With his No. 10 MSU football team off this week for the first time since the season began, head coach Mark Dantonio said he still will be watching football Saturday.
Former MSU kicker Dave Rayner was signed by the NFL’s Detroit Lions on Tuesday. Rayner will assume the kicking duties for the Lions while longtime kicker Jason Hanson is out with an injury.
In its final tune-up game before the regular season tips off Friday, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska-Omaha, 102-72, Monday in an exhibition game at Breslin Center.
For the first time since early September, the No. 10 MSU football team won’t be taking the field for a game this Saturday.
After extending its losing streak to six matches in its 3-1 loss to No. 9 Penn State on Saturday, the MSU volleyball team said it wants to improve on consistently serving tough.
With the passing of week nine, the initial shock of how the NFL season has shaped out thus far has started to subside and little comes as a surprise anymore.
Coming off a tough loss against Iowa last week and nursing several injuries, No. 10 MSU had plenty of reasons to limp through Saturday’s game against last-place Minnesota and into this week’s bye. Instead, it showed no signs of letdown in Saturday’s 31-8 win. The victory was head coach Mark Dantonio’s 31st tenure win, the highest of any coach’s first four seasons in Spartan history.
On Saturday, No. 10 MSU’s 31-8 victory against Minnesota at Spartan Stadium was far from being decided by a single play. However, the Spartans’ execution on fourth down alone was a major determining factor in MSU’s 23-point victory against the Golden Gophers.
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved contract extensions for men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant and hockey head coach Rick Comley on Friday.
Despite winning its first set against Penn State since Oct. 16, 2004, the MSU volleyball team was unable to come up with a match win against the No. 9 Nittany Lions on Saturday at Jenison Field House.
Powered by an unrelenting defense, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team forced 23 turnovers on its way to a win over Grand Valley State.
On the road for the first time this season, the No. 12 MSU hockey team was swept in a pair of games at Western Michigan.
The MSU men’s soccer team finished up its regular season with a tie at Wisconsin-Milwaukee Saturday.
Sophomore running back Edwin Baker’s four touchdown runs led No. 16 MSU to a 31-8 win Saturday against Minnesota.
The No. 16 MSU football team looks to get back on the winning track against a one-win Minnesota team. Chat with State News sports reporters during the game.
The contracts of MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant and hockey coach Rick Comley have been extended, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved Friday.
The No. 10 MSU field hockey team fell 2-0 to No. 5 Ohio State on Friday in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament in Evanston, Ill.
For the first time in eight months, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team took the court at Breslin Center to play opponents aside from just each other in practice, defeating Saginaw Valley State, 90-40 Thursday.
John Stipek is not a pouter. The senior center endured two coaches, two positions and much waiting before finally getting an opportunity to be a key player in No. 16 MSU’s 8-1 start.
Bouncing back from losses such as the one the Spartans suffered against the Hawkeyes hasn’t been a problem since head coach Mark Dantonio came to MSU four years ago.