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CBS News
25-04-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Michigan Olympic gymnast Paul Juda talks competing in Paris, winning NCAA championship and marriage proposal
After falling short the past two seasons, the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team can once again call themselves national champions for the seventh time in program history. Team captain Paul Juda raised the trophy Saturday night in his final collegiate event as a Wolverine. In the last year, Judah won medals in the 2024 Olympic Games before traveling across the country with Simone Biles on her Gold Over America Tour. Juda then returned to the Crisler Center, where he won a national championship and got down on one knee. Juda set a high bar for himself ahead of his final season in the Maize and Blue, but high bars aren't anything he's not used to. "I wrote 'Team Champions Big Ten, Team Champions NCAA,'" he said. Both were checked off the list, partly because he shared them with teammate Frederick Richard during the Olympics. "Fred demands excellence inside of this facility. I love competing with him because there's one thing to compete for Team USA together, but when you're competing for these guys together, and we got the one-two punch combo, it's awesome," Juda said. When asked how the national championship trophy compared to his Olympic medal, Juda said, "This is all that I've wanted. I wanted to hold that trophy. The Olympic medal is sweet, it's this big though. The NCAA trophy is heavy, it's huge, it's gold. Yeah, it's everything I wanted." His love for his sport then ceded the spotlight to his true love. On Saturday, he proposed to his girlfriend right then and there. "I felt it in my heart. I brought the ring and go, 'I'm going to give myself the chance to do it. If it feels right, I'm going to send it. If it doesn't, then whatever,'" Juda said. "We win the national championship, I'm crying my eyes out, but most importantly, I got the partner for the rest of my life here. The age-old question is, 'Well, Paul, what would you have done if you guys didn't win?' and I always say I guess we'll never know." Juda says he's finally going to take it easy for a couple of months once he graduates with his third degree from U of M. With all of the boxes checked for his Michigan experience, he says he's looking forward to facing whatever challenge comes next.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why Michigan football's 2025 spring game will not be aired live on TV
Michigan defensive run game coordinator and linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary talks to Maize Team players during the second half of the spring game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Michigan football's annual Maize and Blue spring game, scheduled to be held at 11 a.m. April 19 at the Big House, will not be televised live in part for strategic reasons. Program spokesman Dave Ablauf told media members who were gathered for Wednesday's availability at Schembechler Hall that instead of airing on game day, the spring game will be tape delayed until the next weekend, at which time it will be played on Big Ten Network. Advertisement On April 19, instead, BTN will air U-M's men's lacrosse home game against Ohio State. Earlier this week, head coach Sherrone Moore made it clear the spring game is important to the program. 'We're playing it,' Moore said Monday. 'It's a great opportunity for our players — and our fans — to be out there, and just see the team in general. Now, we're not going to run every single play and do every single thing, but it's a great opportunity — especially for the guys that may not get the opportunity to play in the Big House on Saturdays as much as others." TRENDING: Michigan opens spring practice with all eyes on Bryce Underwood, QB battle Advertisement The timing of when the game will finally air is not perceived as a coincidence: The football spring transfer portal window will be open from April 16-25, and the hope from U-M's perspective is by not creating additional tape for opposing coaches to see, they will be less inclined to attempt to poach players. The hope, also, by not airing the game as it happens, is that it will drive many more fans to attend in person. When Jim Harbaugh first arrived at U-M the spring game started to become a notable event once again. The program had more than 50,000 people at the event in 2015, nearly 55,000 in 2017 and in 2019, U-M drew 60,000 people to its annual spring game, which represents the conclusion of spring ball5. There were no games in 2020 or 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but since then, attendance numbers have dwindled. While there was no clear attendance total from 2022, a Free Press count in 2023 suggested fewer than 30,000 fans in attendance. In 2024, on the heels of a national championship, there appeared to be roughly 31,000. Advertisement Michigan is far from the only program to make alterations to its spring schedule. Penn State recently announced it will not televise its spring game in any capacity, while programs such as Michigan State, Alabama, Auburn, Florida State have opted not to have a game, but instead various events such as a "combine" or a normal practice. Michigan's game is free to attend for the public, with the same rules and regulations as a normal game for what is allowed into the stadium. Tony Garcia is the Michigan Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@ and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan football spring game 2025 will not be aired live on TV
CBS News
17-04-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Michigan QB Bryce Underwood surprises his former high school security guard with new car
University of Michigan freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood is one of the biggest names in college football. A 6-foot-4, five-star recruit and the consensus No. 1 overall ranked high school football player in the nation, Underwood is a local celebrity in Belleville, Michigan. After leading the Belleville Tigers to a pair of MHSAA Division 1 state championships, a 50-4 overall record over four years and garnering several personal accolades, Underwood made headlines late last year after shocking the sports world when he decommitted from LSU and signed with Michigan. Before he officially dons the Maize and Blue this fall, Underwood wanted to give back to someone he formed an unlikely relationship with: Belleville High School security guard Mike Darty. Underwood invited Darty to Belleville High a few weekends ago, telling him he would be conducting an interview about their close bond. But Darty would soon learn he would be leaving the school for a different reason in a different car that day. CBS News Detroit was with Underwood when he gifted Darty a new Chevrolet, which was made possible through Underwood's NIL deal with the Feldman Auto Group. "Just how awesome of an opportunity is it as a 17-year-old to be able to give back to someone who means a lot to you," Underwood said. "Honestly, I feel like that's God's blessing; he put me on this earth to give back to the people that I love." Underwood and Darty say that throughout Underwood's time at Belleville High School, the two would talk between classes, at the beginning of the school day, and anytime either of them needed an ear. "I feel like a lot of the athletes just need someone who they can just come talk to," Darty said. And for Underwood, it was an amazing opportunity to be able to help someone who's always been there for him. "Nothing but excitement coming from me, you know he really didn't know how to react, so it was just like a blessing, a dream come true, honestly just being able to give back to the people that didn't even ask for anything out of me," Underwood said. Darty says that this act of kindness is just emblematic of who Underwood is as a person. "That means I had an impact on somebody who's had an impact on so many people already. Like he's had an impact on our entire community, and to know that I had a big impact on him, where he was willing to do something like that for me, it makes me feel good as a person," said Darty.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why Michigan football's 2025 spring game will not be aired live on TV
Michigan football's annual Maize and Blue spring game, scheduled to be held at 11 a.m. April 19 at the Big House, will not be televised live in part for strategic reasons. Program spokesman Dave Ablauf told media members who were gathered for Wednesday's availability at Schembechler Hall that instead of airing on game day, the spring game will be tape delayed until the next weekend, at which time it will be played on Big Ten Network. On April 19, instead, BTN will air U-M's men's lacrosse home game against Ohio State. Advertisement Earlier this week, head coach Sherrone Moore made it clear the spring game is important to the program. 'We're playing it,' Moore said Monday. 'It's a great opportunity for our players — and our fans — to be out there, and just see the team in general. Now, we're not going to run every single play and do every single thing, but it's a great opportunity — especially for the guys that may not get the opportunity to play in the Big House on Saturdays as much as others." TRENDING: Michigan opens spring practice with all eyes on Bryce Underwood, QB battle The timing of when the game will finally air is not perceived as a coincidence: The football spring transfer portal window will be open from April 16-25, and the hope from U-M's perspective is by not creating additional tape for opposing coaches to see, they will be less inclined to attempt to poach players. Advertisement The hope, also, by not airing the game as it happens, is that it will drive many more fans to attend in person. When Jim Harbaugh first arrived at U-M the spring game started to become a notable event once again. The program had more than 50,000 people at the event in 2015, nearly 55,000 in 2017 and in 2019, U-M drew 60,000 people to its annual spring game, which represents the conclusion of spring ball5. There were no games in 2020 or 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but since then, attendance numbers have dwindled. While there was no clear attendance total from 2022, a Free Press count in 2023 suggested fewer than 30,000 fans in attendance. In 2024, on the heels of a national championship, there appeared to be roughly 31,000. Michigan is far from the only program to make alterations to its spring schedule. Penn State recently announced it will not televise its spring game in any capacity, while programs such as Michigan State, Alabama, Auburn, Florida State have opted not to have a game, but instead various events such as a "combine" or a normal practice. Advertisement Michigan's game is free to attend for the public, with the same rules and regulations as a normal game for what is allowed into the stadium. Tony Garcia is the Michigan Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@ and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan football spring game 2025 will not be aired live on TV
