FOOTBALL
Weeklong wait comes to end
It’s on. And for the MSU football team, it has been on all week as it prepared to battle intrastate rival No.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey: Slater slips into Dads shoes as hitter
Don’t let Jim Slater’s smallish stature and youthful appearance fool you.The 6-foot, 186-pound freshman center from Lapeer may be built like a kicker, but he hits like a linebacker.His father, a former NFL defensive end, said Slater quit youth soccer because there wasn’t enough body-on-body contact for his taste.And Bill Slater also remembers young Jim returning from hard-fought street hockey games, covered in blood and loving every minute of it.“I’ve heard I’m real tough out there, just like throwing my body around and everything,” Jim Slater said.
SPORTS
Kent State marks last regular season game
With the seedings already set for the Big Ten Tournament, one more nonconference game may seem a bit insignificant. But for the MSU women’s soccer team, recording a win in its last game of the season would make all the difference. The Spartans (9-7-2) will search for that win as they close their season at 3 p.m.
BASKETBALL
Basketball: Magic back in Breslin
Fans have had months to speculate and bicker, and today some of those speculations will be substantiated.After numerous player losses and recruit additions, the MSU men’s basketball team will take the court in an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars at 9 p.m.
FOOTBALL
U-Ms top rush defense wants to stop Duckett
If junior tailback T.J. Duckett wants to top last week’s breakout 186-yard game performance this weekend, he’ll have to barrel through the nation’s No.
BASKETBALL
Team needs Anagonye on offense
Aloysius Anagonye is tough - every coach in the Big Ten will say that. The junior forward has given himself a reputation as a no-nonsense, ferocious defender and rebounder. “Anagonye is one of the toughest rebounders in the country,” Purdue head coach Gene Keady said.
ICE HOCKEY
No. 3 Spartans eager to end 2-loss slump, beat Falcons
The wounded Spartans return to the comfort of Munn Ice Arena tonight, confident they can bounce back from their first two losses of the season. No.
FOOTBALL
Offense soars with changes
What a difference a year makes. Last year, MSU’s struggle to put points on the board was obvious.
SPORTS
Big Ten fight not over yet
The MSU field hockey team clinched a share of its first Big Ten regular season title, but the team hasn’t escaped the conference yet. Top 25 teams such as Penn State, Iowa and Michigan have one last chance at the Spartans (15-4, 5-1 Big Ten) at the Big Ten Tournament this weekend in Evanston, Ill. MSU earned the No.
FOOTBALL
Wolverines will be abused in parking lots, other football tales
The Prognosticators are back from a wild Halloween weekend in Madison, Wis. Vanilla Rice will try to redeem himself this week especially after realizing that it’s probably not wise to wear a Wisconsin sweatshirt to the Bobby Williams press conference and player interviews.
VOLLEYBALL
Team upbeat for part two of season
After dropping its first two home matches all season against No. 11 Penn State and No. 10 Ohio State on Oct.
FOOTBALL
Football: Spartans silent on Saturdays rivalry struggle
Place your friendly wagers, begin the talk trash and get ready for the hype. MSU’s matchup with No.
BASKETBALL
Mens basketball: Freshmen get ready for Magic
When MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo recruits players he promises them the chance to win championships and to play against great players.Izzo’s three newcomers, freshmen guards Chris Hill and Kelvin Torbert and guard-forward Alan Anderson, will take advantage of that final promise when they play an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars with the legend himself on the floor.
SOCCER
Womens soccer: Offense arrives late in season
Late in the season, the MSU women’s soccer team seems to have finally found its offense. And just in time - only two games remain on the team’s (8-7-2) regular season schedule, the first of which is being played at 3:00 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey: Sweep drops team in polls
The Spartans fell to No. 3 in this week’s USCHO.com national poll and No. 4 in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine rankings after being swept in their weekend series with Nebraska-Omaha.MSU (3-2-1 overall, 3-2-1 CCHA) entered the series at No.
BASKETBALL
Mens Basketball: Taylor, Illinois Williams give mutual praise
Chicago - In the race for the Big Ten Championship, conference superstars emerge to lead their team to rise above the competition. Illinois point guard Frank Williams looks to be the big dog of the conference again, as the media and coaches tabbed him as the 2001 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year.
SPORTS
Field Hockey: Top-seed Spartans reflect on season, strive for tourney
The No. 6 MSU field hockey team began its season with an unpredictable win over Old Dominion, and it hasn’t slowed down since, not even after the Spartans’ final game of the regular season Friday in Iowa.The 2-1 win over Iowa clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season title for the Spartans (15-4 overall, 5-1 Big Ten), but the team is still striving for its original goal - a bid to the NCAA Tournament.The team’s journey began with a 3-2 overtime victory over No.
FOOTBALL
Secondary reshuffles; Dortch fair
It was painful enough for sophomore tailback/cornerback Tyrell Dortch to have his leg reset on the field Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
SPORTS
How do they win with injury after injury?
Madison, Wis. - MSU defensive secondary coach Troy Douglass taught a tailback to play cornerback in two weeks. But when Douglass asked head coach Bobby Williams if sophomore tailback Tyrell Dortch could help mend the broken ankles in the secondary, he had no clue Dortch would need to be mended himself after Saturday’s 42-28 win over Wisconsin.
FOOTBALL
Dortchs broken leg shuts him down for season
Madison, Wis. - The MSU football team rallied behind another fallen Spartan soldier Saturday as it beat Wisconsin 42-28 at Camp Randall Stadium. A season-ending injury stung sophomore cornerback Tyrell Dortch when he broke his leg in the second quarter. After doctors reset his leg in the field, Dortch was taken to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where he underwent surgery.