Michigan State University, running, and the Beach Boys -- those were the three loves of Mike Rummel during the fall of 1965. At the time, Rummel was a law enforcement administration major and freshman on the MSU cross country team, and it was then his three loves came together.
There are football games, there are great football games, and then there is what happened Saturday night. “The game is over and then that happened,” fifth-year senior quarterback Connor Cook said. The stomachs of Spartan fans went through a wave of emotions, together, but what will unite them forevermore is the feeling which ensued.
With 10 seconds left on the clock, I packed up my laptop charger and put away all of my belongings except for my laptop. What happened next is still hard to believe.
The No. 7 MSU football team defeated the No. 12 Michigan Wolverines, 27-23, Saturday off a miraculous special teams mishap where U-M fumbled the a punt snap and sophomore defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson returned the fumble for a TD as time expired.
Check out these tailgate photos from No. 7 MSU vs. No. 12 U-M game.
Welcome to the live coverage feed for No. 7-ranked MSU vs. No. 12-ranked Michigan.
Jim Harbaugh and “Mike D’Antoni” signs reined high above the ESPN College GameDay fans gathered at the University of Michigan Diag.
It was 1953, and MSU, which went by the name of Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, was formally welcomed to participate in Big Ten athletics.
Watch our football reporters give their predictions for this weekend's rivalry game.
Ann Arbor is expected to be the center stage of this weekend in college football, especially since ESPN’s College GameDay will be setting up shop just outside Michigan Stadium.
The Spartans came into Wednesday’s matchup with Maryland with an 11-6 record, and a .500 record in conference play.
Check out this interactive to learn about MSU vs. University of Michigan football games of the past.
MSU Athletics has announced the lineup for the 2015 Midnight Madness event to kick off the men's basketball season.
The 108th meeting between MSU (6-0 overall, 2-0 Big Ten East) and the University of Michigan (5-1 overall, 2-0 Big Ten East) will take place between the lines of “The Big House” on Saturday.
Michigan State volleyball closed out their road trip with two games last week, the first of which in Lincoln, Nebraska against the powerful Cornhuskers volleyball team. Nebraska was ranked number four in the country heading into the contest, fresh off a win against Penn State, a perennial championship contender in women’s volleyball.
With two flicks of the wrist on Friday night, Zach Osburn, unintentionally set the bar high for himself the rest of the year.
Not many times is the goalie the most recognizable face of a hockey team, but when he is, it’s with great reason. Standing at six feet tall, and 184 pounds, the keeper of MSU’s blue paint Jake Hildebrand is not even the biggest goaltender in the Big Ten, let alone his own team.
When No. 4-ranked MSU (6-0 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) travels to Ann Arbor to take on No. 18-ranked Michigan (5-1 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) it will be the second time this season the Spartans play on ESPN's Gameday. The Spartans second game of the season against Oregon saw Gameday come to East Lansing. This will be the third time MSU and U-M square off on Gameday.
The yearly Izzone campout is one of the few true bonding events where athletes get to engage with the fans. For men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo, this tradition means a lot for making life-long memories.
