The Links: Rochester native Walker Russell Jr. gets traded and Central Michigan is the MAC’s biggest surprise

December 30, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Slow posting will continue on BallinMichigan until after the holiday this week, then we’ll return to a more normal schedule. The [...]

The Links: The surprising Darius Morris and the leadership of Keith Appling

December 2, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state, a day late this week because of the holiday weekend. Chris Webber is writing an autobiography that could include his side [...]

Former Michigan guard Darius Morris impressing as injury fill-in for Lakers

November 21, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes With the crazy season the Los Angeles Lakers have been through, including adding future Hall of Famers Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the offseason, firing a [...]

Former Michigan guard Darius Morris getting opportunity with Lakers with Steve Nash hurt

November 4, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes The path to playing time for former Michigan point guard Darius Morris was not an easy one with the Lakers this season. The team brought in star [...]

Oakland’s Duke Mondy reminds Greg Kampe of former Michigan guard Darius Morris

October 31, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes Oakland University beat Davenport in its exhibition opener Tuesday (note: check out our new college scores page), and Paul Kampe of The Oakland Press reports that Oakland [...]

Former Michigan player Darius Morris worked on his jumper, says Kobe Bryant is a ‘great’ teammate

October 4, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Second-year Los Angles Lakers guard and Michigan product Darius Morris was interviewed at Lakers Media Day by Rey Moralde of Forum Blue and Gold. Morris was asked [...]

Darius Morris learned not to treat playing time ‘as a highlight tape’ as a NBA rookie

September 28, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Young players stuck on the bench of veteran NBA teams pretty commonly make mistakes or don’t play comfortably when they are pressed into action. Former Michigan player [...]

The Links: Mateen Cleaves to be awarded for community work and Chris Kaman finds a new hunting buddy

September 3, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday holiday roundup of news from around the state. Detroit’s Jalen Rose talks about his secondary career — appearing in an inordinate number of rap videos. (ESPN) Donnie Nelson [...]

ESPN #NBARank – Juwan Howard, Darius Morris, Walker Russell, Alan Anderson just make the cut

August 23, 2012 in Professional

ESPN.com is doing its annual ranking of the top 500 players and incoming rookies in the NBA. You can see the experts who voted on the rankings here and follow [...]

Darius Morris learning from Kobe Bryant

August 2, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Former Michigan standout Darius Morris had some impressive moments with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Summer League. Recently, Charnae Sanders talked with Morris for the [...]