The $12 Million Quarterback
The 2024 Michigan Football season is likely to be remembered for two things: After a tepid start, the Wolverines upset the Ohio State Buckeyes. And Bryce Underwood upended Michigan athletics.
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Football Families
At dusk, on fall Fridays across the county, the world of high school football comes back to life, like a prep sports version of Brigadoon. The marching bands. Singsongy cheerleader chants. An announcer’s booming voice. Armored athletes crashing into each other. And the bleacher crowd’s claps and jeers at the action unfolding before them, on 100 yards of astroturf.
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The Band Takes the Field
A new U-M dorm is rising on the Michigan Marching Band’s longtime home at Elbel Field, but director John Pasquale is over-the-moon happy with the new Elbel Field a block away.
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Starting Over
Sherrone Moore, promoted to the top job, is in some ways starting over. He’s got a new staff, a new quarterback, and an entirely new offensive line.
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Ron Warhurst Goes to Paris
Ron Warhurst was a U-M coach for thirty-six years—cross-country and track. He was Big Ten coach of the year four times, won nine conference championships, and coached 129 All-Americans, multiple Olympians, and a winner of the Boston Marathon.
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Who’s Got It Better than Us?
The assessment proved prophetic as the Wolverines beat Penn State on the road and Ohio State at...
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SI on S. Ashley?
Michael Watts found out about the proposed sixteen-story building outside his back window in late...
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The Art of Tailgating
In 1959, when I was twelve years old, my best friend’s Uncle Bobby purchased a new Edsel station...
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Football Renaissance
Even after the U-M clobbered OSU in 2021, few felt optimistic about the chances for a repeat at...
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Pro Wrestling Takedown
The air in Building G at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds was chilly but abuzz with energy in...
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Kit Bennett
After a long weekend wrangling 5,000 high school scullers at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing...
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Sports Chef
Aided by a skeleton crew of thirteen—from dishwashers to cooks—Bouldin is responsible year-round...
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Doing the Drop
As the Observer went to press, the U-M football program looked well positioned in its perennial...
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Basketball prospects
After struggling through a 19–15 season, Juwan Howard’s U-M men’s basketball team pulled it...
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Guest Artists
Everyone knows the happy ending: At the Big House on October 15, the Michigan Wolverines...
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The North End Zone
When Pioneer High School forbade U-M fans from reserving extra parking spots to tailgate this...
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That’s the Ticket
The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...
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Before the Color Line
In 1882, Moses Fleetwood Walker led the U-M baseball team to a 10–3 season. The next year, he...
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Pickleball Power
The paddle squarely connects with the neon orange ball, sending it sailing over the net. “That’s...
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A Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride
Ed Erickson’s profile on the Strava fitness app is a love letter to cycling. He posted road-bike...
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