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Offensive lineman picks Michigan over UCLA, others
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The University of Michigan's fledgling 2008 recruiting class grew a bit larger over the weekend when a 6-foot-7-inch, 295-pound offensive tackle verbally committed to the Wolverines. Dann O'Neill, who plays for Grand Haven High School, picked Michigan over UCLA, Florida...
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Pioneer in the quarterfinals
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The Pioneer High School boys basketball team plays Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in a Class A quarterfinal matchup at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lansing Eastern's Johnson Fieldhouse. Here is the history of Pioneer in basketball quarterfinal play: 2000: Lansing...
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Symphony conductor extends contract
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Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Music Director Arie Lipsky's contract with the group has been extended by five years, to run through June 2012. He has been at the helm of the group since the 2000-01 season. "We are so very...
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Missing Alzheimer's patient found dead in ditch
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A 67-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease was found dead in a ditch Sunday in rural Salem Township, two days after she was last seen at her home. An autopsy was scheduled to be conducted today on Djuna Fay Clark, who...
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Teen brothers killed in crash
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Two teens killed in a crash early Saturday in Van Buren Township have been identified by police as two Belleville brothers. Township police Sgt. Fred Yono said Ryan Dunivant, 16, and his brother Justin, 15, were not wearing seat belts...
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City's new maintenance digs almost done
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Ann Arbor's snowplows, police cars and garbage trucks - everything from fire engines to lawnmowers - soon will be moving to a new home. The city's $35.4 million maintenance facility, now under construction at 4251 Stone School Road, south of...
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3 principal openings attract some 80 applicants
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About 80 people have applied for one of three high school principal jobs now open in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, district administrators say. The applicants are vying to be the next principals at Pioneer or Stone high schools, or...
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School districts question inequities in state funding
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A school funding crisis could soon pit school districts against one another as cash-starved schools hungrily eye their better-fed counterparts. Michigan's lowest-funded districts, at the state's minimum foundation grant of $7,085 per student, say it's unfair that some districts are...
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Pioneer preparing for hoops quarterfinal
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Rex Stanczak hasn't exactly had a lot of time to watch the NCAA hoops tournament the last few days. That's because the Pioneer High School basketball coach has had bigger priorities when it comes to game being displayed on...
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Michigan draws North Dakota in NCAA hockey tourney
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The University of Michigan hockey team was seeded second in the West Regional at Denver, drawing a first-round game against No. 3-seed North Dakota on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Wolverines were beaten 5-1 by North Dakota in a first-round...
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Michigan hockey team awaits NCAA tourney fate
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The University of Michigan hockey team knows it will continue its record streak by making it into the NCAA Tournament for the 17th consecutive season. The only questions remaining are where and against whom? The NCAA Selection Shows airs Sunday...
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Notre Dame tops Michigan for CCHA championship
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DETROIT - Notre Dame continued its amazing season Saturday night, beating the University of Michigan for the third time and claiming its first Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoff title. The Fighting Irish, who won five games two seasons ago, came...
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Expectations were clear at start of season
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Editor's note: This story originally ran in The Ann Arbor News on November 10, 2006. In it, Michigan athletic director Bill Martin and Tommy Amaker made it clear at the outset of the college basketball season that an NCAA Tournament...
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Michigan leading after one period of CCHA final
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DETROIT - Kevin Porter scored off a rebound with 5.2 seconds left in the opening period to give the University of Michigan hockey team a 1-0 lead in Saturday's CCHA championship game at Joe Louis Arena. The Wolverines killed off...
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A snapshot look at Michigan's coaching change
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Questions and answers about Tommy Amaker's firing Q: Whose decision was it? A: Martin said the decision was his alone and he "sought very little" input from others at the university. Q: Why was this decision made? A: Martin wouldn't...
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