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…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 1A Cagers look to avenge coach's past tourey loss By Eric Ambinder Daily Sports Writer Three years ago, while coaching at Southwest Mis- souri State, Cheryl Burnett got an itch. She got it from a 2001 NCAA Final Four loss to Purdue. It has bothered her ever since. Tonight, Burnett, now coaching Michigan, finally has a chance to scratch that lingering itch. A win against the fifth- ranked Boil...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 6, 2004 -11 Alaskan fun ends; 'M' readies for Nanooks Challenging field events too often overshadowed By Sharad Mattu Daily Sports Writer When Michigan coach Red Beren- son says that he'd rather ice-fish in Alaska than walk along a beach in Florida, he isn't joking around. When he played in the NHL, he spent two summers in Anchorage running a hockey school. And, ever since Alaska-Fairbanks joined the Ce...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 3B Players of the game SUNDAY'S GAME Tale of Coben - Wisconsin Michigan 55 75 Ashley Josephson (Wisconsin) Josephson's 20 points on 8-18 shooting kept Wisconsin within striking distance of Michigan early in the second half. Tabitha Pool (Michigan) Pool shot 11-of-16, and led the Wolverines in scoring, with 25 points. She also contributed seven rebounds and four assists. has journe...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 11, 2004 -1" Ebbett's brain aids Blue scoring attack By Michael Nisson Daily Sports Writer When you think of the stereotypical chess guru, you probably think of a scrawny little guy with big-rimmed glasses who can derive the Pythagorean Theorem in his sleep. When you think of a hockey player, you probably think of a big, nasty brute that enjoys shoving people in his spare time. When you put the two ima...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 11A Plocki offers money prize for students By Melanie Kebier Daily Sports Writer Michigan women's gymnastics coach Bev Plocki is so passionate about getting the student body to come out to home meets that she's willing to pay students just for showing up. Well, almost. Plocki helped initiate a contest this year that promises at least a $500 tuition credit for one lucky football, basketball or...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 13, 2004 -11 In Iowa, Michigan finds foe with some real big problems Stars need co-stars in distance medley relay By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer After Wednesday's loss at previously conference win- less Minnesota, Michigan is in the depths of adversity. Now it has to play a team that has overcome a lot of that. The Wolverines (4-5 Big Ten, 13-7 overall) travel to Iowa City this Saturday to face the Haw...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 - 3B 'M' gets Golder 111estone By Julie Master Daily Sports Writer Winning a meet is great. Winning 150 meets is even better. On Saturday, the Michigan men's gymnastics team cruised to a 214.600-209.350 victory over Minnesota at Cliff Keen Arena. The victory marks the 150th win for eight-year Michigan head coach Kurt Golder. Junior Eddie Umphrey led the way for the Wolverines, placing firs...…

…0 0 0 C 12B - The Michigan Daily - Weekeld Magazine - Thursday, February 19, 2004 _D F-THER I ~ .- A., By Ryan Lewis Daily Arts Writer Finally, a year has come when the Academy nominated correctly ... or almost. One would be hard pressed to argue against the voters' reasoning for naming a fantasy, a devastated father's story, a high-seas adventure and a Tokyo tale among 2003's elite - though the horse is questionable. As always, the...…

…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 2, 2004 I Friday's game LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS MICHIGAN WOLVERINES Saturday's game 1 5 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 0 4 4 SATURDAY'S GAME MIchigan 4, Lake Superior State 0 Lake Superior 0 0 0 - 0 Michigan 1 2 1 - 4 First period-1, MICH, Nick Martens 2 (Andrew Ebbett, Brandon Rogers) 4:11. Penalties - Eric Werner, MICH (holding) 3:28; Dominic Osman, LSSU (elbowin...…

…4 Wednesday February 4, 2004 sports.michigandaily. corn sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 12 4 Reams emerges as fourth scoring threat Tigers get serious, Drew gets out, L.A. gets nasty By Josh Holman Daily Sports Writer Sophomore Niki Reams finally made some noise for the Michigan women's basketball team on the offensive end last weekend at Illi- nois. Reams scored 12 of Michi- gan's 78 points, as the team produced its best offensive ou...…

…12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 5, 2004 Alaskan excited for return to home state By Gennaro Flc. Daily Sports Editor February is the most trying time of the school year for most Michigan students. The sky is regularly over- cast, beautiful holiday snow turns to mud-ridden, salt-saturated sludge and temperatures frequently hit the single digits. Some students crack from the burning winds; others lose it after their first black ic...…

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…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 Friday's game Saturday's game MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 4 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES *|. ALASKA-FAIRBANKS NANOKS 3 5 1 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS NANooKS SATURDAY'S GAME AlaskaFaibanks 5, Michigan 3 Michigan 1 2 0 - 3 Alaska-Fairbanks 1 2 2 - 5 First period -1, MICH, Andrew Ebbett 6 (T.J. Hen- sick, Milan Gajic) 9:57; 2, UAF, Ryan Campbell 10 (Jared Sylvestre) 12:26. Penalties - Ebbett, MICH (holdi...…

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…4 12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 12, 2004 GOPHERS Continued from Page 8A At that point, Michigan held a 57-50 lead, but the Gophers turned up the defensive pres- sure and hit 3-pointers on their next four pos- sessions. The final one, from guard Adam Boone, put Minnesota ahead, 62-61. After sophomore Daniel Horton knocked down a hanging jump shot, the Gophers answered with two free throws by Stan Gaines, and would never relinq...…

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…4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 Friday's game MIAMI REDHAWKS 1 Saturday's game MIAMI REDHAWKS MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 5 8 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 4 4 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 8, Miami 5 Miami 2 1. Michigan 4 3 2 1. - 5 - 8 Rrst period -1, MIA, Matt Christie 18 (Derek Edwardson, Andy Geene) 11:50; 2, MICH, Milan Gajic 10 (Andrew Ebbett, Brandon Rogers) 13:18; 3, MIA, Matt Davis 4 (unassisted) 14:37; 4, MICH, Dwi...…

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…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 2, 2004 - 5B Talkin' the talk "We only had nine assists and 18 turnovers. You can take that stat right there and probably equate that to a loss." - Michigan coach Tommy Amaker on his team's woes on the offensive end against Illinois. SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 52 j= Illinois 67 Players of the game Luther Head (Illinois) Head scored 18 points on 6-for-10 shooting from the floor, and his five three-...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 13 Injury can't slow down former Olyr By Melanie Kebler Daily Sports Writer Last weekend, women's gymnast Elise Ray gave a performance that left no doubt that she was a former Olympian. But while many might know about the Olympic rings tat- tooed on her shoul- der, few probably realize how much scar tissue lies underneath. "It still hurts, just the scar tissue and everything, but as long as...…

…0 0 _ 16B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 OPTING T ORG IZE: TH By Sravya Chirumamilla Daily Weekend Editor Sitting at yet another meeting for Raas Core, the group I am a part of that organ- izes the annual intercollegiate dance competition Dandia Dhamaka, I start to hyperventilate. The show is less than ten :Nays away, and I have yet to find out the final information for many aspects of the show. Sure...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 5B Talkin' the talk "If we'd had (a timeout remaining), we'd have won the game." - Purdue coach Gene Keady discussing how the Boilermakers were unable to set up defensively following Brandon McKnight's basket with seven seconds left. SATURDAY'S GAME Purdue 63 Michigan 64 Players of the game Brandon McKnight (Purdue) The guard finished with 10 points and put Michigan on the ropes by hit...…

…w w V -- w -- lw - lw w 12B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend MaguLine - Thursday, February 12, 2004 Student-run 'Monologues' return to campus By Rachel Kmr Daily Arts Writer The V-Day invasion has begun. Legions of girls with "I heart Michigan Vaginas" shirts have descended upon the University. Magenta flyers adorned with the silhouette of a combat boot are visi- ble at every point on campus from the UGLi to the corridors of East Quad. Wheth...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 - 5B alkin' the talk "We watched a great team play a great game." - Michigan coach Cheryl Burnett, after losing to Penn State by 29 points. Michigan has only lost this badly one other time during the season - to Michigan State by 34. YESTERDAY S GAME Michigan 44 Penn State 73 Players of the game Kelly Mazzante (Penn State) Mazzante, as usual, led the Nittany Lions in scoring with 16 po...…

…0 -I- 10B -The Michigan Daily - Wekend Magazine- Thursday, February 19, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Mga I By Alex Wolsky Daily Arts Editor l r N GETTING INSIDE THE DERANGED MIND OF OSCAR A LOOK AT THE BIGGEST SNUBS IN ACADEMY HISTORY Oscar is a precarious bedfellow. Over the past 76 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has bestowed critical praise on some of the most deserving films in history. Yet, while the Ac...…

…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 2, 2004 4 Grapplers take one fromrival By Alex Cummins For The Daily Friday night in Cliff Keen Arena, the No. 5 Michigan wrestling team dominated intrastate rival Michigan State 31- 6 on its way to a 3-0 start in Big Ten dual meet action. Michigan coach Joe McFarland, in his fifth season, is no stranger to the intrastate rivalry. "There is definitely no love lost between the programs," McFar...…

…14 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 2003 'Sin bin' awaits naughty Icers 4 By Michael Nisson Daily Sports Writer Fact or fiction: College hockey players and third graders share many traits. Fact. At first glance, it might seem odd to compare players to a bunch of young schoolchildren. But the two groups have at least one thing in common - when they act inappropriately, they can be sent to take a "time- out." The hockey version of...…

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…- 6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9. 2004 * - w *I NFL PRO BOWL 2 legit 2 quit NFC comes back from 18-point deficit to win HONOLULU (AP) - There was nothing relaxing about yester- day afternoon in Hawaii: The highest-scoring Pro Bowl in histo- ry also might have been the most exciting edition of the NFL's all- star game. MVP Marc Bulger threw a Pro Bowl-recor...…

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…6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 Blue has to redefine season goals SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan (61) DAN BREMMER Garden State of Mind While watching the beginning of the Michigan basketball team's practice last Monday, I was talking with two other reporters who also cover the team. We all had one question in mind about Michigan's chances of making the NCAA Tourna- ment: Will the team allow reporters to come to Crisler ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 2, 2004- 7B Big Tens loom for 'M' after rout of Irish By Anne Ulble Daily Sports Writer It was a meet that didn't count toward their conference record, or toward its next competition. But, for Michigan, it mattered. The Michigan women's swimming and diving team concluded its regular season with a victory over No. 20 Notre Dame on Saturday night in South Bend, Ind. with a score of 166-134, improvi...…

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…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 - 7B Ray shines in Wolverines' home victory By Jeremy Antar Daily Sports Writer X79 6LlV1 NOTE In front of a season-high 4,089 fans at Crisler n.y. . .*,<<> Arena on Friday night, the Michigan women's, .^ gymnastics team dominated the intrastate com-,*0 petition in the State of Michigan Classic. Michi-. gan's score of 197.125 placed them comfortably............ above Central Michigan (19...…

…w w w ---w w w w w w -w -w 10B -The Michigan Daily - WeekendMagazine - Thursday, February 12, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine iAE WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT SCOTT SERILLA - WHATEVER IT IS, M AGAINST IT BE MINE, U OF M ME Cour tsy fB What's the deal with Ovaltine? BiLLBoARD TOP 10 1. When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney - Here's to hoping that the sun goes down on Kenny Chesney really soon. 2. A Crow Left of the Murder, Inc...…

…The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 - 7B Ryals, Ray lead Blue home upset of Utah Seniors lead team to win in farewell home meet By Jeremy Antar Daily Sports Writer In a match-up between two perennial powers in collegiate gymnastics, the No. 12 Michigan women's gymnastics team defeated No. 4 Utah at Crisler Arena on Saturday 196.725-196.350. The victory improved Michigan's home record to a perfect 3-0 this lllAl 16.50 seas...…

…0 0 6 8B - The Michigan Daily - WeekIId Magazine - Thursday, February 19, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine HOLLYWOOD'S FINEST BATTLE FOR SUPPORTING ACTORS By John Hartman For the Daily r In a year when many pundits agree that the leading actor and actress awards seem like done deals, there are no sure bets in the supporting categories. These categories have been traditionally diffi- cult to predict, sometimes picking industry f...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 2, 2004 I By Jim Weber Daily Sports Editor Be honest: How many of you still get Athletic Director Bill Martin con- fused with the booster, Ed Martin? And even if you know who Bill is, do you actually know what he does? A local businessman who was begged by members of the Athletic Department to serve as its director, Bill Martin didn't walk into an easy situation. The department was facing a t...…

… AU AV -W AV VV V V 4B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 JOEL HOARD - GET THAT PAPER HAPPY "EVERYONE GETS AN AWARD" DAY! Q uestion: Which of the following received at least one Grammy nomi- nation this year: Hillary Clinton, Al Franke , Ruben Studdard, Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Kenny G, Carl Reiner, Eric Idle, Bill Maher, Don Cheadle, Quentin Tarantino, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese?...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 9, 2004 0 Brannen, Willis break four minutes By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Writer On May 6, 1954, Englishman Roger Bannister did what the world had thought was impossible. At the Oxford University track, he ran a mile in 3:59.4 - the first person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile - and became world-famous, seen as almost superhuman to most. Since then, some of the glamour sur- roundin...…

… w w w w lqw mw -Wr T 7 4B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, February 12, 2004 REBECCA RAMSEY - COMPROMISINGPosTON The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazini Social interaction got you down.? Try dati DON'T STEAL MY COVERS: MORNING-AFTER ETIQUETTE Due to a bout of temporary madness, I decided to go for a run on Sunday morn- ing. I was stunned - appalled, if you will. Yes, it has been cold, but it was not the early-morni...…

…8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 16, 2004 m 4 I ~~*ta. Ag- Sr h ILA W, Ir -4; I du,.; a ,.? 4 d -is, w : E it " ..1, 1 .., , Y , * ° Photo by DANNY MOLOSHOK Headline illustration by SAMUEL BUTLER - I r 0 NI 4 By Gennaro Filice and Jim Weber Daily Sports Editors - ~ _Willirngress_ At the end of the weekend, Montoya receives notes and a DVD from Matwijiw that critiques Montoya's play. "He'll go over the vide...…

… 0 w w 0 0 6B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend agzuine - Thursday, February 19, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekend agazine- The 76th Annual Academy Awards Alex Wolsky's Official Daily Picks Hussain Rahim's Official Daily Picks Predictions Best Picture "Mystic River" Best Actor Sean Penn Best Actress Charlize Theron Best Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin Best Suporting Actress Renee Zeliweger Best Director Peter Jackson But in a perfect worl...…

…a " a a M WW, a 12B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 ool J brings the pain on Mama The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazii Little League gets big notice By Evan McGarvey Daily Arts Writer Slandering LL Cool J has become especially easy over the past decade. His rap career, prolific in length, has become overshadowed by a short-lived sitcom and less than inspir- ing feature film c h o i c e s ("Rollerba...…

…v. s EwUw ww w wI - - -- - l- --w 8B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Maazine - Thursday, February 12, 2004 ANDY KULA - BANGKOK RULES The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine FEEL THE PULSE: PILOT PROGRAM MENTORS STUDENTS WITH HEALTH ISSUES PRINCE RUINED MY LIFE: THE ANDY KULA STORY By Katie Marie Gates Daily Arts Writer Last week I was interrupted from my studies when I got telephone call from my par- ents. After a while, I had to explain...…

… 9 p 0 0 AV V a v 6B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend agazine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC A CAPPELLA COMMUNITY THRIVES IN UNIVERSITY SETTING The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - JESS PISKOR - COOK'NP' ASTORM BREAKFAST - NOT JUST ANOTHER WAY TC By Megan Jacobs Daily Arts Writer No instruments. No backup. No help from synthesizers or production teams. Unusual guttural sounds referred to as "vocal percussion."...…

…........... i w w U --Iw- 6B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend IMgazine - Thursday, February 12, 2004 -lw- 7 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - _ . ,--x _ ,. .,, T' t- Victoria's got what she wants Avoid the 'Secr By Melissa Runstrom Daily Books Editor So it's Feb. 12 and you still haven't found the perfect Valentine's gift? Just let your friend Victoria help you out. Beware though - whenever you to shop at a lin- gerie store...…

…w w 0 0 U U U 0 a i 10B -- The Michigan Daily - Weekend Maguine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine In da club: Finding the2 laughs in A By Jiwon Lee Daily Arts Writer Going to a stand-up comedy performance in Ann Arbor is definitely a uique experience. There's something about the dark (and usually somewhat smoky) room with its intimate proximity to the lit stage that adds to the anticipation of a live p...…

… =m -W 0 -W lU )w -IV w w -W 8B - The Michigan Daily - Wekend agazine - Thursday, February 5, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Weekeod agazim a ( w For all the flak Detroit receives for its infa- mous, dangerous reputation, it is better known in local circles as a cultural mecca for its artistic forums. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has a long-standing history as one of the city's biggest draws, as music legends flock to play in its...…