Sports Blog 
Check out the sports blog, where the State News sports staff will discuss everything from Spartan to professional athletics on a daily basis.
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Recent posts
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Fantasy Football - Week 6
SN football reporter Cash Kruth tells you who to start and who to sit in fantasy football this week.
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Top 5 sports movies - Ely Edition
For years, sports movies have appeared at the box office, doing their best to appeal to the athletic fanatics across the world
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Burress is back for Giants
Former Spartans wide receiver Plaxico Burress returned to the New York Giants practice field Monday after serving a one-game suspension issued by the team’s front office.
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Better luck next century
100 years have come and gone since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. On Oct. 14th, 1908, the Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in the fifth World Series.
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Williams finally putting career first
In case you haven’t heard, Ricky Williams was tempted to smoke marijuana this weekend during the Miami Dolphins bye week.
Had Williams smoked and been caught, which would have been hard not to catch since he’s tested nine times a month, he would have been out of the NFL for good for violating the NFL’s drug policy four times. -
Baseball is believable again
The home run total in Major League Baseball has gone down this year and Torii Hunter, center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California West Coast Baseball Club, thinks steroids testing has something to do with it.
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Weekend good to Spartans
It was a great weekend to be a Spartans sports fan.
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Fantasy football, Week 4
I know there are a lot of teams with byes this week, but a person in one of my leagues picked up San Diego back-up Darren Sproles.
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Goodbye, Millen!
Where were you when you heard the news?
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Hossa gives Wings options
Last Thursday when four Red Wings came to Lansing to honor the National Guard, reporters were very curious about the player’s offseason with the Stanley Cup, their preseason training and their expectations for the year.