Even when Kurtis Drummond barely saw the field as a redshirt freshman a year ago, the safety was a playmaker. In limited playing time, he grabbed two interceptions, forced a fumble and showed an instinctive nose for the football.
When head coach Suzy Merchant and the MSU women’s basketball team travels to Ypsilanti, Mich., to take on Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. Thursday, it will be homecoming of sorts for MSU’s head coach.
MSU women’s basketball team picked up its first recruit when Tori Jankoska signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to join the Spartans in the 2013-14 season.
Although Lon Coleman lost his brother to a car accident years ago, his brother’s heart beats on — in the body of another.
Walking into practice on Wednesday, MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George was wearing an ear-to-ear smile on her face. And with the morning George had on the first day of the NCAA early signing period, who can blame her for being so enthusiastic?
Elizabeth LaPrelle remembers the first time she heard Appalachian ballad music. She said was sitting at a music camp on the first night and a woman came out and belted out the most beautiful song she had ever heard.
During the past century, MSU has built a good reputation in Michigan and around the United States. Now, it seems, the institution has become successful in providing MSU with a strong reputation around the globe.
Picture this: The work week officially is over. Your last classes for the week have been completed. All homework and quizzes have been finished, papers have been revised and submitted and lecture notes have been recorded.
With wind speeds of almost 20 mph last Sunday, Zeke the Wonder Dog III struggled to catch frisbee after frisbee thrown by his owners, Jim and Terri Foley, at West Ottawa High School’s practice football field in Holland, Mich., the couple’s hometown.
It’s become a staple of the Tom Izzo era.
MSU continues to expand its global reach with its latest grant of $7.8 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Six months from now, don’t expect to see state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, behind a desk working on any governmental business — he’ll be too busy trekking from Georgia to Pennsylvania.
Their college careers might only be two games old, but freshman guards Gary Harris and Denzel Valentine seemed like season veterans during No. 21 MSU’s 67-64 victory over No. 7 Kansas.
Mark Dantonio said he and his football team should use last week’s bye to take some time away from the game of football, to step back and refocus on the task at hand. And the sixth-year head coach did — to an extent.
When Jake Hildebrand was looking at different college hockey programs, he wanted to know if he would have the opportunity to play. The MSU hockey freshman goaltender said he asked head coach Tom Anastos if he would be given that chance as a Spartan, and Anastos said he responded by telling him if he earned ice time, he would be given it.
On Tuesday evening, international relations senior Alex Waldman was able to celebrate a place very close to his heart: Israel.
For Le’Veon Bell, there is no doubt. The Spartans will make a bowl game, and he won’t be convinced otherwise. As the MSU football team (5-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) prepares for its home finale against Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) on Saturday (noon, ESPN2), it will look to extend its bowl streak to six consecutive seasons.
One game isn’t enough time to define a season, but for head coach Suzy Merchant and the MSU women’s basketball team, it certainly can show them things they can improve on before going on the road to take on Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. this Thursday.
Although Lansing residents are supportive of the idea of redeveloping the area, there still are steps to complete before developers can officially break ground.
For the second time in her Spartan career, sophomore Alison Menzies has been named the Big Ten Diver of the Week.