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Posted on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 : 9:19 a.m.

Meandering through the maize (and blue): NBA emerging star to rehab

By Michael Rothstein

Michael Beasley dominated college basketball two seasons ago. Now, he's heading to rehab.

Beasley always stood out to me as a can't miss talent, an unrelenting rebounder with extreme offensive skill around the basket. Now, though, he's got other issues to figure out besides boxing out.

On to the links:

FOOTBALL:

  • Michael Rothstein of annarbor.com goes behind the music to find out how songs are picked for Michigan practices.
  • Former Michigan football player Ted Topor was inducted into something called the South Shore Sports Legends in Indiana.
  • Scott Bell of the Free Press breaks down the kicking competition.
  • Angelique Chengelis writes about Denard Robinson in the Detroit News.
  • Buy a sign that says 'Thanks, Coach Carr,' signed by Lloyd Carr himself.
  • Maize n Brew doesn't want to see Michigan play three quarterbacks. Nope, not at all.
  • BASKETBALL:

  • Former Michigan forward Epke Udoh was named as one of the top transfers in the country by FOX Sports' Jeff Goodman. He's now at Baylor.
  • OTHER SCHOOLS AND STUFF: Two years ago, Demetrius Jones started the season-opener at quarterback for Notre Dame. Then, he didn't get on the bus for Michigan. Now, he's a starting linebacker at Cincinnati.

  • Dan LeFevour might not like the spotlight, but the Central Michigan quarterback will have to embrace it, writes Cory McCartney of SI.com.
  • Michael Jackson's death ruled a homicide.
  • Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel breaks down the summer in sports books. Read one on the list, "The Sure Thing: The Making and Unmaking of golf phenom Michelle Wie," by Eric Adelson. Adelson, a Meandering friend, grew up in Ann Arbor. Drape's book is next on our list, as is Wahl's.
  • Comments

    Theo212

    Tue, Aug 25, 2009 : 10:11 a.m.

    With DRob at the helm, Infinity is the realm. The Irish we'll crush, Turn Sparty to mush. And the spucks we'll overwhelm! -Theo Twain '09