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.
The assessment proved prophetic as the Wolverines beat Penn State on the road and Ohio State at...
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Michael Watts found out about the proposed sixteen-story building outside his back window in late...
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In 1959, when I was twelve years old, my best friend’s Uncle Bobby purchased a new Edsel station...
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Even after the U-M clobbered OSU in 2021, few felt optimistic about the chances for a repeat at...
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The air in Building G at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds was chilly but abuzz with energy in...
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After a long weekend wrangling 5,000 high school scullers at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing...
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Aided by a skeleton crew of thirteen—from dishwashers to cooks—Bouldin is responsible year-round...
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As the Observer went to press, the U-M football program looked well positioned in its perennial...
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After struggling through a 19–15 season, Juwan Howard’s U-M men’s basketball team pulled it...
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Everyone knows the happy ending: At the Big House on October 15, the Michigan Wolverines...
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When Pioneer High School forbade U-M fans from reserving extra parking spots to tailgate this...
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The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...
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In 1882, Moses Fleetwood Walker led the U-M baseball team to a 10–3 season. The next year, he...
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The paddle squarely connects with the neon orange ball, sending it sailing over the net. “That’s...
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Ed Erickson’s profile on the Strava fitness app is a love letter to cycling. He posted road-bike...
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Michigan’s home-stretch failure in 2019 and complete flameout in Covid-riddled 2020 led most...
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It’s official: Bel-Mark Lanes has decided to sell its property on Jackson Rd. to an Ohio...
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The U-M’s winter sports have been shrouded by the giant shadow of the Wolverine’s Big...
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