SPORTS
Wrestlers to face tough Illinois
In the home stretch of its season, the MSU wrestling team has some grueling Big Ten competition lying ahead, starting with No.
SPORTS
Spartan throwers propel track and field team into season
In his fourth year as the throws coach, MSU track and field team assistant coach John Newell has seen his athletes grow up and develop into some of MSU’s most talented performers. What he described as a “tremendous” experience, Newell said because the seniors were freshmen when he started coaching, he’s been able to know and understand them as athletes while helping them perfect their technique and advance their skills.
MEN'S SOCCER
Giving his all
Ian Givens was looking out for his two boys — Colin and Stewart — when he decided to apply for British citizenship.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rock bottom blues
For the first time in 12 meetings in East Lansing, the Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 25 MSU, 61-57, Thursday night at Breslin Center.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Team plagued with troubles all season
Here we go again. The team with seemingly never-ending drama strikes again. This time with the season-long dismissal of junior guard Korie Lucious. To catch you up, the drama surrounding this team began in June, when MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo took some time to ponder a move to the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans look to finish season strong
With head coach Rick Comley announcing his plans to retire at the end of the season Tuesday, the MSU hockey team now must turn its focus on finishing the season strong, beginning with this weekend’s games against Ferris State and No.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Fab Five still burned in Izzo's mind as rivalry game nears
In the early 1990s the Fab Five — a flashy and talented group of players all in the same class at Michigan — was dominating college basketball while also making certain fashion trends popular. One of those trends was the practice of wearing black socks while playing basketball.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley's announcement comes at correct time
Upon first glance, MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley’s decision to announce his plans for an end-of-the-season retirement on Tuesday, rather than waiting until later in the season, seems surprising. The Spartans, who have struggled all season and stand in 10th place in the CCHA, are about to square off with Ferris State and No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans look to down Hawkeyes second time this season
The Spartans blew an eight-point lead with two minutes left in the game. That was going to be the story the last time the No.
ICE HOCKEY
Rick Comley to retire after 9 seasons at MSU
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of the season, after spending 38 seasons as a college hockey head coach. Comley, currently in his ninth season as the head coach of MSU, won a National Championship with the Spartans in 2007, and is one of five college hockey coaches to win more than 700 games.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Lucious dismissed from basketball program for season, future uncertain
Junior guard Korie Lucious has been dismissed from the men’s basketball program, MSU announced Tuesday night.
SPORTS
Spartans count on conditioning
With their bodies taking a severe beating in every wrestling match, junior 197-pounder Tyler Dickenson and his teammates need to be in the best possible shape to carry them through to the end. During an intense match against No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
After 9-month hiatus, sharp-shooting Byrd back at practice
As of last spring, Russell Byrd didn’t know what it was like to be injured. But nine months after the first of two surgeries on his broken left foot, the MSU freshman guard, who is redshirting this season, is all too familiar with the feeling of being sidelined. “I’ve never been injured,” Byrd said.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU's Johnson deserves to be talked about
“Should Lykendra Johnson be considered a candidate for Big Ten Player of the Year?”
ICE HOCKEY
Comley to retire following season
After nine seasons as MSU hockey head coach, Rick Comley will retire at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans see improvements despite losses
Senior guard Durrell Summers’ defense has been called into question in the past. But something clicked for Summers following the halftime break during the No.
ICE HOCKEY
RedHawks test special teams
The MSU hockey team witnessed firsthand what a top-notch power play can do to the opposition in its 1-1 showing last weekend against No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartan forwards flourish
No matter how much size the Golden Gophers put on the court, junior forward Lykendra Johnson and senior forward Cetera Washington refused to be denied from getting to the boards for the No.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans getting closer to where they should be
Delvon Roe’s excitement was hard to ignore. Less than an hour after the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team’s 86-76 loss at No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Lykendra-Fying
Standing at 6-foot-1, it looked like junior forward Lykendra Johnson might be outmatched by the height that Minnesota’s women’s basketball team had to offer.