
Michigan, others may regulate amateur MMA fights
Jerry "The Moose" Waterson fulfilled a dream last month by stepping into the ring for his first professional mixed martial arts fight, which he won.

Best and worst of NCAA tournament's 1st weekend
Florida Gulf Coast was the breakout star of the weekend, alley-ooping its way on to the national stage to capture everyone's attention. You probably ...

APNewsBreak: No pups born to Isle Royale wolves
The gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan are increasingly threatened, scientists said Monday, with no pups spotted during the ...

Donors give $8M for Detroit EMS units, police cars
Several businesses have pledged a total of $8 million to help cash-strapped Detroit pay for a new fleet of emergency vehicles, including 23 EMS units ...
Child tells US court in Detroit he was slave labor
Some of the children were only in middle school when a former tennis pro from Africa faked immigration papers and brought them to Michigan, where he ...

High court takes on a new affirmative action case
The Supreme Court's decision to hear a new case from Michigan on the politically charged issue of affirmative action offers an intriguing hint that ...

Florida Gulf Coast stars in Week 1 of NCAA tourney
The basketball blue bloods from Louisville, Kansas and Indiana made it through. So did the iron men from La Salle. Then there's Florida Gulf Coast, ...

Detroit manager to listen, then assess priorities
A bankruptcy lawyer and turnaround expert tasked with reviving Detroit's beleaguered finances could be greeted by a crowd of protesters as he arrives ...

BracketRacket: Zags, Ryan's Wiki and Geno is 59
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we say farewell to our first No. 1 seed and explain why ...

Michigan State easily advances past Memphis 70-48
Here we go again for Michigan State. Make it to the NCAA tournament, prepare for any possibility in the first two games, and then focus on the next ...

Oklahoma, McFarland stop Central Michigan 78-73
Joanna McFarland stepped in when no one else would for Oklahoma, then Aaryn Ellenberg waited until the right moment to take over. McFarland had 18 ...

Family connections a big part of NCAA tournament
Tim Hardaway Jr. can take the questions in stride at this point. Any time Michigan is in the national spotlight, his familiar name stands out — and ...
Deal requires ferry to stop ash dumping in 2 years
The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators ...

Promoters: Mixed martial arts fighter faked death
Mixed martial arts promoters Christo Piliafas and Scott DiPonio were shocked to learn that one of their fighters was a suspect in the holdup of a ...

Memphis survives frantic finish, beats St Mary's
When D.J. Stephens is dunking and blocking shots, Memphis looks like a team that could make an extended run in this NCAA tournament. Then, the Tigers ...

Robinson, Michigan beat South Dakota State 71-56
Trey Burke hit the ground with a thud, and a rough night suddenly turned downright painful. The Michigan star left the court for a bit but came back ...

Memphis avoids late collapse, tops Gaels 54-52
Before he could celebrate his first NCAA tournament victory as a head coach, Josh Pastner had to sweat out a couple of frantic seconds. Memphis held ...

3rd-seeded Michigan State beats No. 14 Valpo 65-54
Derrick Nix got a pass down low, backed up his beefy body to put an opponent on his back and scored. For much of Michigan State's NCAA ...

One look at the 63 NCAA women's tourney games
Baylor is six wins from a second straight national championship. But, it's hardly a foregone conclusion this year that the Lady Bears will repeat.

A guide to the NCAA games
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to make the field of 68.
Deer bolts from car trunk past stunned officer
Talk about junk in the trunk. A public safety officer checking a suspicious car parked behind a southwestern Michigan motel early Tuesday was more ...

Medical marijuana facility partners with rapper
A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a ...

Parents: Grandma 'monster,' slain son 'vindicated'
Calling her mother a "monster," Jennifer Hoffman said the 75-year-old woman deserves to be in prison for fatally shooting her teen son and strongly ...

In snow-socked Northeast, spring seems far away
Snow and sleet blasted the Northeast on the last full day of winter Tuesday, closing schools and turning roads into a slick mess that got the Harlem ...

Mich. woman, 75, convicted of murdering grandson
A 75-year-old woman was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for killing her teenage grandson last spring in her Detroit-area home, after jurors ...