Michigan star feels ‘really bad’ about viral video taunting Purdue

BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ

The spirit of competition can make players do and say things that they may regret later on. That was the case for Michigan’s star forward Yaxel Lendeborg after a viral video hit the internet of him taunting Big Ten rival Purdue.

“When we see Purdue we gonna spank they f*cking ass,” he said in the video. “We gonna beat they f*cking ass. F*ck Purdue.”

While some may see or understand it as the fires of competitiveness between rival programs, Lendeborg...