Yesterday marked the end of the University of Michigan’s official disassociation with former players Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock (and the late Robert Traylor). For 10 years, Michigan had to pretend like C-Webb and his Fab Five crew didn’t kick Big 10 ass, and Webber had to pretend like he jumped straight to the pros and just had an affinity for maize and blue on his own. No longer.

We’re about midway though the first half, it’s a track meet in Atlanta, and Kevin Ware fatheads are out in force.

Jalen Rose went on the Grantland podcast to discuss Chris Webber’s reported absence from tonight’s championship game. He revealed a possible scar on Chris Webber’s psyche that hasn’t healed in 20 years. Video after the jump.

Baseball starts today! Baseball starts today! Don’t go to work. Just stay home and watch baseball, like us.

In case you were out enjoying your Sunday and didn’t happen to catch the full slate of NBA games, here’s what happened.

Didn’t watch sports last night? First, shame on you. Second, fine. We’re right in the heart of basketball season right now – college and professional – so buckle up and keep your hands and feet inside the literary vehicle at all times.

Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon will not have his Michigan Men fall prey to the type of hoax that felled a Notre Dame man. So, he took action. Strange, embarrassment-inducing action.

If you don’t know Michigan freshman Nik Stauskas, know that he is Canadian and an ungodly 3-point shooter. According logic, this means he is also a nice human being. However, his 6-foot-6, shooting-guard frame proves that he is not, in fact, Steve Nash.

Canadian shooters are likable people, so watch Nik drain 45-of-50 3-pointers in 25-degree weather on Christmas Eve, and hop on the bandwagon before everybody loves him come March. He somehow slipped under the recruiting radar, just a three-star recruit when Michigan signed him, though he rose later on. He’s inarguably been one of the top freshmen in the nation.

In case you can’t do the maths like I can, 45-of-50 is 90%. I can’t even get 90% of my pee in the toilet.

The Mirror Lake jump at Ohio State is a 20+ year tradition in which students jump into the lake during the week leading up to the Michigan game. As per usual, Ohio State sent its annual ignored email yesterday morning reminding its students that alcohol + freezing water + more alcohol is a public relations nightmare dangerous. That email, after the jump.

Injuries are a natural part of football. Competition: also a natural part of football. As such, the next logical, nay, natural step is to create an injury competition. Let’s go.