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10+ hour, 32+ min ago (156+ words) The College Football Playoff selection committee dashed the longshot hopes of a third straight playoff berth for Texas football Sunday, but the Longhorns did get a nice consolation prize. MORE: Longhorns balance star ratings in national top-10 signing class When it comes to college football history, no first-round playoff or bowl game can match the clout of the Citrus Bowl. Michigan has the most all-time wins with 1,021, and Texas ranks fifth on that list with 964. The two programs have combined for seven national championships since the inception of the national polls determining the championships in 1936. Texas has won both meetings between the schools, including a 38-37 in the 2005 Rose Bowl and a 31-12 win at Michigan in 2024. Who: Texas Longhorns vs Michigan Wolverines What: The Citrus Bowl. When: Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. Where: Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. How to watch: ABC...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago (548+ words) Forward, 19, displaying skill, versatility after being selected by Oilers in 2025 NHL Draft William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles University of Michigan freshman forward Aidan Park, who was selected in the seventh round (No. 223) by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2025 NHL Draft. Some things are just comfortable, like a warm fuzzy blanket on a cold winter day. And so it is with Aidan Park and his hoodie. The 19-year-old University of Michigan freshman forward still rocks the white hoodie he wore with shorts when he was famously and unexpectedly selected in the seventh round (No. 223) by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2025 NHL Draft at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 28. "It's a nice hoodie and I still…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago (319+ words) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. " Michigan's annual $45 million Christmas tree and greenery industry may get a financial boost this year, but not because of rising prices. Plastic Christmas trees imported from China have grown more expensive because of tariffs, which is expected to spur an uptick in holiday season demand for real trees " a well-known Michigan agricultural commodity. Despite that expectation, experts say prices of Christmas trees grown in Michigan are not predicted to rise this year. "Growers are prepared, supply is strong, and most are holding wholesale prices steady this year," said Marsha Gray, executive director of the Real Christmas Tree Board, an industry agency based in Howell, Michigan. Related: Root rot threatens Michigan's Christmas tree farms, new study to begin Michigan ranks third in the nation in the number of Christmas trees harvested for the holiday season, annually supplying about…...

22+ hour, 10+ min ago (51+ words) Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield might be a little lighter in the wallet for his Christmas shopping this month after the NFL issued him a fine. According to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, ... Cameron Boozer scores 18 in No. 4 Duke's 66-60 win over No. 7 Michigan State...

23+ hour, 52+ min ago (455+ words) It's official, No. 13 Texas did not make the College Football Playoff, despite the campaigning by head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns' staff. Instead, the Longhorns will be heading to the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to play No. 18 Michigan at 2 p.m. CT at Camping World Stadium on New Year's Eve, On3's Brett McMurphy reports. Sarkisian seemed more resigned to his team's fate after the committee released its penultimate poll on Tuesday, effectively putting Miami in the last bubble spot. "I guess I'm at a point now where we can agree to disagree on what the principles and the parameters are on what makes up one of the best 12 teams in the country to play in the playoff," Sarkisian said during his signing day media availability on Wednesday. The decision could bring about changes in the scheduling of nonconference games in the future....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (409+ words) No. 7 Michigan State's loss to No. 4 Duke felt like a missed opportunity for the Spartans. MSU had the lead at halftime and for a good portion of the second half, but the Blue Devils looked like the team more prepared for crunch time in a 66-60 Duke win. On this episode of the Michigan State Spartans Insider Podcast, let's break down what went wrong during some of those final moments for the Spartans and what the loss means for the season ahead. A full video of the episode can be viewed below. Something that stood out about Tom Izzo's postgame press conference and the mood inside Michigan State's locker room, at least during media availability, is that there wasn't too much worry. Everybody was appropriately irritated that they lost, but the walls are a long way from closing in. "You've got…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago (599+ words) Northern Michigan community honors Rebecca Park, unborn baby with candlelight vigil BOON, MI " A candlelight vigil for Rebecca Park and her unborn son was held Saturday evening in Boon Township. As the story of their tragic deaths continues to make national headlines, and the investigation unfolds, friends and family wanted to create a way to remember Park. "I want people to remember her for the good person she was," said her friend, Caleb Hudson, 29. "She was a beautiful soul." Rebecca, 22, loved music and crafts and she loved to sing. She also enjoyed gardening. "She could grow anything," said Stephanie Park, who adopted Rebecca and her two siblings when Rebecca was just a year old. Her favorite flowers were always poppies. Rebecca Park went missing on Nov. 3. At the time, police have said she was about 38-weeks pregnant with her son....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago (512+ words) ANN ARBOR " Michigan point guard Elliot Cadeau drove toward the hoop and threw a hook pass to Morez Johnson Jr. at the top of the 3-point arc. Johnson's defender was at the foul line and who could blame him? Johnson, a sophomore, had never made a 3 at the college level. You wouldn't have known it as the 6-foot-9 forward, without hesitation, fired with good mechanics and confidence. "He drills it!" Jason Horowitz said on the BTN broadcast Saturday evening. "He has done everything here in the first half." Overshadowed in Michigan's frontcourt by Yaxel Lendeborg (the leading scorer) and at times Aday Mara (the top rebounder), Johnson has quietly represented much of what has made these Wolverines so dominant. His latest performance? A 22-point effort on half as many shots over 24 minutes in a 101-60 win over Rutgers at Crisler Center…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago (608+ words) Natasza Dudek was used to winning -- and mostly winning big this cross -- country season. But her biggest win on Saturday was a come-from-behind effort. Thanks to a late surge to pass the leader and then holding off another runner, Dudek claimed the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) individual title with a 5-kilometer time of 16:50.1. She collapsed in exhaustion after crossing the finish line at Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland, Ore. with a winning margin of just 1.6 seconds. "It was incredible," Dudek said in a video interview with NXN following the race. "I had no idea that I was going to end up winning. I really just took finishing on empty to heart. I really just gave it my all." Dudek, a sophomore standout from Ann Arbor Pioneer, made a surge to the lead past leader Jaelyn Williams of Eastlake, Calif. (16:58.0) in…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (127+ words) Morez Johnson Jr. threw down a dunk that extended the Michigan Wolverines' lead to 92-54 over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Morez Johnson Jr. throws down dunk, extending Michigan's lead to Rutgers Morez Johnson Jr. threw down a dunk that extended the Michigan Wolverines' lead to 92-54 over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Catch Up with Highlights Pharrel Payne finishes slam dunk, cutting into Maryland's deficit against Iowa Michigan's Trey McKenney throws down alley-oop, extending lead over Rutgers Marquette Golden Eagles vs. Wisconsin Badgers Highlights " FOX College Hoops Marquette's Adrien Stephens throws down MONSTROUS fast-break dunk vs. Wisconsin Andrew Rohde knocks down deep LOGO three, extending Wisconsin's lead over Marquette 'We're nine deep" " Cameron Boozer & Jon Scheyer breakdown BIG road win against Michigan State...