People making news (Detroit Free Press)

20 August 2008, 12:29 am

Laurel Johnson, senior project engineer in the Shelby Township office of Soil and Materials Engineers, was elected vice president of the National Association of Women in Construction Detroit Chapter. Johnson cochairs the chapter's Scholarship and Block Kids Program committees and serves on the Const... read more

VOELLINGER: Ford wears 21 for Illini (Monroe County Clarion)

19 August 2008, 11:35 pm

Prior to the start of the 2008 collegiate football season already hyped by the preseason rankings that have the University of Missouri as high as No. 7 and the University of Illinois No. 19, I've got another number worth considering.... read more

Pruett: NCAA violations hurt his career (The Charleston Gazette)

19 August 2008, 10:02 pm

NCAA violations that saddled Marshall with scholarship reductions from which the program is just now recovering also had a detrimental effect on the career aspirations of Bob Pruett, the Thundering Herds all-time winningest coach.In a deposition taken in M...... read more

UW football: Transfer Watt itching to play (Wisconsin State Journal)

19 August 2008, 7:03 pm

Sophomore J.J. Watt is exactly what the University of Wisconsin football team has been searching for to provide some depth at defensive end. Watt is tall and rangy at 6-foot-6 and 265 pounds. He is athletic and active. He's also a state product, from Pewaukee, who so desperately wanted to be a Badge... read more

Ford wears No. 21 for Illinois (Monroe County Clarion)

19 August 2008, 9:35 am

By Art Voellinger Correspondent Prior to the start of the 2008 collegiate football season already hyped by the preseason rankings that have the University of Missouri as high as No. 7 and the University of Illinois No. 19, I've got another number worth considering.... read more

Michigan linebacker competition fun to watch (The Flint Journal)

18 August 2008, 9:54 pm

Obi Ezeh had a breakout season for the University of Michigan in 2007, starting 10 games and leading the team with 68 tackles as a middle linebacker. Ezeh is the lone returning starter at linebacker after the departures of Shawn Crable and Chris Graham.... read more