Michigan Wolverines

George Karl is the NBA coach of the year

2013-05-08 22:27:00

George Karl led the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins without a big name on his roster. For that endeavor, Karl earned the NBA's Coach of the Year award on Wednesday. He received 62 first-place votes, followed by Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat...

Softball: SoCal contingent makes impact at Michigan

2013-05-03 13:52:48

A star turn from Danusia Francis at NCAA women's gymnastics championships

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Danusia Francis, a charismatic freshman on the UCLA gymnastics team, had a little trick up her sleeve Sunday for the balance beam event final in the NCAA championships at Pauley Pavilion. Francis did something you probably shouldn't try at home —...

Packers make Clay Matthews the NFL's highest-paid linebacker

2013-04-17 21:45:00

The Green Bay Packers locked up star linebacker Clay Matthews with a long-term extension Wednesday as the team took care of one of its top two stars in need of new deals. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is also in negotiations for an extension. Matthews...

Michigan's Trey Burke declares for the NBA draft

2013-04-14 19:06:00

The time was right for Trey Burke. The Michigan star made it official Sunday: He's leaving the Wolverines to enter the NBA draft. The move came as no surprise after Burke was voted the Associated Press national player of the year and led Michigan to the...

Fab Five minus one? Jalen Rose calls out Chris Webber on reunion

2013-04-08 09:40:00

Twenty years have passed since Michigan played in the 1993 NCAA tournament championship game, and�now the "Fab Five" who starred for the Wolverines back then want to hold a reunion at Monday night's matchup against Louisville. Well, four of them do....

There's no Cinderella, and other keys to picking bracket winners

2013-03-19 18:10:00

I know the look. For the last three decades, every year at this time, I get the look. A friend or family member will slowly approach with a piece of wrinkled paper, a chewed-off pencil and a wistful stare. It's always someone who doesn't follow sports....

Watch Rick Pitino duck for cover during post-NCAA final fireworks

2013-04-09 07:57:00

Rick Pitino had just coached his way to his second NCAA men's basketball title Monday night, hours after learning he had been named to basketball's Hall of Fame, days after his horse won the Santa Anita derby and less than a week after his son landed...

It's full speed ahead as Louisville beats Michigan for NCAA title

2013-04-08 23:14:00

ATLANTA — Scoring is down, players leave early and the best action on television today is still probably 1980s replays of the Atlantic Coast Conference. For one Monday night, though, college basketball stood history on its head and produced high-...

Louisville vs. Michigan: Previewing the big game

2013-04-08 08:13:00

� Join Times college basketball writer Chris Dufresne at noon today for a live video chat as he breaks down tonight men's basketball title game between Louisville and Michigan. The video chat will take place on this blog post. As Dufrense wrote...

Michigan-Louisville NCAA title game: Gratitude adjustment required

2013-04-08 00:00:00

ATLANTA — Michigan will have three or four thank-you notes to hand out should it win Monday night's national championship game against Louisville at the Georgia Dome. It can start with Penn State, which beat the Wolverines by 14 points in State...

NCAA championship: Michigan vs. Louisville

2013-04-07 21:21:00

LOUISVILLE Starters P; Player; Ht.; WTt; Stats F; Wayne Blackshear; 6-5 230; 7.6 ppg F; Chane Behanan;6-6; 250; 9.6 ppg C: Gorgui Dieng;6-11; 245; 9.4 rpg G: Russ Smith;6-1; 165;18.9 ppg G: Peyton Siva;6-0 185;9.8 ppg Reserves F; Luke...

Spike Albrecht of the Michigan Wolverines drives in the first half against Tim Henderson of the Louisville Cardinals during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Ga.

2013-04-09 04:58:00

The Louisville Cardinals celebrate after they won 82–76 against the Michigan Wolverines during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

2013-04-08 21:09:24

The buzz: Burke was the consensus national college player of the year -- and rightly so. He led the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament title game. He's a good leader and a good shooter.

2013-04-06 00:00:00