FOOTBALL
Senior Day sourness
For 19 seniors, Saturday’s Senior Day at Spartan Stadium didn’t quite go as planned.
FOOTBALL
7 Big Ten teams likely to play in postseason games
Although the Big Ten season is over, most of the conference’s bowl bids still are up in the air.
BASKETBALL
Hometown crowd of thousands fuels DeHaan
Allyssa DeHaan always gets the loudest ovations when the MSU women’s basketball team’s starting lineup is announced.
SOCCER
Spartans' season ends at hands of Duke
The MSU men’s soccer team scrapped, clawed and left everything on the field.
BASKETBALL
Izzo reaches milestone
He’s a 15-year head coach with four National Coach of the Year Awards, an unprecedented five Final Fours in nine years, a national title and more than 300 wins to pad a Hall of Fame résumé.
VOLLEYBALL
No. 12 Gophers come back, beat Spartans
Ahead 2-0 Saturday against No. 12 Minnesota, the MSU volleyball team was in position to earn a big victory and send its two seniors off happy in their final career home game.
SOCCER
Senior Granaderos worked way through team's ranks
Senior defender Tim Granaderos stood at the middle of the field with his hands on his head, soaking in every last moment.
FOOTBALL
Penn State hammers Spartans 42-14 in final regular season game
It was the most unfitting of ends for the Spartans regular season.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo displeased with MSU's 75-62 win against Toledo
Following Tuesday’s grind-it-out victory against Gonzaga, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball perhaps showed some signs of let-up in Friday’s 75-62 victory against Toledo.
ICE HOCKEY
Web exclusive: Hockey team ties Notre Dame 1-1, loses shootout 2-1
The No. 6 MSU hockey team had two golden opportunities to win the game Thursday night.
BASKETBALL
No. 21 Spartans lose to No. 5 Notre Dame by 1
Despite facing a double-digit deficit in both the first and second halves, the MSU women’s basketball team battled back time and time again.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team prepares for what could be final home game
After receiving several quality performances in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss at No. 14 Michigan, the MSU volleyball team will hope to build off that showing but get a different result Saturday when it hosts No. 12 Minnesota in what is likely the team’s final home game of the season.
FOOTBALL
Hawken endures coaching, position changes to end career strong
With the prevalence of the spread offense in college football, the fullback slowly is fading away from the football landscape. But while other Big Ten schools have decided not to utilize one, the fullback is a very important part of MSU’s offense. And senior Andrew Hawken is a big reason why.
FOOTBALL
A senior with a kick
It is winter 2006, and then-freshman kicker Brett Swenson is alone, playing in the snow. While his teammates are sweating in the indoor practice facility at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building, Swenson is clearing the snow outside and kicking field goals.
SOCCER
Spartans prepare for home NCAA Tournament test
Memories of last year’s heartbreaking, season-ending loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament still resonate in the minds of the MSU men’s soccer team.
SPORTS
Food drive benefits Lansing-area groups
The MSU Residential and Hospitality Services and Athletics Department are co-sponsoring the Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, which runs through Saturday’s MSU-Penn State game.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators 11/20/09
This is prognosticators comin’ at you like a mob of sorority girls at a Victoria’s Secret sale. Except maybe less scary.
SPORTS
MSU golf team signs 2 players for 2010
The MSU men’s golf team announced two student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent for the 2010-11 season.
FOOTBALL
MSU amped to avenge last year's Happy Valley beatdown
A lot is on the line when MSU and No. 13 Penn State meet for the Land Grant Trophy on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. In what has become an increasingly important game each year as the Spartans return to respectability under head coach Mark Dantonio, MSU is looking to pick up the all-important seventh victory — a win that would secure a winning season, regardless of what happens in a bowl game.