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July- 1999 7/31/99 Hockey UM Hockey Coach Red Berenson doesn't expect Mike Van Ryn to return to the Wolverine Hockey Team next season. Ann Arbor News 7/30/99 Basketball MSU Basketball player Mateen Cleaves, who is known for his off the court brushes with law almost as much as he is known for his basketball skills has decided to sue former Wolverine hoops star Maurice Taylor. Detroit News Ann Arbor News 7/30/99 Football Two Football players accused of embezzlement have plead guilty. Detroit News (scroll down to read story) Detroit Free Press 7/30/99 Football UM gets another recruit for the class of 2000. Recruiting update. Ann Arbor News 7/27/99 FootballNew Poll on the upcoming football season. Polls 7/27/99 Baseball Former Wolverine hurler Jim Abbott retires from major league baseball. Detroit Free Press 7/27/99 Football National magazines reports that UM is picked to finish 2 or 3 in the Big10 and 6 or 7 overall in the nation. Detroit News 7/27/99 Football Former Wolverine Charles Woodson to play offense for the Raiders? Detroit News 7/27/99 FootballFormer Wolverine Jumbo Elliott was named in a $6.3M lawsuit brought by five people allegedly injured in bar fight with Jumbo last month. Detroit News 7/25/99 Athletic Department The Sports Editor of the Ann Arbor News gave Tom Goss a nice big kiss on the butt in today's print edition. I'll post a link if it becomes available. 7/22/99 Hockey Atlanta signed free-agent defenseman Chris Tamer (UM 90-93 ), whom it selected from the New York Rangers in last month's expansion draft. Tamer, 28, had a goal, five assists and 124 penalty minutes in 63 games with the Rangers and Pittsburgh last season. 7/20/99 Athletic Department UM Athletic Department holds football season tickets hostage for $1000. Ann Arbor News The Actual Letter 7/19/99 Football Former Wolverine Jerame Tuman has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 7/18/99 Athletic Department The Ann Arbor News has an article chronicling the problems UM players have had with the law and UM's current policy for dealing with such incidents. 7/14/99 Athletic Department Regents grill Tom Goss over Athletic Department budget overruns. Detroit News 7/16/99- Hockey Ex-Wolverine Icer Jason Botterill was traded from Dallas to Atlanta. ESPN.COM 7/15/99- BasketballFormer UM Hoops stars Robert Traylor and Lewis Bullock are cooperating with the FBI in its investigation of ex-booster Ed Martin. Detroit Free Press 7/15/99- Hockey UM has announced the hockey schedule for the upcoming season. Friday night games are moving to a 7:30 start time. Yost will also host the College Showcase Tournament in November. mgoblue.com 7/15/99 FootballMichigan is ranked #7 in the Sporting News pre-season college football poll. The Sporting News CNNSI has the Wolverines ranked #5. CNNSI 7/14/99 Athletic Department University President Lee Bollinger gave Tom Goss a 25% raise last September ($220K to $275K) and Goss responded by running the Athletic Department $2M dollars into the red despite record revenues. The deficit is hampering plans to elevate Men's Soccer and Women's Water Polo to varsity status. Detroit News Don't forget to vote on what you think of Tom Goss Polls 7/13/99 Football News from the Baseball All-Star Game. Yankees Shortstop Derek Jeter has told interviewers that he will attend the 1999 UM/OSU football game as a guest of UM QB Drew Henson. 7/12/99 Football The website promoting the book "Michigan Memories' has some great real audio clips of Bo Schembechler. bobook.com 7/11/99 FootballFormer Wolverine Jumbo Elliot (84-87) was arrested after a fight in a New York bar. He currently plays for the New York Jets. Police report it took 31 officers to restrain him! Detroit News 7/9/99 Football UM QB Drew Henson (98-?) professional baseball stats so far this season with the New York Yankees' class A affiliate (Tampa). .226 batting average, 6 home runs, 25 RBI. He has struck out 45 times in 155 at-bats. 7/8/99 Football New Poll on the off-the-field problems of UM Football players. Polls 7/7/99- Football UM has terminated the scholarship of FB Demetrius Smith, one of the players accused of embezzling from a local Ann Arbor Store. Ann Arbor News 7/6/99- Hockey Former Wolverine Blake Sloan has signed a one year contract with Dallas of the NHL. Blake helped Dallas win the Stanley Cup this past season. 7/3/99- Football Former Wolverine Mercury Hayes (UM 92-95) has been cut from Montreal of the CFL. Hayes caught a touchdown pass to complete one of the greatest comebacks in UM history. Read about that game 7/1/99- Football Two football players have been accused of embezzlement involving merchandise taken from a local Ann Arbor store. Detroit News 7/1/99- Hockey New uniform style for the Wolverines? Informed sources have confirmed that Nike is discontinuing its hockey apparel line. Nike supplied the Wolverine uniforms last year. |
