The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN IN THE PROS 53-29 despite being without star Blake Griffin for 47 games. Crawford also won the honor in 2010 and 2014, and became the old- est player ever to win the award. Crawford averaged 19.5 points per game in February, when Los Angeles won seven of 11 games. He came off the bench in 74 of his 79 games during the regular season and added 2.3 assists in 26.9 min- utes per game. He scored 15 or more points in 33 games off the bench, third most in the NBA, and led the Clippers in fourth-quarter scoring with 341 points. He tallied 30 points or more in four of five games he started and ranked second in the NBA in free throw ac- curacy (90.4 percent), trailing only Golden State's Stephen Curry (90.8). Detlef Schrempf, Ricky Pierce and Kevin McHale each won the award twice. "I'm such a student of the game," Crawford told The Los Angeles Times. "It's unbelievable to know that you have a small part of history with so many great players that have come before you. "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" Crawford added, noting he plans to play five more years. "It would be based on how you felt, right? So for me, I feel great." Rich Hill • MLB The Oakland A's starter went seven innings and allowed only four hits and no runs in a 5-1 win at Detroit April 26. He struck out eight and didn't walk anyone. Mike Martin • NFL The Philadelphia Eagles signed the former Michigan and Ten- nessee Titans defensive tackle to a one-year contract, the team announced through Twitter April 26. Martin, 25, was a third- round pick of the Titans in 2012 and started five games over his four seasons with the club, totaling 68 tackles and four sacks. Dylan Larkin • NHL Larkin scored a goal and added an assist to help the U.S. defeat Belarus 6-3, May 7, in the second game of the preliminary round at the World Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia. The U.S. bounced back after a 5-1 loss to Canada in its first game with Larkin notching a game-high seven shots on goal in 18:13. HEADLINERS Former Michigan athletes in the news this month