Tag Archives: Michigan

Alex McLenon With another partner onboard at Michigan Central, a team of Detroit city officials has been set up to help companies seeking approval for mobility testing. Google says it will join Ford as a tenant at Michigan Central Station in Corktown when restoration of Detroit’s largest monument to blight is complete. Ford Motor Company officials say that work could be finished by early 2023. The announcement comes as City of Detroit and Michigan… Source link

On the National Signing Days of 2016 and 2017, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh presided over an event he’d created — “Signing with the Stars.” It was part unveiling of the high school recruits who would play for the Wolverines — prospects such as Rashan Gary, Devin Bush and Donovan Peoples-Jones. Mostly, though, it was a celebration of Michigan football and the carnival barking of Harbaugh hopefully gaining the attention of future recruits. He was newly arrived in Ann Arbor and… Source link

Georgia will get another shot at Alabama. The No. 3 Bulldogs are headed to the College Football Playoff title game for the first time since the 2017 season after trouncing No. 2 Michigan on Friday night in the Orange Bowl. Georgia marched down the field and scored on its opening drive and never looked back en route to a resounding 34-11 victory. In the end, the Bulldogs wracked up 518 yards of offense, limited Michigan to only 88 rushing yards and forced three turnovers. It was a dominant… Source link

The Sun Bowl is back on. After its originally scheduled opponent Miami dropped out because of a reported COVID-19 outbreak on the team, Washington State will now face Central Michigan in the Dec. 31 bowl. A day after Miami canceled, CMU lost its bowl opponent on Monday when Boise State had to withdraw from the Arizona Bowl because of its own COVID-19 outbreak. With two teams in need of a bowl partner, it didn’t take long for the natural conclusion to play out. The Arizona Bowl, with a… Source link

Earlier this month, President Biden signed an executive order with a lofty goal: he wants over half of all vehicle sales to be electric vehicles by 2030. The CEOs of GM (GM), Ford (F), and Stellantis (STLA) attended the White House event and threw their support behind the measure, pledging to put billions of dollars into manufacturing EVs and to work with Democrats to have American workers produce them. “There’s no turning back. The question is will we lead or fall behind in the race for… Source link

Buffalo is on the cusp of hiring Michigan co-defensive coordinator Maurice Linguist to become the school’s next head coach, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. The deal is being finalized and the school could introduce Linguist to the team as soon as Friday night.  Linguist, 37, spent this spring at Michigan after working the 2020 season with the Dallas Cowboys. Throughout a circuitous career that’s seen Linguist work everywhere from the FCS to the NFL and two separate tours in the SEC,… Source link

BGR This might be the biggest ‘Spider-Man 3’ spoiler yet, and we can’t believe it With April almost over, we’re inching towards the first Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer. Given what we know about Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and what we think we know about the next Spider-Man installment, Sony and Marvel will have a difficult task in hiding the film’s surprises. We know that Spider-Man’s true identity was revealed to the whole world at the end of Far From Home, so Spider-Man 3 already… Source link

UCLA players celebrate after beating Michigan on Tuesday. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) UCLA’s improbable NCAA tournament run continues. The No. 11-seeded Bruins held on in the second half to upset No. 1 seed Michigan, 51-49, to advance to play Gonzaga in the Final Four on Saturday night. UCLA joins 2011 VCU as the only teams to advance to the Final Four after having to play in a First Four play-in game before the first round of the NCAA tournament. Michigan had three chances to win the… Source link

MMA Weekly Francis Ngannou wants to fight Jon Jones, despite Dana White’s doubts After knocking out Stipe Miocic in the second round to win the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 260, Francis Ngannou spoke to the media at the post-fight press conference about what could be next for his career. Earlier in the evening at the press conference, UFC president Dana White said he was 100-percent willing to make a title fight between Ngannou and Jon Jones. But White also expressed doubt that Jones… Source link

In an age where sponsor patches are on every NBA uniform and the Nike swoosh has even hit MLB jerseys, maybe it was only a matter of time before companies started pushing for the actual names of major American sports teams. Michigan State entered new territory on Thursday by announcing a massive expansion in its endorsement deal with Rocket Mortgage, including a name change for its men’s basketball team on campus. Yes, rather than call them the Michigan State Spartans, the team will now… Source link