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After the Michigan baseball team took the Big Ten tournament by storm last weekend, knocking off seeds 1 through 4 to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney, the Wolverines took their party to the national stage. It was the first game of the Louisville regional, where Michigan (33-26) now advances to play the host Cardinals at 4 p.m. Frey’s two-run homer over the fence in centerfield proved to be the difference, after Oregon mounted an impressive comeback that Michigan on its heels. He struck out six, walked two and came in clutch when Oregon had runners on base. The victory marks the first time Michigan has won its first NCAA tournament game since 2019, when the Wolverines reached the College World Series final.

We all get a little stuck sometimes. On Friday, a group of ducklings did just that and got themselves trapped in a storm drain.

Here are some pictures of first responders saving adorable ducklings from a storm drain this week.

Oregon has spent February trying to overcome shaky losses on its NCAA Tournament resume.

Jordan Oesterle scored 2:11 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1.

Jacob Young scored a season-high 23 points and Oregon edged No. 3 UCLA 84-81 in overtime to give coach Dana Altman his 700th career victory.

Britain Covey returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half, giving Utah 14 points in 27 seconds and a 28-0 lead, and the No. 24 Utes ended No. 4 Oregon’s College Football Playoff hopes with a 38-7 victory Saturday night.

Anthony Brown scored on an 11-yard keeper with 4:50 left and ninth-ranked Oregon held off surprisingly tenacious California 24-17.

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

A flock of rubber ducks will take over the River Raisin Thursday for the Downtown Monroe Michigan Business Network's annual Ducky Dash.

A flock of rubber ducks will take over the River Raisin August 19 for the Downtown Monroe Michigan Business Network's Ducky Dash.

If a dog or a cat just isn’t your style, what about a rooster?

A different type of rescue took place on Saturday morning in Ann Arbor.

Quack quack! Gordon Bombay and the Mighty Ducks are back in a brand new series on Disney+. It’s “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” dropping on the streaming service on Friday, March 26. HOW TO WATCH: LIVESTREAM via Disney+ by clicking here (Disney + is $6.99 per month, or save by paying yearly up front for $69.99. VIDEO PREVIEW:LIVESTREAM via Disney+ by clicking here (Disney + is $6.99 per month, or save by paying yearly up front for $69.99.

7 seed Oregon and No. 10 seed VCU in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament has been declared a no-contest with the Ducks advancing on to the second round because of COVID-19 issues within the VCU program. "The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled for Saturday night at Indiana Farmers Coliseum a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols," the NCAA said in a statement. The cancellation marks a bitter end for VCU after the Rams made the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team following a 19-7 season. Although NCAA officials previously said a team could compete with just five players, officials determined in this case that that VCU's situation might "look like it's spreading," Norlander reported.

This image provided by ABC shows Emilio Estevez in a scene from "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers." (Liane Hektischer/ABC via AP)LOS ANGELES – Emilio Estevez said “The Mighty Ducks” TV series wooed him out of the director’s chair and back into acting, but only because it was a worthy successor to the 1990s movie franchise. Estevez reprises his role as youth hockey coach Gordon Bombay for the Disney+ streaming service's “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers," debuting March 26. Set in contemporary Minnesota, the Ducks are now a successful, win-at-all costs team. AdEstevez, part of an acting family that includes father Martin Sheen ("The West Wing") and brother Charlie Sheen ("Two and a Half Men"), said he had largely stepped away from acting to make independent films, including 1996's “The War at Home.”

(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)The Detroit Red Wings have not played a regular season NHL game since March 10 against the Carolina Hurricanes. As discussed, the Red Wings are competing in the realigned Central Division -- Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Florida, Nashville, Tampa. I have placed the full Red Wings 2020-21 season schedule here. We all know how terrible this past season went for the Red Wings -- one of the worst in franchise history. I’ll share the results before the first game Thursday -- I’ll post them to the new Dear Red Wings Discussion Board.

11 in the AP Top 25 released a day after the team's 27-game winning streak ended with a two-point loss to then-No. Oregon entered the Top 25 at No. 11 in the 2017-18 preseason poll and moved up a spot in the first regular-season poll that year. The Cardinal were followed by Louisville, UConn, North Carolina State and South Carolina in the poll. Before this season the conference had six teams in the Top 25 in the same week only twice — on Nov. 17, 2014, and Jan. 14, 2019.

Note: MLive’s Aaron McMann has a weekly vote in the AP Top 25 college football poll. Let the debate over whether to keep Ohio State in the first four begin. In my ballot this week, I dropped Ohio State one spot to No. It would be in the best of Ohio State to play as many games as it can, making a scheduled matchup with Michigan State on Saturday — and next week’s game against Michigan — crucial to help solidify the Buckeyes’ standing. Iowa State has clinched a spot in the Big 12 title game against either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State.

Minnesota is getting its star wide receiver back for an abbreviated Big Ten season. Minnesota announced Wednesday that Rashod Bateman was cleared to play this season by the NCAA and Big Ten after opting out in August. At Penn State, coach James Franklin closed the door on All-America linebacker Micah Parsons returning to the Nittany Lions. Both Bateman and Parsons opted out of the 2020 season before the Big Ten postponed amid concerns about the pandemic. Purdue All-America receiver Rondale Moore, who opted out early like Parsons and Bateman, was cleared to play for the Boilermakers last week.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The Southfield Fire Department (SFD) came to the rescue on Saturday morning when a brood of ducklings fell into a storm drain. According to a news tip, a duck and her 10 ducklings were crossing Southfield Road to reach a water pond at Spring Haven Apartments when they fell into a storm drain. Members of SFD were able to rescue nine of the 10 ducklings and return them to safety. The resident believes a good samaritan must have witnessed the incident and called the fire department for help. Full Screen 1 / 5 The Southfield Fire Department came to the rescue when 10 ducklings fell into a storm drain on May 2, 2020.

NEW YORK, NY Notre Dames 12-year run in The Associated Press womens college basketball poll is over. The Fighting Irish fell out of the AP Top 25 on Monday for the first time since the end of the 2006-07 season, stopping a streak of 234 consecutive weeks being ranked. Tennessee owns the longest streak of being ranked, remaining in the AP Top 25 for 565 consecutive weeks before falling out in 2016. 3 on the active list with 177 consecutive weeks ranked. ___Follow Doug Feinberg on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg___More AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/Womenscollegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

6 in this weeks College Football Playoff rankings, Oregon will put its eight-game winning streak on the line Saturday night when it hosts Arizona. The Ducks can clinch the North Division title and a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game with a victory. ET, ESPN LINE: Oregon -27Although Oregon is almost a four-touchdown favorite, the Wildcats will have their full attention. Arizona embarrassed the Ducks, 44-15, last year in Tucson, a loss that still stings some Oregon players. Oregon leads the series with Arizona 26-17, including a 14-5 advantage in Eugene, but has lost three of the last five meetings.

1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll Monday, receiving 28 of 30 first-place votes from a national media panel. Oregon stunned the U.S. women's national team in an exhibition game on Saturday, handing the Americans only their second loss ever to a college program. A year ago, Maryland went to South Carolina and rallied from an early 12-point deficit to register an 85-61 victory. "It was an embarrassment," South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. The Golden Gophers fell out of the poll ... North Carolina State coach Wes Moore on Sunday reached 700 career wins.