This week will provide opportunities for the MSU softball team to regain some traction with non-conference games today and tomorrow after a weekend sweep at the hands of Michigan knocked the Spartans from second place in the Big Ten.
After being hired by WKAR in 1974 and taking over WKAR’s “Sportstalk/870” in 1985, it’s been the soft and welcoming tone of Earle Robinson’s voice coming across the airwaves, always polite and eager to discuss the most pressing local sports news.
It was a weekend of disappointment for the MSU softball team as the Spartans were swept in a three-game series by No. 12 Michigan.
Mark Dantonio is weighing all his options in the ongoing search to replace Le’Veon Bell — even looking at players from the opposite side of the ball.
After a weekend that saw the MSU women’s tennis team (10-14 overall, 0-9 Big Ten) lose to Iowa, 4-3, on Saturday, and to No. 12 Nebraska, 6-1, on Sunday at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility, the only thing they could do was suck it up and look forward.
Even with a series victory in hand, the weekend did not come without a significant loss for the MSU baseball team.
A weekend fraught with inclement weather, including long periods of heavy snow, multiple delays and a pair of extra inning games against the Big Ten’s top team wasn’t exactly in the game plan.
The thoughts of many surrounding the MSU basketball program at the moment have to do with the status of junior center Adreian Payneand freshman guard Gary Harris.
Charlie Bell is fighting for another chance. During his time at MSU, Bell appeared in three Final Fours and established himself as one of the greatest defensive players ever to play for Tom Izzo. Since his departure. Bell has played eight seasons in the NBA, as well as several more in international leagues.
The MSU baseball team not only will have to battle poor weather conditions this weekend, but it also will have to find a way to cool off a red-hot Indiana Hoosier team.
MSU softball coach Jacquie Joseph wants to downplay the excitement of this weekend’s rivalry series with No. 12 Michigan as much as possible, but she knows that can’t happen.
There currently are as many as 27 million slaves in the world, more than any other time in recorded history, according to the International Labour Organization. Of this 27 million, about 17,500 people are trafficked into the U.S. each year.
Spring football is past the halfway mark and in head coach Mark Dantonio’s eyes none of the MSU running backs have stood out enough to gain an advantage in the battle to replace departed workhorse Le’Veon Bell.
The seventh-annual Crosstown Showdown between the Lansing Lugnuts and MSU baseball team has been postponed until, May 1 as a seven-inning game.
Champions have been crowned, nets have been cut to shreds and the final buzzer has sounded for MSU winter athletics, bringing despair to some Spartans whose seasons ended too soon and sweet relief to others whose seasons couldn’t end soon enough.
After getting swept by Michigan last weekend, the MSU baseball team got back on the right path with a 10-1 win against Western Michigan on Tuesday afternoon.
Reflecting on his team’s first jersey scrimmage of the spring, MSU football coach Mark Dantonio walked away with mostly positive feelings.
As the college basketball season officially came to an end this week, it’s never too soon to think about the return of college football.
Any way you slice it, there’s not much to love from last weekend for MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. and the MSU baseball team.
There are two schools of thought when it comes to wrestling.