“Injuries are easier,” senior goalkeeper Hillary Beal said. “You go through them and there’s kind of an endpoint and you determine when you’re allowed to return to play. But this is (different) because you don’t know when there’s an end (in) sight and you don’t know when you’re going to have the opportunity to take the field again and start competing.”

Michigan coach Erik Bakich’s motto of “You can’t get hot if you don’t start cold” might need to change soon, should a proposal he’s spearheading to change the structure of college baseball be accepted.

In the span of just 12 hours, the Michigan men’s basketball team lost the recruiting battle for five-star Joshua Christopher and saw five-star Isaiah Todd decommit as he plans to play professionally. Daily sports writer Brendan Roose talks with beat writers Connor Brennan, Daniel Dash and Jacob Kopnick, along with managing sports editor Ethan Sears, to discuss initial reactions, where this leaves next year’s team and what this means for Juwan Howard’s recruiting in the long run.

One week ago, in the wake of coronavirus and school moving online, The Michigan Daily put together its last print paper of the year. Though they didn’t expect this abrupt end to their college careers and to be doing this annual podcast in March, senior sports editor Ben Katz sat down with nine other seniors that night for this senior send-off. First, they discuss the past four years in Michigan sports, including their favorite memories covering teams, athletes and coaches. Next, they reflect on what The Michigan Daily has meant to them (23:47).