Athletics
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What I learned from Bo
John U. Bacon, a lecturer in U-M’s history department and Michigan Today’s sportswriter, won the 2009 Golden Apple Award, given by U-M students for great teaching. In this excerpt from his “ideal last lecture” he describes a lesson learned from—and does a spot-on impersonation of—coach Schembechler.
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20 years later
In 1989, Michigan’s men’s basketball team made an improbable run through the NCAA tournament, winning the national title in a heartstopper against Seton Hall.
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A drive for perfection
The Wolverines’ female gymnasts rank among the country’s best. How do they keep their edge…and what does hockey have to do with it?
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The late, great 98
Tom Harmon may have been the best college football player ever. His single-handed destruction of Ohio State is the stuff of gridiron legend. But his exploits as a pilot during World War Two made him a hero not just in a game, but in life.
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Pigskin
The spread offense isn’t the only thing that’s changed in football. So have the words.
