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Michigan’s Brady Hoke: Notre Dame ‘chickening out’

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:11 MDT

Michigan’s Brady Hoke: Notre Dame ‘chickening out’

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 04:59PM MDT

Grand Rapids, Mich. • Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch. Hoke made a crowd chuckle on Monday at West Michigan Sports Commission luncheon by saying the Fighting Irish are “chickening out” from the storied series. Notre Dame exercised an option in its football-scheduling contract with Michigan last fall to cancel games from 2015-2017. Hoke lamented that the Irish will continue to play rivals Michigan State and Purdue, joking he knows why they made that dec...

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Michigan ends break from Webber, Taylor, Bullock

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:33:58 MDT

Michigan ends break from Webber, Taylor, Bullock

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 11:33PM MDT

Ann Arbor, Mich. • The University of Michigan’s 10-year dissociation from Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock is over. The former Wolverines can formally reconnect with the school after one of the biggest scandals in NCAA history. Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon insisted the door is open. “I’ve never met any of those guys and I am looking forward to meeting them,” Brandon said Tuesday night in an interview with The Associated Press. “If any of those guys are interested in ...