Winning is always fun. And for seven of the last eight years, Spartan fans have been able to enjoy the luxury of a premier football program and hold bragging rights over Wolverine fans.
The pregame powder, the hype music, the Izzone, it was all there for the first action of the 2016-17 MSU men's basketball season.
Following the first half of MSU men's basketball first action of the season, MSU lead the Northwood Timberwolves 48-35 in an exhibition performance. The Spartans showed signs of inexperience littered across the first period, not capturing the lead until the game was eight minutes through.
The ribbon was cut for the grand opening of the MSU Bio Engineering Facility on Thursday, a project that has been in the works since 2013. The 130,000-square-foot facility will be used as a lab and research building for scientists across many MSU colleges, namely the Colleges of Engineering, Human Medicine, and Natural Science, to collaborate.
An MSU freshman is embroiled in controversy for an apparently racist Instagram post aimed at a black football player in Midland, Mich.
Four games into the season, the MSU hockey team still has a ‘donut’ in the W column, losing all their matches thus far.
Wednesday, Oct. 26 was the last Riverboat Halloween college night, with tickets sold out four days before the event Michigan Princess Captain Christopher Chamberlain said. Chamberlain was approximately two years old when his family built the Michigan Princess, which he said is more commonly known as just ‘Riverboat’ on MSU’s campus.
Halloween Specials of East Lansing The State News has talked to some of the bars on and off Grand River Avenue to find you some of the best deals and specials that will be available this Halloween.
Although there is no physical University of Michigan mascot currently, there is a history of students and coaches trying to bring one to U-M’s sidelines. Students have referred to themselves as Wolverines from as early as the 1860's, according to the U-M campus information website, but no one is 100 percent sure why students took up this animal representative.
For apparel shops on Grand River Avenue, the upcoming rivalry game against the University of Michigan will provide stores with a huge source of income. As the competition heats up, so do the shops’ sales.
Sparty Watch is a longstanding tradition Spartan Marching Band members participate in every year before the MSU-U-M football game.
As bitter and cold as the rivalry between MSU and the University of Michigan can get, the two universities are capable of setting aside their differences to better the community.
The Michigan State-Michigan rivalry has created memorable moments that will forever be etched in MSU fans' minds.
East Lansing and MSU are working together to promote public safety for this weekend’s rivalry home game against Michigan and Halloween festivities, through the Celebrations Committee. Annette Irwin, housing and university relations administrator for the city and co-chair of the committee, said the city and university are preparing for a busy weekend. “It’s the Michigan game and the last time Michigan played here it was a very, very busy night,” Irwin said.
MSU football takes on No. 2 University of Michigan at noon Saturday at Spartan Stadium. MSU, (2-5, 0-4) comes into the game a nearly 24-point underdog to the Wolverines who’ve racked up a 7-0 record overall and a 4-0 record in the Big Ten.
I’ve been to Michigan State a handful of times in my life, and it’s really not a terrible place.
Whether the odds were in their favor or not, the Spartan army of ancient Greece would back down to no challenge.
Spartans and Wolverines will come together on Friday to run 64 miles from the Big House in Ann Arbor to Demonstration Hall in East Lansing. Alex’s Great State Race honors former MSU student Alex Powell, with hopes to raise awareness for student disability services.
MSU alumnus Dan Gilbert and his wife, Jennifer, announced a $15 million donation to the university.
With MSU basketball’s freshmen class being heralded as one of the best groupings of young talent in the country and possibly MSU head coach Tom Izzo’s best recruiting class in 22 years at MSU, it’s understandable for there to be high expectations again this season for the team - but fans will have to be patient.