Stories by Kevin Raftery
BIG TEN MEDIA DAYS
Ohio State's Fickell shows inexperience under the spotlight
- Stephen J. Nesbitt/Daily
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
CHICAGO — At Big Ten Media Days on Thursday, Ohio State coach Luke Fickell said the best thing that happened to him after he was hired — following all the scandals with former quarterback Terrelle Pryor and former coach Jim Tressel — was that he “had no time to sit and think.” Fickell was hired just a day after Tressel was canned.
A roar from the darkness: Lion Kim's journey to the bright lights of the Masters
- James Weaver/Daily
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first tee stood vacated, waiting for the next group of players to arrive.
But this wasn’t an ordinary first tee.
This was the first tee. The tee where Arnold, Jack, Ben, Sam, Tiger and Phil began their magical journeys to winning the coveted green jacket.
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Notebook: Kicking woes continue in spring game
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
At the Spring Game on Saturday, Michigan coach Brady Hoke had trouble recognizing his kickers.
“Because we were rotating them in, I couldn’t tell you who’s kicking besides when (redshirt sophomore Brendan) Gibbons was in, because he’s left-footed,” Hoke said.
Lion Kim
- James Weaver/Daily
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
For Michigan men's golf captain Lion Kim, this spring has meant balancing the additional workload of participating in last weekend's most esteemed PGA Tour stop — The Masters championships at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia
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Kevin Raftery: This won't be Kim's last Masters
- Courtesy of Kevin Raftery
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger's roar was back in Augusta this weekend, but for the first time, the heart of a Lion made an appearance as well.
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Notebook: Kim's strength, weakness apparent at Augusta
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
Standing next to 6-foot-3 Davis Love III, Michigan senior Lion Kim had to crank his neck up just to look the 20-time PGA Tour Champion in the eye.
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Kim outperforms nine former Masters champions, still misses cut
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — There aren’t many people in the world who have beaten a former Masters champion. There are even fewer who have beaten nine past Masters champions in one tournament.
Now, Michigan senior Lion Kim is one of them.
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Notebook: Former teammates support Kim at Augusta
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Any time senior Lion Kim needed a little extra encouragement during Thursday’s first round at The Masters, all he had to do was look into the crowd.
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Kim shoots first-round 76 at The Masters
- Kevin Raftery/Daily
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the start of his first round on Thursday, Michigan senior Lion Kim stood behind the first tee at Augusta National and watched two-time Masters Champion Jose Maria Olazabal and 20-time PGA Tour Champion Davis Love both push their drives to the right and into trouble.
• NOTEBOOK: Former teammates support Kim at Augusta
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SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt weighs in how to be successful in Augusta
BY KEVIN RAFTERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — ESPN sportscaster and SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt now has a “go-to” line every time somebody asks him who he thinks will win the 2011 Masters.
