Newsstand: Blake Corum, J.J. McCarthy gift Bose speakers to Mott Children's Hospital patients
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What: Michigan baseball vs. Oakland
Where: Ann Arbor, Mich.
When: 4 p.m. ET
Channel: BTN+
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Michigan football stars J.J. McCarthy and Blake Corum gave back by visiting C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan by gifting kids’ speakers and signing autographs. Valiant Management facilitated the trip.
“J.J. McCarthy and Blake Corum continue to emphasize philanthropic initiatives,” Valiant founder Jared Wangler told On3 in a text. “As part of an NIL deal with Bose, they distributed speakers to patients at Mott’s Children’s Hospital.”
Corum and McCarthy have been active philanthropists since the inception of NIL, using their earnings to give back. The running back delivered 300 turkeys he purchased using earnings this past Thanksgiving.
And the quarterback has his own foundation, called J.J. For the Kids, which aims to, “make a difference in the lives of kids in my communities, in the Chicagoland area and in Ann Arbor.” All donations are directed back towards the fund.
College athletes have long been known to give back to their communities. But thanks to NIL, athletes are now able to use their publicity rights to raise funds for charities. Others like Corum can use their compensation to give back.
Michigan Wolverines basketball has three players named All-Big Ten, with the conference announcing its postseason honors Tuesday afternoon. Junior center Hunter Dickinson landed on the media’s first team and coaches’ second team. Both sophomore guard Kobe Bufkin and freshman guard Jett Howard were named to the third team by the coaches and honorable mentions by the media.
Dickinson ranks fourth in the Big Ten in points (18.2), rebounds 9) and blocks (1.7) per game. He slots fifth with a 56 field goal percentage, shooting 58.1 percent on twos and 42.3 percent on threes. This is the second time he’s been named first-team All-Big Ten, after he was as a freshman. He was a second-teamer last season.
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Howard was also named to the Big Ten’s All-Freshman Team.
Quote Of The Day
“We just wanted to make every possession not easy for them, understanding that we were playing on the road at the RAC [now Jersey Mike’s Arena], one of the best environments in the Big Ten conference. Our guys wanted to make them work for every bucket, and we did a really good job of also holding them to one-shot opportunities.”
— Michigan head coach Juwan Howard on how his team made life difficult for Rutgers in a 58-45 win at Jersey Mike’s Arena Feb. 23.
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