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Pac-12 football returns 4 years after exodus nearly sent the conference to extinction

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The Pac-12, the self-dubbed "Conference of Champions" with athletic excellence going back more than a century, turned into the conference of ashes. A mass exodus of 10 schools in 15 months left the Pac-12 in tatters, dimming the future of a conference that was once the proud home of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cheryl Miller, Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson, Lisa Leslie, Jackie Joyner-Kersey and many more. League brass and the two remaining schools worked behind the scenes to pull the conference out of a death spiral and now, more than four years since the first two schools left, the Pac-12 is ...

Michigan Tech to Induct 10 into Sports Hall of Fame

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HOUGHTON — Ten individuals will join the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony in October. The class of 2026 includes former hockey student-athletes Colin Murphy, Darcy Way, and Wayne Weller, former football players Andy Bonk and Mike Horan, former basketball players Lucy (Dernovsek) Slowik and Jason Marcotte, volleyball player Sarah (Nash) Hurley, endurance athlete Deedra Irwin, and Scott Kieser, who played football and basketball for the Huskies. The new inductees to the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame will be enshrined at a ceremony on campus on Oct. 16. ...

Huskies football ready for home opener against Mustangs

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HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies football team emerged from their battle with the Bemidji State Beavers last Thursday with a 31-29 victory on the road. It was, by no means, an easy win, and the Huskies nearly gave it away in the end, but, at the end of the day, a win is a win. “There ...

No. 4 Notre Dame seeking faster start to season as it opens against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field

National Sports

After a 10-game winning streak to end the regular season couldn't get Notre Dame into last year's College Football Playoff, the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish have vowed to leave no doubt about their worthiness this time. That mission starts with avoiding the early stumbles that dull Marcus Freeman's otherwise glittering coaching resume. Notre Dame has gone a combined 13-6 in pre-October games and 30-5 afterward over the last four seasons. Notre Dame's two straight losses to open the 2025 season ended up costing the Fighting Irish a playoff bid. They begin this season against Wisconsin ...

Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham is a man of discipline, leading a program in desperate need of it

Michigan Sports

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Kyle Whittingham turned left out of his office on the second floor of Schembechler Hall and walked down a hallway for his midday workout, following a routine he has stuck with six days a week since July 1, 2008. "Today's a light one," Whittingham said to a reporter on Tuesday. Not quite. Michigan's first-year coach will turn 67 in November while preparing to play rival Ohio State, but the 6-foot, 220-pound former BYU, NFL and USFL linebacker looks fit enough to play some snaps for the Wolverines. Whittingham seems to be a man of discipline and, without a ...

DeForge scores big with hole-in-one

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Ryan DeForge earned a $10,000 hole-in-one prize after completing the feat Aug. 12 at the Portage Lake Golf Course. He did it during the 16th Annual Campioni Charity Golf Outing that raises money for our local food pantries. As Tervo Agency sponsors the hole in one event, DeForge stopped by the ...