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Former champs to be honored
There’s an old adage in sports that says no matter how many championships are won, none will ever be as special as winning that first championship.
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Cagers struggle on the road
Columbus, Ohio - The Spartans may be the best team in the nation at home but they’re no better than average on the road in the Big Ten. MSU’s 64-55 loss to Ohio State (13-7 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) dropped its conference record to 5-2, 1-2 on the road. “We have some young guys right now that just don’t understand what it’s like to win on the road in the Big Ten,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
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Nittany Lions kick women cagers when theyre down
State College, Penn. - There’s no other way to describe the MSU women’s basketball team’s 97-49 loss to Penn State than total Nittany Lion domination. MSU’s (2-5 Big Ten, 8-10 overall) poor shooting, holey defense, and overall lackluster play paved the court for PSU freshman guard Kelly Mazzante to sink 28 points and grab a career-high seven steals, while all five starters hit double digits. “Penn State just has excellent players,” head coach Joanne P.
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Icers Defense allows four goals in loss to rival U-M
DETROIT - In the end, 65 minutes was just too much to ask of four defensemen.When Michigan right wing Andy Hilbert blew past MSU sophomore defenseman Brad Fast and scored the game-winning goal in overtime Saturday night, it was the culmination of the most taxing game the NCAA-leading Spartan defensive corps has faced all year.
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Spartan offense struggles, looks for improvement
Columbus, Ohio - It was a similar scenario, a game Charlie Bell refers to as “The Twilight Zone.”MSU shot under 40 percent from the field, its leading scorer was held below his average, and opposing fans flooded the court after upsetting the Spartans.
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Womens gymnastics, track grab wins in weekend competitions
The MSU women’s swimming and diving team fell this weekend to Penn State and Indiana, leaving the Spartans 3-5 overall in dual meets.
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Spartans lose to U-M, again
Make it 0-3 for MSU athletic teams against Michigan in the past four days. The 8th-ranked Spartan wrestling team was the latest casualty Sunday, losing to the 7th- ranked Wolverines 20-12 before a raucous crowd at Jenison Field House.
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It\'s time for someone to step up
Wincing in disgust even thinking of the possibility, I still realize it could happen. Driving back from Columbus late Saturday night, foreshadowing images were running through my mind - visions of turnovers, careless passes and weak rebounding. It was those failed aspects of the game that made all the difference in MSU’s 64-55 loss to the Buckeyes.
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Grapplers set for old feuds this weekend
When a wrestling team is ranked eighth in the nation, it usually isn’t the underdog in most of its matches.
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Backup wrestlers enjoy extra playing experience
They work their hardest in practice and push the starters to the limit every day. Then as match time approaches, they promptly sit and watch, hoping the next time it will be them on the mat trying to contribute to the eighth-ranked MSU wrestling squad in the same way their counterparts in practice do.
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Spartan hockey team prepares for rivalry with Wolverines
The Baltimore Ravens’ record-setting defense will get most of the national attention this Super Bowl weekend, but there’s also a dominant defensive crew based in East Lansing. The top-ranked Spartan hockey team (21-1-4 overall, 14-1-3 CCHA) has suffocated opposing offenses in 2001, allowing only one goal in seven games in the new year.
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Hoops ready for OSU rematch
With their first Big Ten road win behind them, the Spartans head into Columbus, Ohio on Saturday for a rematch with Ohio State.No.
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Detroit Shock will host hoop clinic at Breslin
Area kids, sports lovers and women’s athletic supporters alike will have a chance to shoot around with Detroit Shock power forward Wendy Palmer when she leads a basketball clinic from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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Detroit Lions hire 49ers offensive coordinator for head coach
By LARRY LAGE The Associated Press Marty Mornhinweg, offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, was hired Wednesday to replace Gary Moeller as coach of the Detroit Lions. Mornhinweg was one of five coaches interviewed for the job since Matt Millen took over as president of the Lions earlier this month. Moeller, who took over in midseason for Bobby Ross, was fired to make way for Mornhinweg. The 38-year-old Mornhinweg reached an agreement with the team following a final interview Tuesday, said a football source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Lions did not immediately schedule a news conference. According to www.ESPN.com, Mornhinweg agreed in principle to a five-year deal worth about $5 million and the Lions are expected to introduce him Thursday. Mornhinweg has spent the last four seasons as the 49ers’ offensive coordinator after two years as an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers. Moeller was given a three-year contract when hired.
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Womens hoops get ready for old rival
Joanne P. McCallie heard stories about the rivalry between MSU and Michigan during her collegiate years at Northwestern.Today McCallie, the MSU women’s head basketball coach, will get her first real taste of just how bitter that rivalry can be.The Spartans (2-3 Big Ten, 8-9 overall) will host the Wolverines (4-4, 11-7) today at 8 p.m.
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Icer up for nations top award
In college football, the Heisman Trophy traditionally goes to the player who single-handedly makes his team great.College hockey’s equivalent, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, might wind up in East Lansing at season’s end if sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller keeps up his amazing play.The East Lansing native is listed on USA Today’s 14-player Hobey Baker Watch and he is one of 40 players that advanced past the award’s first official cut-down earlier this month.The award presentation will take place April 6 at the Frozen Four in Albany, N.Y.“When they first mentioned the Hobey, I got really nervous,” Miller said.
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Mens hoops get ready for Wildcats, several away games
Holding only 8,117 fans, Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena looks more like a high school gym than a collegiate athletics center. But Charlie Bell knows it can provide just as deadly results against opponents. “It’s one of the tougher places to play,” the senior guard said.
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Womens hoops need support for game
For a moment, imagine you’re in the position of the MSU women’s basketball team. For months, you’ve been weight lifting, training and preparing for another unpredictable Big Ten season.
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U coach leaves
After six seasons as MSU football’s defensive secondary coach and one as the associate head coach, Mark Dantonio opted to leave the Spartans for the defensive coordinator position at Ohio State.“It was a very difficult decision to leave Michigan State,” Dantonio said in a prepared statement Monday.
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Cagers consider NBA
The only thing elevating more than Jason Richardson dunking over opponents this season could be his professional stock as an NBA prospect. Richardson is averaging 16 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists this season and has scored in double figures in 14 of No.