Even though it’s the middle of June, former MSU basketball coach Jud Heathcote can’t seem to stop thinking about snow.That’s because Eric Snow, Heathcote’s point guard from 1991-95, is averaging 13 points per game for the Philadelphia 76ers in this year’s NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.But Snow’s recent success in the NBA is no surprise to Heathcote - or is it?
Many of the area’s best high school baseball players will take the field this afternoon in the 28th annual High School Seniors All-Star Game. The doubleheader is sponsored by the Old-Timer’s Baseball Association and will be held at Kircher/Municipal Field, at the intersection of Clippert Street and Michigan Avenue in Lansing.
When it comes down to coaching Division I athletics, are women being overlooked in terms of pay and coaching positions? The Chronicle of Higher Education seems to think so.
The Lansing Lugnuts will be represented by two players at the Midwest League All-Star Classic on June 19 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio. Shortstop Luis Montanez and pitcher Aaron Krawiec were the only Lugnuts selected to compete in the annual game. Montanez will be the East All-Star team’s starting shortstop.
MSU sophomore point guard Marcus Taylor was selected as one of 16 finalists for USA Basketball’s World Championship for Young Men team Sunday, after a weekend-long tryout at the U.S.
MSU baseball head coach Ted Mahan isn’t the only one who thinks highly of Brian Miller and Dylan Putnam.
Ever since the hockey season came to a close, junior goaltender Ryan Miller has been swamped with awards and honors, and the end is not yet in sight.
MSU basketball coach Tom Izzo and his staff have spent the last five weeks searching, interviewing and checking backgrounds of coaches from all over the state and into Ohio.The search finally came to an end Monday when Izzo named former Spartan point guard Mark Montgomery as the Spartans’ No.
MSU women’s crew members were honored as athletes and students last week. Junior Krista Buzzell was named as a First-Team All-Big Ten member and sophomore Rachel Miller was selected as a Second-Team All-Big Ten honoree. Stacey Hicks, a first-year rower for MSU, was named this year’s Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year.
LANSING - After splitting the first half of a four-game series with the West Michigan Whitecaps in Grand Rapids this weekend, the Lansing Lugnuts dropped the third game of the series 4-2 Sunday at Oldsmobile Park. The Whitecaps (26-28) shut out the Lugnuts (22-35) 10-0 Friday, while Lansing won 6-3 Saturday after it overcame a two-run deficit in the eighth inning. West Michigan didn’t waste any time getting those two runs back Sunday - taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Lansing hitting coach Mike Micucci said the Lugnuts were not prepared to play and were unable to recover from the runs scored in the first inning. “Sometimes all it takes is one inning and today that’s what happened in the first couple innings,” Micucci said. “It took us a couple of innings to get into the game, and we couldn’t make up the difference.” In the top of the fourth inning, the Lugnuts cut into the Whitecaps’ four-run lead with two runs of their own, when first baseman Blair Barbier (1-for-4) loaded the bases on an infield single, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.
MSU junior decathlete Paul Terek earned the All-American tag for his efforts at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week in Eugene, Ore.Terek’s first-place performance in the decathlon pole vault and his third-place finish in the 1,500-meter run helped him earn fourth overall at the competition, with 7,645 points.The MSU co-captain, who also competed in the pole vault, stood in eighth place following day one of the decathlon.
DANSVILLE - MSU’s tireless recruitment of Dansville High senior point guard Lindsay Bowen, which started when she was an eighth-grader, proved valiant Wednesday. In front of a crowd of Dansville faithfuls Wednesday morning, Bowen announced her intention to dress in green and white for the 2002-03 season.
The Big Ten Athlete of the Year and a promising freshman will represent MSU this week at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Junior All-American Paul Terek, who won Big Ten Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Meet at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships honors earlier this month, will compete in the pole vault and the decathlon at the competition, which started Wednesday and continues through Saturday.
Forty-eight MSU athletes were honored Tuesday as the Big Ten announced its spring Academic All-Big Ten team.
MSU sophomore point guard Marcus Taylor might be going from East Lansing to the Far East later this summer.
The MSU women’s golf team finished in a 12th-place tie Friday at the 2001 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship at Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla.
Dansville High junior Lindsay Bowen will announce her fate as a college basketball player at her 10:30 a.m.
By this time next week, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo expects to fill the empty seat on his bench - a seat vacated last month when assistant coach Stan Heath took the head coaching job at Kent State. Since Heath’s departure, Izzo has promoted his No.
Spartan football recruit Eric Knott reached a plea agreement with prosecutors Tuesday, which may allow him to play for MSU.
LANSING - After losing 9-4 to the Quad City River Bandits on Monday night, the Lansing Lugnuts had a successful, quick turnaround for Tuesday morning’s series-ending contest. The game started at 10:35 a.m.