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Michigan advances to Big Ten Tournament final

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CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg yelled and pumped his right arm in celebration before he was mobbed by the rest of his Michigan teammates. The 6-foot-9 forward turned a halftime message from coach Dusty May into one of his best moments in a huge season. Lendeborg made a tiebreaking ...

Wolverines get by Ohio State 71-67

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CHICAGO (AP) — Aday Mara scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, helping No. 3 Michigan hold off Bruce Thornton and Ohio State for a 71-67 victory Friday in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. Elliot Cadeau had 15 points, seven assists and three steals for Michigan in its fifth ...

UW takes out Illinois in OT

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CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Boyd scored a career-high 38 points, John Blackwell added 31 and No. 23 Wisconsin rallied from 15 down in the second half to beat No. 9 Illinois 91-88 in overtime in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. It was tied at 80 in overtime when Boyd scored in the ...

Freshman pulls Detroit Douglass past Dollar Bay

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EAST LANSING — Judging by the Detroit Douglass and Dollar Bay rosters Thursday, one thing is for certain: The day’s first Division 4 semifinal might not be the last time those two schools – located 553 miles apart on opposite ends of the state – hook up at the Breslin Center over ...

Women’s hockey to reach national US TV audience

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The Professional Women's Hockey League is coming to a TV set near you in the United States. The league announced that its neutral-site game at Detroit on March 28 between the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will be the first accessible to a national U.S. television audience. The PWHL ...

Outdoors report: Sportsman’s supper March 21 in IM

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IRON MOUNTAIN — The 28th-annual Sportsman's Seminar and Supper will take place Saturday, March 21, in the Iron Mountain Central Middle School gym and cafeteria, 300 W. Hughitt St. The event begins at 3 p.m. with seminars and displays. A dinner of wild game and traditional foods will be ...