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TAMPA, Fla. — With a winged helmet logo on his chest and navy Michigan hat on backwards, the long-time former leading scorer in Michigan football history couldn't help but fold his arms and laugh.

The bald eagle, an historic symbol of the nation for more than 200 ... contiguous 48 states were listed as endangered, except in Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin, where ...

TAMPA, Fla. — With a winged helmet logo on his chest and navy Michigan hat on backwards, the long-time former leading scorer in Michigan football history couldn't help but fold his arms and laugh.