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Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard threw a punch during post-game handshakes with the Wisconsin Badgers, sparking a massive brawl with the two teams.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan canceled its annual rivalry game at Ohio State on Tuesday because of the COVID-19 outbreak within the Wolverines football program.

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit apologized for suggesting that Michigan may use the coronavirus as an excuse to opt-out of its game with Ohio State.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh spoke Saturday of a comeback for sports after the coronavirus as well as how the virus intersects with faith and the topic of abortion. The viral outbreak has brought God to the forefront, he said.

During Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game, a Fox TV announcer said that J.K. Dobbins is a “miracle baby” who escaped being aborted by his mother and went on to become a standout college football player.

In a world full of clickbaity attempts to draw eyeballs with stories that are at best, tenuously connected to the truth. There’s perhaps no more clickbaity thing than the release of the college football preseason rankings.

For the second time this month, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh is in hot water with some reporters and fans for supporting Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross, a friend and donor of President Trump’s.

ATLANTA (AP) — Lamical Perine had a 5-yard scoring catch and 53-yard touchdown run to lead No. 10 Florida’s strong rushing attack Saturday, helping the Gators cap their comeback season with a 41-15 rout of No. 8 Michigan in the Peach Bowl.

Wolverines quarterback Shea Patterson had a long road to the college gridiron, a road that led through the constant gunfire from Mexican drug cartels on the other side of the Rio Grande from his home in South Texas.

The Michigan football program got support from a highly unlikely place on Tuesday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former dictator of Iran, tweeted that he hopes to see Michigan football return to its “Glory Days.”

Remember last year, when everyone was eyeing the season-opening Alabama-Florida State game as one of the most anticipated matchups?

Before their title game against the Wolverines, a Villanova fan hung a banner on campus shaming Michigan by mocking the Flint water crisis.

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Mighty Michigan is rolling all the way back to the Final Four.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Dwayne Haskins replaced injured star J.T. Barrett in the third quarter and led No. 8 Ohio State from behind to beat Michigan 31-20 Saturday for the Buckeyes’ sixth straight win in the storied rivalry.

Alex Hornibrook changed the conversation with one clutch throw. No. 5 Wisconsin is still undefeated in large part after its even-keeled quarterback shook off another groan-inducing interception.

Notre Dame cracked the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 9, and Michigan fell out of the rankings for the first time in two years.

Quinn Nordin became the first Michigan kicker to make two 50-yard field goals in the same game, one of them in a quick go-ahead spurt after halftime, and the 11th-ranked Wolverines won 33-17 Saturday to hand 17th-ranked Florida its first season-opening loss in nearly three decades.