes before a successful handoff to Kenny McIntosh, a junior tailback. McIntosh ran a bit, mostly toward the sideline, before he lifted his right arm and lofted a pass toward the end zone. Mitchell caught the 18-yard throw on the maize-stained “A” in Michigan’s block lettering in the […]
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With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff
In this malleable, ebb-and-flow pandemic world, there may be one certainty gleaned from the last nearly two years of living with the coronavirus: that here and there may not look very much alike. When New York City was all sirens, silence and grim isolation during the first wave of the pandemic, it was easy for […]
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Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati Make College Football Playoff
Kirby Smart, Georgia’s coach, signaled Sunday that he remained supportive of Stetson Bennett IV, who was 29 for 48 with two interceptions against Alabama. “Obviously, we have to play better in a lot of areas, but to put any part of that blame, or all of that blame, on Stetson, there’s a lot more to […]
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Michigan Upsets Ohio State, Forcing Buckeyes from Playoff Race
Shaw delivered the ball to his own 22, a far finer place than Ohio State had started from when it last had possession. The Buckeyes began another northward march, toward Michigan’s student section and its band and almost too many maize-shaded pompoms to fathom, much less count. For eight plays, they diced up the Michigan […]
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