BASEBALL
Key games ahead for Spartan baseball team
Any way you slice it, there’s not much to love from last weekend for MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. and the MSU baseball team.
SPORTS
Column: Minkel still wrestling team’s man for the job
There are two schools of thought when it comes to wrestling.
SPORTS
Spartans set records at Spartan Invitational
The wind was blowing and the weather was cold, but the MSU track and field team won events and set records at the Spartan InvitationalFriday and Saturday.
BASEBALL
Spartans swept by Wolverines
Play the right way. It’s a cliched but simple message preached by coaches in all sports. MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr., has been beating his team over the head with it this season.
SOFTBALL
Softball picks up first Big Ten loss, takes series against Purdue 2-1
The MSU softball team dropped its first Big Ten game of the season last weekend at Purdue, but still won the weekend series by taking two of the three games against the Boilermakers.
BASKETBALL
Bittersweet: A season in photos
Following a full season of MSU basketball can be stressful. Shooting a full season of MSU basketball is enough to drive you insane.
SOFTBALL
Texas native adjusts to cold, leads team
The difference between last season and this year for the MSU softball program boils down to pitching, head coach Jacquie Joseph said.
SPORTS
Track and field to host only home meet of the season this weekend
As the weather warms up and the snow melts, the MSU track and field team prepares for their only home meet of the season this weekend at Ralph Young Field.
FOOTBALL
Maxwell has slight lead in quarterback battle, Cook, O'Connor not far behind
With spring football well underway for the MSU football program, all eyes will be on the quarterbacks until the Aug. 30 season opener against Western Michigan from fans, coaches, media and even hulking middle linebackers.
SOFTBALL
Softball takes 2 vs. Penn State
One year removed from being blanked in Big Ten competition, the MSU softball team is off to its best start to the conference schedule since 1997 after taking both games of its doubleheader with Penn State yesterday at Secchia Stadium at Old College Field.
BASEBALL
Big rally breaks 8th inning tie for Spartans in 9-3 win against Eastern
Taking a brief mid-week road trip before returning home this weekend to face Michigan, the MSU baseball team defeated Eastern Michigan, 9-3, Wednesday in Ypsilanti, Mich.
FOOTBALL
Kiper predicts Gholston, Bell to be selected on second, third day of NFL Draft
With the NFL draft a little more than two weeks away, analysts are busier than ever trying to find the diamond in the rough of the college football domain.
BASEBALL
Spartans win home opener against CMU
The temperature might have been cold, but the bats of the MSU baseball team were hot as they beat Central Michigan, 4-2, in the team’s home opener Tuesday afternoon.
BASKETBALL
Payne has decision to make: Go pro or stay
With MSU’s 2012-13 season coming to a close in the Sweet 16 this past weekend, Tom Izzo made his way to the podium one final time to wrap up the season that was.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Players look to get, stay healthy in offseason
More than a week later, the season-ending loss to Maryland still eats at MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant. The Terrapins sent the Spartans home from the NCAA Tournament with their most lopsided loss of the 2012-13 season March 25.
BASEBALL
MSU ready for home opener against Central Michigan
Nine days ago, Chase Rihtarchik was on top of the world.
SPORTS
Neal prepares for regionals for final time
Taira Neal has battled through four elbow surgeries, an Achilles tendon surgery and scoliosis in her back to become one of the best vaulters in the country.
BASKETBALL
About 14 to 15 fires reported in East Lansing Following Sweet 16 loss
Furniture in East Lansing was set ablaze late Friday night and early Saturday morning following MSU’s loss to Duke in the NCAA Tournament, with numerous couch and chair fires reported throughout the city.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Game Over
The music of the Big Dance came to a halt this weekend for the MSU men’s basketball team. Behind the hot-shooting hand of Duke guard Seth Curry, who finished with a game-high 29 points, the No. 2 seed Blue Devils (30-6) knocked off the No. 3 seed Spartans (27-9) with a 71-61 victory at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
VOLLEYBALL
Students raise money for Special Olympics Michigan
For former high school volleyball player and mechanical engineering sophomore Sara Knoedler, playing volleyball is something she would do regardless of the outcome of her participation. But adding the motive of helping participants of Special Olympics Michigan only made the experience better.