HOUGHTON — The Houghton High School gym was the place to be Thursday for the annual Copper Spike volleyball game that pits the Houghton Gremlins against the Hancock Bulldogs for bragging rights. For Hancock coach Brian Lamppa, he has not know a time when the Copper Spike trophy has not ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lucas Raymond scored twice and added an assist to help the Detroit Red Wings beat Vancouver 5-2 on Thursday night, sending the Canucks to their ninth straight loss. William Wallinder, Michael Rasmussen and Emmitt Finnie also scored for the Red Wings ...
Virginia's Kymora Johnson remembers anxiously sitting through the unveiling of last season's NCAA women's tournament, unsure whether her Cavaliers would make the March Madness cut. Their name didn't pop up until the last slot, triggering a "we're going to show you" motivation that ultimately turned a 10th-seeded First Four team into a Sweet 16 party crasher. "We were very, very blessed with that opportunity last year," the all-Atlantic Coast Conference guard said. Stories like those have long been woven into the fabric of March Madness. Only now, the madness has grown with both the ...
PASADENA, Calif. — Curt Cignetti did it at Indiana. Bob Chesney is doing it at ninth-ranked UCLA. Pat Fitzgerald is attempting to do it at Michigan State. Win right away, that is. Cignetti inherited a 3-9 program and guided the Hoosiers to an 11-2 record and a berth in the College Football ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Indiana has flipped the script on Michigan. The sixth-ranked Hoosiers have become a model of excellence under coach Curt Cignetti, winning games and a national championship with a balanced offense that takes care of the ball and an aggressive defense that helps them consistently win the turnover margin. "They're doing it exactly how we want to do it," Wolverines coach Kyle Whittingham said. Historically, the roles were reversed. Michigan, the winningest program in college football, has won 85% of games against Indiana for its highest-winning percentage ...
The Indiana Hoosiers started this week like every other one in the Curt Cignetti era — breaking down tape from their previous game, making corrections and studying the next opponent. This time, though, it's different. For the first time in 23 games, the sixth-ranked Hoosiers are trying ...
