All Spartans remember where they were when they found out Michigan lost to Appalachian State in 2007. Only a handful of Football Championship Subdivision teams have ever beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision team, let alone on their home turf.
The MSU women’s basketball team will face 15 teams that qualified for the 2009 postseason, and possibly 10 that played in the NCAA Tournament, in the upcoming 2009-10 basketball season.
The MSU men’s basketball team will once again play a tough schedule in 2009-10, facing nine teams that played in the 2009 NCAA Tournament and 14 teams that participated in postseason play.
Are you ready for some “Pizza! Pizza!”? Officials for the Midwest’s only postseason college football bowl game are announcing Tuesday that Little Caesars Pizza will be the title sponsor for the former Motor City Bowl.
Long road trips can be difficult and overbearing, but as the No. 20 MSU volleyball team stares down a monthlong stretch of games away from Jenison Field House, head coach Cathy George is optimistic her team will develop a good road routine in time for the tough Big Ten Conference schedule ahead.
The MSU baseball team announced that seven players have signed National Letters of Intent, giving the Spartans 14 student-athletes in their recruiting class.
The Spartans volleyball team entered this weekend’s MSU Showcase with new faces, different opponents and a new outlook. But in the end, the result was the same.
The State News caught up with MSU women’s soccer forward Cara Freeman on her small break from the workout room this week. Last year, the zoology junior started every game and was ranked third on the team in points and goals. This year, she has one goal and one assist in the team’s first two games.
Former MSU goaltender Jeff Lerg was back on campus Aug. 19 to participate in MSU’s Pro Camp, which featured former Spartans who are playing professional hockey, including Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller and Tim Kennedy.
Head coach Mark Dantonio announced the depth chart Tuesday for this year’s MSU football team, and there were some surprises.
MSU field hockey coach Rolf van de Kerkhof was looking for a consistent start last weekend from his No. 8 Spartan squad as it began play.
In Saturday’s exhibition game against IPFW, the MSU men’s soccer team faced an unfamiliar situation. They were scored on.
Tom Saxton knows opposing coaches don’t have to be rocket scientists to prepare for the MSU women’s soccer team.
Five of MSU’s final six opponents went to a bowl game and four of them won at least nine games. But this season, the schedule actually sets up pretty favorably for the Spartans. Four of the final six games are at home and the two road games typically aren’t at hostile environments.
With a talented recruiting class and young players getting better, the MSU football team has a chance to have a great season and make its third consecutive bowl appearance.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio has named sophomore Kirk Cousins as the starting quarterback for Saturday’s season-opening game against Montana State at Spartan Stadium.
The MSU football team will play 12 games in 10 seasons against Central Michigan, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, including a return trip for MSU to each campus, beginning in 2011, MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced today.
The next few weeks could dictate the course of the MSU football team’s season.
At the beginning of the MSU football team’s fall camp, everybody wears a name tag — even Mark Dantonio. With a “Coach Dantonio” written on tape across his stomach, Dantonio kicked off his third season as MSU head coach with the team’s first practice Monday and noted not much has changed from his first two fall camps in East Lansing.
NFL rookies around the country have been working on their game, and Tennessee Titans running back Javon Ringer is no different. The former MSU workhorse, Ringer was selected in the fifth round by the Titans in April’s NFL Draft. The State News caught up with Ringer during Titans-organized team activities to ask him about adjusting to the NFL, his time at MSU and being a professional football player.