The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN IN THE PROS Dealing with the adversities in life, you do the best you can do. "We'll get through it." Brady responded "absolutely not" when asked if "Deflategate" detracted from his joy of winning the Super Bowl. Yee said of the Wells report: "In my opinion, this outcome was predeter- mined; there was no fairness in the Wells investigation whatsoever. There is no evidence that Tom directed foot- balls be set at pressures below the al- lowable limits." He also insisted that if a neutral party hears an appeal, the report "will be exposed as an incredibly frail exer- cise in fact-finding and logic." Patriots owner Robert Kraft issued an immediate response in saying the organization was disappointed by the report. He said it lacked "any incontro- vertible or hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs" after a three- month investigation triggered when Colts general manager Ryan Grigson tipped off NFL officials to the issue in an e-mail. The NHL CARL HAGELIN RAMPING IT UP IN THE POSTSEASON Former Michigan icer Carl Hagelin Fitz Toussaint • NFL The Baltimore Ravens rookie carried only six times for 12 yards last year, playing in four games, but the Ravens signed him to a $510,000 exclusive-rights tender that will keep him with the team another season. Toussaint inked the deal April 29. Luke Glendening • NHL The Detroit Red Wings forward notched ESPN SportsCenter's top play of the day when he notched the game-winning goal — a short-handed effort — in a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay April 16. Glen- dening took the puck on the right boards, spun to the middle and backhanded a shot past goalie Ben Bishop to give the Red Wings a 3-1 lead in the third period. Tim Hardaway Jr. • NBA The former Michigan shooting guard saved one of his best games of the year for last, scoring 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting (5 of 8 on three-pointers) in a 112-90 loss at Detroit April 15. Hardaway Jr. averaged 11.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in his second season. HEADLINERS Former Michigan athletes in the news this month