FOOTBALL
Spartans to face Texas Tech in Alamo Bowl
The MSU football team will meet Texas Tech in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010, Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced Sunday night.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley follows college hockey recruiting trend
After last season’s debacle, MSU head coach Rick Comley has a new policy on recruiting. Instead of looking for flashy, young players, Comley is after a different type of player best summed up in three words — bigger, stronger and older.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans blow lead, lose 1st Big Ten game
Despite leading by as many as 13 in the first half, the MSU women’s basketball team collapsed in the second half, shooting 21.2 percent and allowing Indiana to grab a late lead it would never relinquish in a 68-63 loss to the Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio: Suspended players out for bowl game
Head football coach Mark Dantonio broke his public silence to reporters at an impromptu news conference Saturday at the Skandalaris Football Center and addressed the disciplinary action against the players suspended for their involvement in the Nov. 22 assault at Rather Hall.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team's season ends against Wildcats
The MSU volleyball team fell short in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, losing 3-0 against No. 13 Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo still not sold on Spartans after 72-60 win
The Wofford Terriers came to East Lansing looking to give the MSU men’s basketball team a dogfight. And, for most of the night, they did.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
An MSU senior moment
In one of the biggest games of their careers, three MSU women’s basketball team senior captains came up huge for MSU. It started with forward Aisha Jefferson’s hustle and tenacity in the first half.
FOOTBALL
MSU seniors prove recruiting predictions not always spot on
The size, speed and strength displayed by high school football players doesn’t always translate to the rugged Big Ten Conference. Sometimes, players live up to those expectations.
FOOTBALL
Lewis hopes to achieve championship status
Isaiah Lewis ended his high school football career without a state championship ring. His No. 1 goal entering college is to make sure his collegiate career doesn’t end the same way.
FOOTBALL
Ohio native thrilled recruiting process ended with MSU
Relief and elation: Two things Marcus Rush said he felt after his verbal commitment to join the Spartans’ 2010 recruiting class.
FOOTBALL
Class of 2014 strong in trenches; Dantonio brings in crop of in-state talent
Dantonio’s picked out some great talent for 2014, but will they be able to surpass the power of the Victoria’s Secret-crazed sorority girls from last week’s Prognosticators? Only time will tell.
FOOTBALL
Linebacker Jones named All-American
The awards for junior linebacker Greg Jones kept coming Thursday, as Jones was named an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
FOOTBALL
Defensive end brings drive, smarts to MSU
Even on Thanksgiving, Taylor Calero was lifting weights and training to make up for lost time. Calero, a linebacker for Southfield Christian High School, missed most of his senior season after a sports hernia that occurred in March was misdiagnosed.
FOOTBALL
Running back to get chance in backfield
Walking onto the field before his Senior Night game, Chelsea High School running back Nick Hill might have been difficult for the casual observer to spot.
FOOTBALL
Elite 11 QB, life-long fan felt at home at MSU
Until June, Saline High School quarterback Joe Boisture was going to be a Boston College Eagle.
FOOTBALL
Linebacker becomes 3rd generation Spartan
Some people are raised to be Spartans fans. Others are born to wear the Green and White.
FOOTBALL
4-star linebacker headlines 2010 class
It wasn’t the physicality of the sport that first piqued William Gholston’s interest in football. Nor was it the athleticism or precision the players displayed on the field.
BASKETBALL
Rivalry with Carolina continues tonight
A rivalry has been developing between the basketball programs at MSU and North Carolina the past few seasons. Tuesday the Tar Heels men’s basketball team continued its dominance by beating MSU for the third time in the past two seasons.
BASKETBALL
Women's hoops offers free tickets
The MSU women’s basketball team announced Wednesday that fans who show their MSU Federal Credit Union credit/debit card at the Breslin Center ticket office today will receive two free tickets to tonight’s 8:30 p.m. game between No. 22 MSU and No. 4 North Carolina.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Northern Michigan in midst of growing rivalry
It might not be as intense as the Michigan rivalry, but the MSU vs. Northern Michigan rivalry is growing.