FOOTBALL
Cal's linebackers pose challenge for Ringer
A look at some of the matchups MSU faces in their upcoming game against California.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators
It’s that time of year again! Why bother watching the games as the State News sports team and guests tell you the results of games before they happen.
SOCCER
Men's soccer to host MSU/Radisson Fall Classic at new DeMartin Stadium
The new DeMartin Soccer Complex will see its first action from the Spartans this weekend as they host the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic.
VOLLEYBALL
Young Spartans head to Okla. for season-opening Sooner Invitational
The resounding theme of the offseason for the MSU volleyball team has been youth. In the offseason, the team brought in the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com, a major collegiate volleyball recruiting site. Every one of those players will have to contribute to a squad with only three upperclassmen.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio looks to fresh faces to replace key losses
Like every team across the country, the MSU football team faces questions heading into the 2008 season. How will they replace wide receiver Devin Thomas, who was the second receiver taken in the 2008 NFL Draft?
SOCCER
Freshman brings winning résumé to MSU
When someone is labeled as “bad at dealing with a loss,” it normally indicates that person shows poor sportsmanship or struggles at bouncing back from defeat.
SPORTS
Spartans to open season as No. 10 ranked team in country
The MSU field hockey team ranks 10th in the nation in a preseason poll released by the STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association on Tuesday — just a few days before heading to the Champions Invitational Tournament in Louisville, Ky.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Basketball tickets go on sale today for MSU vs. North Carolina
Although the MSU men’s basketball season is miles away, a game such as MSU vs. North Carolina at Ford Field in Detroit makes the hype feel as if it is just around the corner.
SOCCER
Soccer freshman named conference Player of the Week
It didn’t take MSU women’s soccer freshman forward Laura Heyboer long to bring her habit of winning awards to the collegiate level.
SOCCER
Spartans down to wire in search for starting goalkeeper
With the departure of goalkeeper Chris Austin, the MSU men’s soccer team was left with a vacancy in net.
SPORTS
Spartans tie Michigan in exhibition contest; open season on road Saturday
The MSU field hockey team tied Michigan 2-2 in an exhibition game in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
SOCCER
Men's soccer drops lone exhibition game
The MSU men’s soccer team hit the field for the first time in an exhibition game Saturday and fell to Louisville, 2-1, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
SOCCER
Spartans open season with 5-goal outburst against Oakland
Only four players found the back of the net for MSU during the 2007 women’s soccer season. After just one game this season, the Spartans are more than a quarter of the way to passing the 18-goal mark they posted in last year’s 19 games.
FOOTBALL
Skandalaris Center brings MSU into the future
What started more than six years ago as an idea to help bring MSU back among the ranks of the college football elite is now complete, as the Skandalaris Football Center was unveiled to the public at the building’s opening ceremony Thursday.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey alums new and old return to campus for Pro Camp at Munn
Former MSU hockey players skated around Munn Ice Arena again two weeks ago for the Spartan Hockey Pro Camp. Assistant coach Tom Newton said the program helps keep the players connected to MSU.
SPORTS
Rising expectations
State News staffers pick and review some of the best athletes, both rookies and veterans.
SOCCER
Baum to step down in January
MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum started coaching the Spartans when gas prices were under 75 cents, when Earvin “Magic” Johnson was still in high school and when most of our parents were our age.
VOLLEYBALL
Young team prepares for season during scrimmage
New players and new rules will dictate the beginning of the season for the MSU volleyball team. The Spartans, who held their annual Green and White game Saturday, only have three upperclassmen on the team this season and have been picked to finish eighth in the Big Ten.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio: 'I'm very encouraged'
Contact was the order of business Friday for the MSU football team’s first day of practice in full pads this summer. After four days of fall camp in shorts or half-pads, the team dressed for collisions Friday and ran about 35 to 40 live plays, head coach Mark Dantonio said.
SPORTS
Lubahn leaves for Miami (Ohio) coaching job
Former MSU assistant golf coach Casey Lubahn was named head coach of the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks’ golf team on Tuesday.