College football: East Division changing Big Ten’s reputation
The Big Ten’s reputation as an underachieving football conference is so 2014. The pundits are talking up the league this spring, largely because of the achievements and trends in the East Division....
View ArticleNFL Draft: Veteran coach believes Westlake’s Jake Ryan has bright future in pros
Greg Mattison spent three years with the Baltimore Ravens coaching Ray Lewis, perhaps the greatest linebacker in football history. He was coordinator for one of the NFL’s best defenses that also...
View ArticleHigh school volleyball: Karlee Bruck leaves Brookside for Rocky River
Brookside is looking for a new volleyball coach. That is, if it’s playing volleyball in 2015. Brookside athletic director Dick Kerschbaum said Karlee Bruck has accepted a teaching position at Rocky...
View ArticleNFL: Westlake’s Jake Ryan honored to be drafted by tradition-rich Packers
Only 256 players got selected in the NFL Draft. A much smaller number can say they were selected by an organization with the tradition of the Green Bay Packers. Jake Ryan is one of the select few. The...
View ArticleDoing their homework: Avon Lake’s Brian Mihalik and Westlake’s Jake Ryan...
BEREA — Two hundred and fifty-four players are participating in the weeklong NFL Rookie Symposium. But only two of them grew up within biking distance of the Browns’ training facility, which hosted the...
View ArticleJim Litke: New Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh proving he’s already the...
CHICAGO — Compared to the rest of Jim Harbaugh’s year, this was tame stuff. In his first Big Ten media day appearance as Michigan’s head coach, Harbaugh ditched the ball cap and khakis and put on a...
View ArticleJim Litke: Ohio State-Michigan coaching battle could be historic
There’s no mistaking these two for Bo and Woody — yet. But it’s not for a lack of trying, at least not on Jim Harbaugh’s side of the equation. Days ahead of his coaching debut in the century-plus...
View ArticleOhio State football: OSU/Michigan has produced many memorable moments
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When Ohio State plays Michigan for the 112th time, Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh will begin a chapter in perhaps college football’s greatest rivalry. There’s a lot of material in the...
View ArticleBig game could be huge: Ohio State vs. Michigan will mean more than bragging...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — If either Ohio State or Michigan had held on to beat Michigan State, a bid to the Big Ten title game would be at stake again today in the latest edition of one of college football’s...
View ArticleRunaway success: No. 8 Ohio State pounds No. 12 Michigan on the ground for...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ohio State crushed its rival and cruised home, crossing the border and hoping for the best. The eighth-ranked Buckeyes had beaten No. 12 Michigan 42-13. They just needed a little bit...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan opens new exhibit on alumnus Kevorkian
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Just days before she died with Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s assistance, Merian Frederick could not speak or hold up her head without help from her daughter, Carol Poenisch. On a video...
View Article10 things to know, Monday, Nov. 30
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. What world leaders are hoping climate talks signify By striking a deal to cut emissions that...
View ArticleMichigan schools adopting gold standard concussion tests for students
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. — Details of the block that knocked Ian Rice to the turf are fuzzy for him now. He remembers falling over. He remembers he couldn’t walk. That was the first sign something was...
View ArticleOhio State downs Michigan, keeps NCAA hopes alive
COLUMBUS — Jae’Sean Tate didn’t beat around the bush after Ohio State’s 76-66 win over Michigan on Tuesday night. “We’re still breathing,” Tate said after scoring 13 points and grabbing four rebounds....
View ArticleCollege basketball: Schools like Ohio State on ‘bubble watch,’ looking to...
LAS VEGAS — Michigan could not afford a loss in its opening game of the Big Ten Tournament and expect to get an NCAA Tournament invite. The Ohio State Buckeyes were in the same situation, though with...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament: Madness begins with bracket release, as Oregon and Virginia...
A topsy-turvy season in college basketball delivered a few more twists when the brackets came out Sunday. Exhibit A: Oregon and Virginia are No. 1 seeds, while Michigan State is not. Exhibit B:...
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