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A tough sell

By by Chad Millman

Friday, June 14, 2002

Michigan AD Bill Martin has a problem. It seems the hockey fans at Wolverines games were pushing the limits last season with their taunting. For years fans at Yost Arena shouted "sieve! sieve! sieve!" after a goal. When a cell phone rang in the stadium, the students would yell, "Hey Goalie! It's your mom! She says you suck!" Or, when the goalie took off his mask, they'd chant "Ugly Goalie," and start cheering as soon as he put it back on. But last season the taunting became a little nastier, ...

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