Chris Webber

Basketball is a hit again on Michigan campus

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Perhaps the best sign that Michigan's basketball program was moving in the right direction came not last weekend in the NCAA tournament, but about a month ago toward the end of the regular season. The Wolverines had just...

Tags: Jalen Rose, Sports, Trey Burke, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, The Pennsylvania State University

Burke leads UM rally over Kansas, 87-85 in OT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trey Burke kept alive Michigan's deepest NCAA tournament run since the Fab Five era nearly 20 years ago with a shot the Wolverines won't soon forget. Call it the Fab 3. The sophomore standout scored all 23 of his points...

Tags: Elijah Johnson, Jalen Rose, Sports, Trey Burke, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Michigan into Final Four with victory over Florida

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trey Burke grew up in the shadow of another Big Ten university. Mitch McGary was more of a baseball fan as a kid, and still dreams of a World Series for the Chicago Cubs. They are now part of a new generation of fabulous...

Tags: Baseball, Jalen Rose, Sports, Trey Burke, Patric Young

Fab 5 last Michigan region final, Florida 3 in row (NCAA Elite 8 on WSBT-TV)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trey Burke was a 16-month-old toddler the last time Michigan was playing this late in the NCAA tournament. That regional final 19 years ago, a loss that ended the Fab Five era, was played in a building that no longer...

Tags: Jalen Rose, Alabama Crimson Tide, Sports, Trey Burke, Kenny Boynton

Michigan gets top-seeded Kansas in return to Sweet 16

Tags: Jalen Rose, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Big 12 Conference, Texas Christian Horned Frogs, Sports

'Ice Cream Guy' steals the show during Pacers vs. Magic broadcast

What's more boring than watching one of the better teams in the NBA blowing out one of the worst? Having to cover it on TV. That's just the situation the viewers and analysts on NBA-TV were in Tuesday night as the Indiana Pacers held a 42-29 halftime...

Tags: World Baseball Classic, Isiah Thomas, Orlando Magic, Lifestyle and Leisure, Indiana Pacers

UK Basketball: Kentucky recruit James Young is a humble, special kid, coach and school principal say

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He’s only been coaching for six years, but Rochester (Mich.) coach John Pleasant has been around college basketball for years because his father, Garth, won 720 games during his collegiate coaching career in Michigan. That’s why he knows...

Tags: Physical Therapists, Basketball, Sports, Health and Medical Professionals

Teel Time: VCU survives "mayhem," proves coach prophetic

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When his team arrived here at the Alamodome for Friday night's late Southwest Regional semifinal against Florida State, VCU coach Shaka Smart moseyed to press row. There he watched a few minutes of Kansas' demolition of Richmond and sat next to Tom...

Tags: Colonial Athletic Association, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, George Mason

Chris Webber on LeBron: Michael Jordan never did this

Michigan moves to No. 1 in AP poll

Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time since its Fab Five days 20 years ago. For the second straight week the No. 1 team lost. This time it was Duke, which was routed 90-63 by Miami in the third-worst...

Tags: Michigan Wolverines, Jalen Rose, Duke Blue Devils, Elections, Big Ten Conference

Watch Charles Barkley, TNT cast discuss waxing eyebrows [Video]

Charles Barkley and banter: There is nothing off-limits, including personal grooming, as the world discovered Thursday night when the Hall of Fame basketball player was covering the Clippers-Suns game as an analyst during the broadcast. Barkley admitted...

Tags: Weaponry, Personal Service, Shaquille O'Neal, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Reggie Miller

Which NBA team is most in need of a nickname change?

Now that the Hornets nickname is going to be retired at the end of the NBA season -- ladies and gentlemen, your New Orleans Pelicans! -- it's time to figure out what team should change its name next and what that new moniker should be. Writers from...

Tags: Karl Malone, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, John Stockton, Oklahoma City Thunder