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The play was about as close as you could get, with Peoples-Jones’ feet coming down at pracitcally the same time, with one in-bounds and the other out. As Fox continued to show replays, an extreme slow-mo appeared to show Peoples-Jones first foot just barely getting down in-bounds first. Take a look: MORE: College Football Week 12 Scores, Highlights and Updates So, was it a touchdown? Refs ultimately decided there wasn’t enough evidence to call it a score....

The Board of Canvassers were originally deadlocked 2-2 along party lines earlier this week on certifying Wayne Country’s election results. Initially, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the Republicans on the board, voted against certification. After county residents weighed in during a meeting on Tuesday night, Palmer and Hartmann changed their vote, joining their two Democratic counterparts to certify the results. About 24 hours later, on Wednesday night, the Republicans released an affidavit seeking to rescind their vote....

Todd Russell Perkins, a lawyer from Grosse Pointe Shores near Detroit, nailed the sign to a tree outside his house in November. Afterward, he received a police report warning ordering him to remove the sign as it violated a rule that there can be no political signs larger than seven square feet. Police said they had received an anonymous complaint about the sign. Perkins said he wanted to know which neighbor had made the complaint and has argued he should have freedom of speech....

Damon Montgomery, 54, sent three checks to the state Treasury in January of 2021 to pay his taxes, but all three bounced because they contained routing numbers for TCF Bank, at which he did not have an account, according to a news release from the Michigan Attorney General’s office. The checks were made out to the State of Michigan for $1 million each. Montgomery is facing three counts of no-account check, the news release said....

For the first day of fall camp, of course. Redshirt junior Cade McNamara will get that first fall-camp snap ahead of sophomore J.J. McCarthy. Where it goes from there still is undecided and will set the tone for the rest of Harbaugh’s tenure at Michigan. A witty back-and-forth with a reporter ensued in which Harbaugh asked them twice: “Who said McNamara wasn’t the starter entering fall camp?” Harbaugh then spelled out the next step on his terms....

Harbaugh supposedly cut off Day mid-sentence and alleged the Buckeyes had started on-field player instruction before conference rules permitted. “How about I worry about my team and you worry about yours?” Day responded. The incident led a fired-up Day to tell his team afterward that he intended to “hang 100” on the Wolverines. The rivals are scheduled to face each other on Oct. 24. MORE: An inside look at the movement to give student-athletes sponsorship rights...

From football to fun to heroics to antagonistic, Harbaugh hit the ground running in Ann Arbor. MORE: Preseason Top 25 | Bowl Projections | Who makes New Year’s Six? On Monday, MLive.com reported that the Wolverines self-reported four minor violations since Harbaugh’s arrival. According the report — MLive.com obtained the violations through a Freedom of Information request — each Level III violation was deemed “minor and unintentional.” No players or coaches lost eligibility from the violations....

Dantonio’s annual compensation increased from $3.67 million to $4.3 million. MORE: Reasons to be excited, skeptical for Big Ten teams Under Dantonio, Michigan State is 36-5 over the last three seasons with two Big Ten titles and a spot in last season’s College Football Playoff. Since taking over the program in 2007, Dantonio is 87-33 and has won at least 11 games in five of the last six seasons....

Walker had this season’s best Heisman moment on Saturday when he ran the ball 23 times for 197 yards and five touchdowns in a 37-33 upset win over the favored, and hated, Michigan Wolverines. It was the marquee game of the day, and Walker looked like he belongs in talk for the Heisman Trophy. Walker entered last weekend’s betting odds as a +4000 favorite to win the Heisman, and those odds have greatly improved to +600, according to FanDuel....

Transfers have become a big part of college basketball, almost as big as recruiting high school players. And as Izzo enters the offseason with three open scholarships, he will likely bring in one or two transfers to help bolster his squad. MORE: 11 stars who skipped NBA Draft, how fared | Williams plans to keep coaching But one thing he is not a fan of is players transferring within their own conference....

The Jayhawks and Spartans each made the NCAA Tournament last season. Michigan State lost to Syracuse in the Round of 32 while Kansas fell to Villanova in the national semifinals. The Champions Classic will mark the first meeting between these two teams since the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament in 2017. In that game, Kansas dominated Michigan State 90-70 to advance to the Sweet 16. MORE: Sporting News’ preseason top 25...

MORE: 10 weirdest games in college football history Coach Mark Dantonio on Monday confirmed that O’Connor, a senior, is officially the Spartans’ starting quarterback entering the season. “He’s the No. 1 guy,” Dantonio told reporters (via MLive.com). “He’s had a good enough camp to say that at this point.” Junior Damion Terry and redshirt freshman Brian Lewerke were in the running until Dantonio’s decision to go with O’Connor, who with Cook injured led the Spartans to a stunning 17-14 win at No....

Jasmine Logan is in a medically induced coma at a Detroit hospital, according to a GoFundMe page set up by her husband, Steven Logan. She fell seriously ill despite have no underlying conditions that are reported to make a person vulnerable to severe COVID. Steven Logan, a long-haul truck driver, has stopped working to look after their five children. The three eldest children also have COVID. Jasmine Logan gave birth to twins Serenity and Steven Jr....

They’d never really met, but Pitino was returning to college basketball after several years in the NBA and needed someone to help him restore Louisville’s program to excellence. Pitino had spoken with enough people he trusted who told him Cronin was the right choice. And so, at the home of Louisville booster John Schnatter – you know him as “Papa John” – Pitino and Cronin exchanged pleasantries for a bit....

The school says Cronin has agreed to a contract through the 2020-21 season. The school says it replaces an earlier extension for Cronin, who will be in his ninth season with the Bearcats. Other terms weren’t announced Monday. Cronin is 162-107 in eight seasons at Cincinnati. He took over the program in 2006-2007, following interim coach Andy Kennedy. The former Murray State coach and Cincinnati native has led the Bearcats to the NCAA tournament the past four seasons....

The president belatedly signed the bill Sunday. He delayed signing after the roughly $900 billion in relief passed Congress earlier in the week largely because he wanted the stimulus checks to be $2,000 instead of $600. “I think what he was trying to do was simply trying to send the message that he wasn’t happy with the bill,” Mulvaney said on CNBC’s Squawk Box. He said this was not unusual due to the size of the overall package he was signing off, and that it might not have been solely due to the relief aspect—highlighting the $1....

Steve Agnew’s side knew that a defeat at Stamford Bridge would result in their return to the Championship after just one season in the top flight and they proved unable to avoid that fate, marking the fourth time they have been demoted from the Premier League. Cesc breaks Premier League assist record First-half goals from Diego Costa and Marcos Alonso left Middlesbrough with a huge task and there was to be no miraculous fightback, Nemanja Matic extending the league leaders’ advantage after the break....

The event will take place at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds on Saturday, less than three weeks before the midterm elections. Early voting is already underway in many states across the country and will begin in Texas on October 24. Trump’s Save America PAC announced the rally earlier this week. Trump is scheduled to begin speaking at 7 p.m. local time, but doors will open at 2 p.m....

Liverpool came agonisingly close to adding to their 18 top-flight titles when they finished two points adrift of Manchester City under Rodgers’ stewardship in the 2013-14 season. Mignolet: I’m at Liverpool to be No. 1 In that campaign, Luis Suarez was the spearhead of Liverpool’s attack with the Uruguay forward scoring 31 Premier League goals in a brilliant campaign before leaving for Barcelona. Goalkeeper Mignolet concedes that Liverpool relied on Suarez to make the difference that season, but does not believe that is the case with the current crop under Jurgen Klopp....