SOFTBALL
Softball wins 2, loses 1 on weekend
The MSU softball team kicked off the 2014 season by traveling to DeLand, Fla.
FEATURES
MSU Pompon team takes second place at competition
With vibrant smiles plastered across their faces, the MSU Pompon Team walked onto the Breslin Center’s court as they prepared to perform Saturday afternoon. The MSU Pompon Team, a group of 26 students, competed in the collegiate division of Mid American Pompon’s Michigan State-Wide Championship on Saturday.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Efforts of Payne not enough in MSU loss
MADISON, Wisc. — There wasn’t much to say in the locker room following the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team’s 60-58 road loss to Wisconsin Sunday afternoon.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Late bucket lifts Wisconsin over MSU
The Spartans blew their only chance to beat Wisconsin in the regular season, as Traevon Jackson hit a ten foot jump shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game give the Badgers a 60-58 win.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Wisconsin leading MSU at halftime
It’s another classic game between No. 9 MSU and Wisconsin, as Sam Dekker and Josh Gasser’s 16 combined points have helped the Badgers take a 30-22 halftime lead. Wisconsin’s Josh Gasser was the man down the stretch as he nailed a 3-pointer and hit two free throws to cap off an 11-0 run at the end of half.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU men's basketball to face Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc. — Setting up for their lone matchup of the season, Wisconsin and No. 9 MSU are both heading into Sunday with something to prove.
ICE HOCKEY
Ohio State beats MSU hockey in shootout again
For the third time this season MSU and Ohio State needed more than 60 minutes of regulation and five minutes of overtime to determine the winner, and for the second straight night, MSU fell in the shootout. MSU and Ohio State played to a 2-2 tie Saturday afternoon at Munn Ice Arena, with Ohio State winning the shootout to earn the additional point.Freshman forward Nick Schilkey had the lone shootout goal. It was the fifth time the additional point was determined by a shootout for MSU.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU women's basketball loses on road to Nebraska
Entering Saturday’s away game against No. 22 Nebraska, the No. 24 women’s basketball team was tied with No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Behind 22-0 run, Nebraska leads MSU women's basketball at halftime
The Spartans started the game 6-of-9 from the field, and missed their next 13 shots. That sums up the first half for the No.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU hockey falls to OSU in shootout
For the fourth time this Big Ten season MSU would need a shootout to determine the final result, but for the first time MSU failed to win the shootout.
MICHIGAN
Obama signs farm bill in East Lansing
President Obama, after an address to political dignitaries, the media and MSU community members, signed signed the farm bill into law Friday afternoon on MSU’s campus. In front of a backdrop of artifacts from pastoral America, including a tractor and hay bales, his remarks before the signing highlighted agriculture’s importance to the economy, and emphasized the ways in which the legislation would benefit farmers throughout the country.
NEWS
President Obama, Air Force One lands in Lansing
Air Force One touched down at Capital Region International Airport around 12 p.m. today. President Obama disembarked with a wave, alongside Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., an MSU alumna and the chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Payne's return off bench provides spark in MSU victory
It was the biggest return MSU had to offer – literally.
MSU
ASMSU Chief of Staff Kiran Samra elected as president
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, elected Kiran Samra as its new president on Thursday evening.
NEWS
Spartans in Sochi
Spartan alumni, faculty have ties to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia There will be a touch of green in the 22nd Winter Olympics. For the next 16 days, the world will watch Olympians glide across snow-swept courses created by MSU alumnus Joe VanderKelen and his team at SMI Snowmakers. “If you’re an architect and engineer, it’s a dream project to start with a white canvas,” VanderKelen said. VanderKelen graduated from MSU in 1983 with a degree in mechanical engineering before going on to earn his master’s degree.
MICHIGAN
MSU community ready to welcome President Obama
Like Willy Wonka’s golden tickets, only in phone call and email form, a few select students have received invitations to see President Barack Obama sign the new farm bill into law Friday afternoon on campus. Excitement was universal among all those who received invitations.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
No. 9 MSU men's basketball rolls over Penn State, 82-67
Kenny Kaminski knew two hours before tipoff that he was going to have a big night.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
No. 9 MSU up on Penn State by 16 at halftime
After a disappointing performance the last time out, the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team turned on the jets, and leads Penn State 46-30 at the half.
MICHIGAN
Prison escape brings recent budget cuts into question
The issue of security remains up for discussion within state government following the escape of convicted murderer Michael David Elliot from the Ionia Correctional Facility this past week.
MICHIGAN
Student loan bill could give grads new incentive
Graduates from Michigan universities soon may have a bigger incentive to stay in the state with the help of a newly proposed bill.