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Byline: Max Marcovitch The day Ambry Thomas learned to lead Monday, May 11, 2020 - 9:39am Ambry Thomas Buy this photo File Photo/Daily Max Marcovitch Daily Sports Writer Ambry Thomas [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Max Marcovitch: Eight Michigan sports moments that defined college Monday, April 6, 2020 - 2:29pm The last four years have featured a number of memorable moments for [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch How Michigan taught me to live Monday, March 16, 2020 - 5:30pm . Buy this photo Design by Maggie Wiebe Max Marcovitch Statement Correspondent My feet were [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Max Marcovitch: Is it wrong to care about sports right now? Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 7:20pm The entire sports world, from the NCAA to all the [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch and Finntan Storer 'Tell your grandparents to vote for Bernie': A call left unanswered Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 6:40pm . Buy this photo Design by Maggie [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Men's Basketball SportsMonday Column: Here comes Franz Wagner Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 7:11pm . Buy this photo Emma Mati/Daily Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor On Feb. [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Was Michigan an answer to the 'Jewish Problem'? Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 10:06am . Buy this photo Courtesy of Hugh Grannum/Bentley Historical Library Max Marcovitch Statement [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch SportsMonday Column: Livers is back. Can Michigan change this season's fate? Sunday, February 9, 2020 - 6:26pm Junior forward Isaiah Livers scored 14 points and made 2-of-5 [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch SportsMonday Column: The Emoni Bates experience Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 9:56pm . Buy this photo . Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor Maybe some who pulled up [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Men's Basketball SportsMonday Column: Is Michigan on the verge of another Fab Five? Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 6:46pm . Buy this photo Alec Cohen/Daily Max Marcovitch [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football Citrus Bowl loss leaves Shea Patterson with imperfect legacy Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - 6:52pm Senior quarterback Shea Patterson played his last game at Michigan on [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football How Michigan followed Alabama's lead in adopting a pro-spread offense Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - 12:22pm Offensive coordinator Josh Gattis came to Michigan from Alabama. Buy [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football Gattis reflects on first year leading offense Sunday, December 29, 2019 - 1:25pm Offensive coordinator Josh Gattis has turned things around in the back half of [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football SportsMonday Column: Citrus Bowl provides a unique opportunity Sunday, December 8, 2019 - 8:03pm . Buy this photo Alexis Rankin/Daily Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor The [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football Max Marcovitch: The questions are the insults Saturday, November 30, 2019 - 5:54pm . Buy this photo Alec Cohen/Daily Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor As the [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football Collins sure to play major role in Ohio State gameplan Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 5:09pm Junior wide receiver Nico Collins will be a pivotal part [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football Michigan wins if... Monday, November 25, 2019 - 9:49pm . Buy this photo Natalie Stephens/Daily Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor Just when all looked depleted, when [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch SportsMonday Column: This Shea Patterson gives Michigan a chance Sunday, November 24, 2019 - 5:18pm Senior quarterback Shea Patterson threw for 366 yards and five touchdowns on [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Football The night Nico Collins fused talent with production Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 8:02pm . Buy this photo Miles Macklin/Daily Max Marcovitch Managing Sports Editor BLOOMINGTON [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh stopped Shea Patterson moments before he trotted onto the field to put the finishing touches on his best performance as a Wolverine. 'I [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch There are, realistically, two ways in which Saturday's rivalry showdown between Michigan (7-2 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) and Michigan State (4-5, 2-4) plays out. The first, and [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch 'Throw out the records,' said Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh early Monday afternoon, a wry smile subtly forming on his face. 'There's a cliché you can use when [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Lynn Redd sat and waited for an inevitable call. It was July 4, 2018, and her two sons were out at a nearby fireworks show in their [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch COLLEGE PARK -- It took all of 11 seconds. That's how much time elapsed while freshman Giles Jackson fielded the opening kickoff on Saturday, offered one juke, [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch The thoughts are scattered. Let's get right to it. 1. I'm not sure I'd rush to anoint Hassan Haskins the bell-cow back just yet. Haskins' 20-carry, 148-yard [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Cesar Ruiz sat atop the podium, smirking frequently and bantering with junior guard Michael Onwenu to his right. The confidence oozed -- perhaps due to the 57-carry, [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch No one on the outside knows quite what happened at halftime in State College last weekend, and those on the inside don't seem too keen on sharing. [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch When a stoic Nick Eubanks stood at the podium after a defacing 35-14 loss at Wisconsin, his assessment was frank. 'It's up to us to find an [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch We're about to find out how long that hangover lasted. There's no rest for the weary, as No. 19 Michigan welcomes No. 8 Notre Dame in a [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch To Nico Collins, it was as perplexing on the re-watch as in the moment. He saw the ball in the air on Saturday, readjusting to the slightly-underthrown [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Michigan was scrapping and clawing, and its senior quarterback was leading the charge. Down 28-14 on Saturday, Shea Patterson marched his team down to the one-yard line [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Michigan played its best football game of the season Saturday. Michigan also lost, notching a second Big Ten defeat, which equates to something of a death knell [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It was all right there in Ronnie Bell's hands. The ball, hitting his jersey between the numbers as he leaned slightly forward. The [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Ahead of No. 16 Michigan's clash with No. 7 Penn State this weekend, The Daily called up an old friend. Mike Persak, former Michigan Daily Managing Sports [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Cam McGrone briefly shuffled his feet as he approached the line of scrimmage, sizing up the play before launching. He kept his eyes forward, identifying the roll-out, [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch CHAMPAIGN -- For a time, it all went down as easily as it should have. Michigan marched down the field on the first drive of Saturday's game [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Joe Milton wore a band on his wrist when he faced the media after the 2018 Spring Game -- the 6-foot-5 quarterback peering down on a semicircle [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Jim Harbaugh was asked an open-ended question Monday, as reporters searched for his thoughts on the California bill that was passed last week allowing players to profit [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch I don't know about you all, but I'm exhausted. Saturday, a pretty-good-but-flawed Michigan team beat a pretty-good-but-flawed Iowa team, 10-3, in a game that clearly highlighted both [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch With 1:35 left in the fourth quarter, Michigan's offense asked its defense to step up one more time. The unit had been bailed out all afternoon -- [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Ambry Thomas looked up at the scoreboard as it ticked past one minute left in the fourth quarter. Army had Michigan on the ropes, driving into field [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Nico Collins leaned back against the ledge at Schembechler Hall and smiled. His semi-sarcastic laugh didn't nullify the validity of his answer, though. 'I'm always open,' he [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch 'A-to-Z.' That's how Jim Harbaugh framed the Michigan football team's problems last Monday. Full-scale. Thorough. In that context, Saturday was as close to a no-win proposition as [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Josh Gattis paced near the 30-yard line shortly before kickoff, embracing players scattered about. He walked up to midfield, then back again. Safeties coach Chris Partridge approached [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch For the Michigan defense, this weekend's game will likely offer little in the way of conclusive answers. Rutgers comes into this weekend's bout in Ann Arbor ranked [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Josh Gattis told his players a story this week. He recalled a time, three years ago, when his Penn State group sputtered out of the gate. The [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch When people spewed prognostications this offseason about Michigan's new-look offense they generally centered around one foundational assumption: The offensive line was going to be a strength. Four [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Michigan went into Saturday's game against Wisconsin aiming to make a statement. Well, mission accomplished. Instead of a statement of affirmation -- that this program could win [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch MADISON --As Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor galloped free late in the first quarter, shifting left, then speeding into the free terrain of the secondary, it all [...]

Byline: Max Marcovitch Saturday presents a pivot point in this Michigan football season. It's not a season-defining one. The Wolverines can lose on Saturday and still accomplish all their intended [...]