Michigan’s choose-your-own-adventure season always had a championship ending

Michigan’s choose-your-own-adventure season always had a championship ending

HOUSTON — There are two stories to tell about this Michigan team, and they’re really the same. One is the story of a program that bent the rules, a coach who got suspended, a university that went to war with its conference, and a championship many will view with disdain. The other is about a…

Michigan’s choose-your-own-adventure season always had a championship ending

Michigan’s choose-your-own-adventure season always had a championship ending

HOUSTON — There are two stories to tell about this Michigan team, and they’re really the same. One is the story of a program that bent the rules, a coach who got suspended, a university that went to war with its conference, and a championship many will view with disdain. The other is about a…

ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for ‘College GameDay’ stars

ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for ‘College GameDay’ stars

In March 2023, Shelley Smith, who worked 26 years as an on-air reporter for ESPN, received a call from Stephanie Druley, then the network’s head of studio and event production. Druley said she wanted to talk about something “serious” that needed to stay between the two of them, Smith recalled. She then told Smith that…

Inside Bill Belichick’s downfall after 24 years, six titles with the Patriots

Inside Bill Belichick’s downfall after 24 years, six titles with the Patriots

Robert Kraft hoped things would end differently. He’d spent the final years of a dying dynasty patching together a fraying relationship between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, but in early 2020, it was all over. Separate conversations with his head coach and quarterback had kept the pair together long enough to win a sixth Super…

EBay to pay $3M after employees sent live spiders, cockroaches to couple

EBay to pay $3M after employees sent live spiders, cockroaches to couple

Online marketplace eBay has been ordered to cough up $3 million to resolve criminal charges related to a harassment campaign by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday. The Justice Department charged eBay with four counts of corporate stalking — two through…