Athletics
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Bill Freehan: Legend and legacy
The esteemed athlete’s story is all about faith and love, says mgoblue.com’s Steve Kornacki. In 1968, Freehan, ’66, helped Detroit win the World Series; today he is battling Alzheimer’s.
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A mad magician
He was a war hero, a triple-threat halfback, and a magazine cover model. Hall-of-famer Bob Chappuis was part of a magical Michigan offense that scored a 49-0 victory over USC in the 1948 Rose Bowl.
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That’s life
In 1947, decades before social media connected us, Life magazine shared U-M Homecoming with Wolverines worldwide.
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From obscurity to a title shot
Coach Beilein and the U-M men’s basketball team ended their 2018 NCAA Tournament run with a championship loss to Villanova April 2. What a season!
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Back to back Big Ten Champs
Mo Wagner and Jon Teske power Michigan to its second straight Big Ten tournament title.
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Love of the game leads alumni Ebbett, Kolarik to Olympics
Chad Kolarik and Andrew Ebbett, who once skated on the same line for the Wolverines, will represent their countries in the ’18 Olympics.
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Legacy of love
The world knew him as ‘Mr. Hockey.’ Murray Howe, BS ’82/MD ’86, author of ‘Nine Lessons I Learned From My Father,’ called him ‘Dad.’
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The old ’97s
Relive the pulse-pounding excitement of the Wolverines’ triumphal 1997 football season and Rose Bowl victory.
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Playing hurt
Author John U. Bacon, BA ’86/MA ’94, delivers a candid memoir that illuminates how late ESPN sportscaster and athlete John Saunders confronted depression.