Chocolate milk is the drink of champions?

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It shouldn’t surprise sports fans that chocolate milk is apparently this year’s ‘official drink of Halloween.’

The Washington Huskies, which visit No. 7 USC on Saturday, encouraged their players starting last season to drink chocolate milk after practice. When Rich Rodriguez joined Michigan this year, he brought six of his assistants from West Virginia. That included strength & conditioning coach Mike Barwis, who ordered players to finish off a workout with the stuff that does a body good.

Records aside (Michigan’s 8th in the Big Ten and Washington’s 0-7 record helped lead to Tyrone Willingham’s firing, effective at the end of the season) a study from Indiana University sparked interest in diversifying the sports energy drink selection.

Michael Phelps included chocolate milk as part of his diet and look what happened to him.

South Florida took the next step by making Nesquik the athletic program’s ‘official flavored milk provider.’

-- Mark Medina