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FRESH START The Norwegian was appointed after the club sacked Jose Mourinho this week Manchester United’s new caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given his first interview since being appointed to the role. The 45-year-old succeeded Jose Mourinho on Wednesday, after the Portuguese manager was deposed just 24 hours earlier. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sat down with MUTV Solskjaer joined from Molde to take up the position at Old Trafford alongside Mike Phelan, Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna until the end of the 2018/19 season. Upon arriving back at the club he used to play for, Solskjaer told MUTV: “It’s great. It feels like coming home. It’s been a few whirlwind days. It’s been very hectic. It’s great to...

After a dud of a performance in its season-opening loss at Notre Dame, Michigan came out firing on all cylinders in beating Western Michigan 49-3 to open its 2018 home schedule. "I thought we played well, start to finish in the ball game," Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said following that game. "The week of practice was really good. There was a feeling everybody wanted to get rid of. That's what we want to be as a football team." One more nonconference tune-up remains, that coming Saturday afternoon at home against winless SMU. It figures to be another chance for the Wolverines to fight the right balance on offense as the Mustangs have allowed 44 points per game and 5.59 yards per play in losses at North Texas (46-23) and to No. 15 TCU (42-12). Michigan averaged 8.51 yards per play against ...

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gives first interview as Manchester United caretaker manager, vows all players will have a ‘clean slate’

Michigan wraps up pre-Big Ten slate vs. SMU