Stories by Everett Cook
Block 'M' Blog: Catching up with Daily alum Rich Eisen
BY EVERETT COOK
"But Denard best watch out when I see him in February when he comes out for the scouting combine. I suggest he lace ‘em up for that one. When he runs at the combine, I’ll be there, and I’ll be breaking six seconds this year. I’m working on my core, I’m mentally prepared and I have my suit already picked out. I’m focused, and I understand Shoelace is fast, but I have straight-ahead speed."
Michigan basketball set to play Cleveland State in second round of NIT Season Tip-Off
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
With a 91-54 victory over IUPUI on Monday night, the Michigan basketball team moved on to the second round of the 2012 NIT Season Tip-Off, matching up against Cleveland State on Tuesday.
Block 'M' Blog: Catching up with Pat Stansik
- Courtesy of Pat Stansik
BY EVERETT COOK
It’s Wednesday. That means it’s time for our weekly Alumni Q&A, where I use magical tools like the Internet and telephones to track down former Michigan athletes. They could be close, they could be far, but I will find them.
Hardaway fills different roles in Michigan's young season
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
Tim Hardaway Jr. was just nine points shy of leading the Michigan basketball team in scoring last year, even with his subpar 28-percent three-point percentage. He was a go-to scorer for most of the season, tasked with a big chunk of the offensive burden on a team that had just two players average double-digit points per game.
Michigan throttles Northern Michigan in exhibition opener
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
It’s hard to draw conclusions from preseason basketball games, especially for a Michigan basketball team that has the hype of the No. 5 team in the nation playing against a Northern Michigan team that went 9-17 in Division II last year.
Burke suspended for exhibition vs. Northern Michigan
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
The Michigan men’s basketball team will be without its lone pre-season All-American on Thursday for a season-opening exhibition against Northern Michigan, as coach John Beilein announced Wednesday that sophomore point guard Trey Burke is suspended for a violation of team standards.
Block 'M' Blog: Catching up with Shawn Hunwick
- File Photo/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
It’s Wednesday. This means it’s time for our weekly Alumni Q&A, where I use magical tools like the Internet and telephones to track down former Michigan athletes. They could be close, they could be far, but I will find them.
After clawing back for overtime, Michigan loses NCAA Tournament opener to Cornell
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
GREEN BAY, Wisc. — At some point during the postseason, overtime became the norm for the Michigan hockey team. In two of its four CCHA playoff games, the Wolverines needed an extra frame to decide things, and it won both of those playoff games.
• HUNWICK: The midnight gesture of Shawn Hunwick
• NO GOAL: Overturned goal haunts Wolverines
• POWER(LESS) PLAY: Over and over, power play can't convert
Hockey Bracketology 2012
BY EVERETT COOK
As the NCAA Tournament approaches, The Michigan Daily hockey beat sat down and hammered out the winners and losers, seeing it out to the very end in Tampa Bay, Fla.
Everett Cook: For Michigan, a loss in the CCHA final was a good thing
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY EVERETT COOK
DETROIT — Senior captain Luke Glendening stepped to the podium after the Michigan hockey team failed to come back in the CCHA Championship game, falling to Western Michigan, 3-2.
