Articles tagged:Anthony Wright

Posted: Sun Jun 6 8:23 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

It appears former Michigan basketball forward Anthony Wright is going to end up playing Division I basketball next season after all. It’ll just be at Toledo instead of Michigan. The Sterling, Va. native chose Toledo over Detroit after taking unofficial visits to both schools over the weekend. He will have ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 4 2:03 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Former Michigan forward Anthony Wright taking unofficial visits to other Division I schools

Former Michigan forward Anthony Wright has an update on quest to play college basketball next year:Â He might be able to play Division I. The Sterling, Va., native is planning on taking unofficial visits to Toledo today and then the University of Detroit on Saturday.

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Posted: Tue Mar 2 11:05 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Michigan coach John Beilein changes up game day routine and some senior moments

Going into the final home game of the regular season, Michigan coach John Beilein said he wasn’t going to shift the lineup. Instead, he changed the way his team approached a home game.

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Posted: Mon Mar 1 7:25 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

Anthony Wright has one more year of eligibility with the Michigan basketball team remaining, but it sounds like the senior from Sterling, Va. won’t be using it. Wright redshirted his freshman year at Michigan after being recruited by Tommy Amaker, but hasn’t played much this season, averaging career-lows in minutes ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 17 7:16 p.m. by Events Admin AnnArbor.com
Posted: Wed Feb 17 12:40 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Manny Harris helps Michigan win in overtime

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Manny Harris sat on the bench a season ago in Carver-Hawkeye Arena watching his team deflate without him in an overtime loss to the Hawkeyes. This year, in overtime again, that wasn’t an issue.

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Posted: Wed Feb 10 4:04 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Michigan basketball forward Anthony Wright embraces the world in 140-character Twitter bursts

Michigan basketball forward Anthony Wright enjoys communicating, including frequent bursts of chatter on his Twitter account. (Photo: Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com)Two Sundays ago as the Grammy Awards broadcast on television, Anthony Wright played one part critic, one part social commentator, one part comedian. Most who know Wright recognize his name ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 1 4:17 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Posted: Fri Jan 29 5:10 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Michigan coach John Beilein fiddles with rotation; Jerry Dunn to return

Throughout the season, John Beilein has spent time tinkering with Michigan’s starting lineup and playing rotation. Sometimes it's out of necessity, when sophomore guard Zack Novak missed the Utah game due to illness or when Beilein suspended Manny Harris against Purdue.The rest of it, from the fluctuating minutes of the ...

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Posted: Mon Jan 18 3:17 p.m. by Juliana Keeping AnnArbor.com Health & Environment Reporter
'Speak truth to power,' Keith Boykin tells crowd at Eastern Michigan University in MLK Day address

Speak truth to power. That was the central message in a keynote address to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center this morning. Keith Boykin, a TV host, editor and author, told the large crowd that speaking truth to power is a willingness to ...

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Posted: Sat Dec 5 6:24 p.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
Michigan basketball forward Anthony Wright becomes a father

Anthony Wright has been awake at all hours for two days, waiting, wondering, and anticipating. His girlfriend, Stefanie Mitchell, was due to give birth, and 30 hours after she went into labor, Wright, a senior forward on Michigan’s basketball team, became a father. Jordyn Wright came into the world at ...

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Posted: Sat Oct 17 12:42 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

Zack Novak ran around the court, mobbed by his teammates like he just made a game-winning shot. He ran all the way across the court and then back. Nah, he just won the four-person Michigan Madness slam dunk contest highlighting the opening of the college basketball season a year after ...

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Posted: Tue Oct 13 11:37 p.m. by Melanie Maxwell Staff Photographer

Watch sports writer Dave Birkett participate in basketball drills during the University of Michigan basketball media day at Crisler Arena.

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