While Spokane's official nickname is "Hooptown USA," it's also home to extremely passionate soccer fans — as proven by the crowd that appeared on Wednesday for the first Major League Soccer game ...

Michigan plays its opening-round game in the NCAA Tournament against Howard on Thursday at 7:10 p.m. Follow along here for live updates throughout the game by Detroit News contributor Andrew Graham.

Michigan basketball's NCAA Tournament began with an early scare via 16-seed Howard in Buffalo, but Aday Mara helped Wolverines pull away in 2nd half.