A washed-up Tiger Woods has only himself to blame
Washed up at 39. We expect it from athletes who wear shoulder pads (Peyton Manning), not from those who read greens. Jack Nicklaus won the Masters at 46, and Tom...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Michigan State’s Connor Cook in comfort zone at Big Ten title game
The Iowa and Michigan State players who spoke Monday on the Big Ten media teleconference were asked to make an opening statement. Several, apparently nervous, were stumped. "That's pretty hard,"...
Michigan State, Iowa not flashy but worthy of Big Ten title game
Two old-school programs will break ground Saturday, participating in college football's first quarterfinal playoff game. It will be called the Big Ten championship game, and the winner heads directly to...
Ohio State’s triumph over Michigan eases pain of loss to Michigan State
As the clock slid below two minutes at Michigan Stadium, Ezekiel Elliott celebrated by distributing hugs as if they were game balls. He embraced the Ohio State offensive linemen who...
Preview: Ohio State at Michigan
TV: 11 a.m. Saturday; ABC-7. Line: Ohio State by 1. Records: Ohio State 10-1, 6-1 Big Ten; Michigan 9-2, 6-1. Last meeting: Ohio State won 42-28 on Nov. 29, 2014,...
Preview: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
TV: 7 p.m. Saturday; ABC-7. Line: Oklahoma by 7. Records: Oklahoma 10-1, 7-1 Big 12; Oklahoma State 10-1, 7-1. Last meeting: Oklahoma State won 38-35 on Dec. 6, 2014, in...
Teddy Greenstein’s Big Ten football picks
This is a weekend of major implications and modest goals. The Penn State-Michigan State game will determine who wins the Big Ten East — and Ohio State-Michigan might. If Iowa...
Teddy Greenstein’s Big Ten football picks
You know what has been missing from Big Ten football this season? Upsets. This struck me as I was watching overtime(s) of the Michigan-Indiana game at a bar in Gilman,...
Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers: Football’s ‘five-tool player’?
So, Charles Woodson, does Jabrill Peppers remind you of anyone? Woodson chuckles. He knew this was coming. "No, man, actually he doesn't," Woodson says by telephone. "I know, of course,...
Here’s a take on the high marks and low marks for Big Ten season
The game all but ended once. Then a second time. And then a third. Wisconsin prevailed the first two times, only to have replay officials flip the calls. When it...