FOOTBALL
Bending and breaking
When Michigan quarterback Chad Henne limped off the field Saturday with around seven minutes remaining in the game, Spartans fans thought they caught a break.
BASKETBALL
Exhibition loss shouldn't spoil promising year
After the MSU men’s basketball team’s 85-82 double overtime loss to Division II Grand Valley State University, the No. 8 ranked Spartans sit at 0-0 on the season.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers sweep Nanooks, up win streak to 6
The No. 6 MSU hockey team extended its winning streak to six games with a pair of 3-1 wins over Alaska on Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, Alaska.
SPORTS
Offensive famine: Spartans scoreless in year's final 3 games
Two to zero. It’s the score that has haunted the No. 18 MSU men’s soccer team this past week.
BASKETBALL
Shocked: MSU upset by Grand Valley
The MSU men’s basketball team expected a battle from a talented Grand Valley State team in its first exhibition game Friday night.
FOOTBALL
Making their move
Ever since head coach Mark Dantonio came to MSU, the Spartans have been seeing red. The glowing red digits on the clock he installed in their locker room remind them just how much time remains until their chance to prove they’re not “little brother.”
BASKETBALL
Spartans to open preseason
When the MSU men’s basketball team takes the court tonight for its first exhibition game of the season, it’s going to go up against a Grand Valley State University team that faces the same high expectations as themselves heading into the 2007 season.
FOOTBALL
Game's century mark bears little significance to MSU
Saturday’s game at Spartan Stadium is the 100th game between MSU and Michigan. There’s another noteworthy number concerning the game: 66-28-5, the all-time series record in favor of U-M.
FOOTBALL
Rivalry game? MSU vs. U-M football isn't
Hello, my MSU friends. I’m back. You may remember me from having the same assignment last season — a dueling column with a Spartan writer, talking up my school while pointing out your flaws.
FOOTBALL
Rivalry stacks up more even than records
Here’s how the Spartans and the Wolverines match up.
FOOTBALL
MSU benefits outweigh U-M arrogance
Black 2001 Saturn SC2. That’s the car I drive — and if MSU beats Michigan, look for it on Main Street, blasting the MSU fight song.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators
Check out what the SN progs have to say about the upcoming Big Ten football contests.
BASKETBALL
Grand Valley, MSU to battle in contest of new coaches tonight
Two teams with two new coaches will collide at 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Center as the MSU women’s basketball team opens its exhibition season against Grand Valley State.
SOCCER
Spartans will close out season at U-M Friday
The MSU women’s soccer team will travel to Ann Arbor on Friday with hopes of winning its last game of the season against Michigan.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers travel to Alaska to face new-look Nanooks
The MSU hockey team is headed to the Great White North — and isn’t exactly sure what it’ll find there.
BASKETBALL
Izzo expects return of up-tempo offense
Last season, the MSU men’s basketball team averaged 65 points a game playing in a slow-tempo half-court offense. The Spartans were forced into the half-court system due to the lack of backcourt depth, which featured senior guard Drew Neitzel, junior guard Travis Walton, sophomore forward Raymar Morgan and not much else.
SPORTS
Spartans brace for Big Ten Tournament, face Northwestern Thursday
It’s coming down to the wire for the No. 7 MSU field hockey team, as it faces off against Northwestern on Thursday in its first match of the Big Ten Tournament.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley wants more from team
Despite a 4-1-0 record and being ranked No. 6 in the nation, MSU hockey coach Rick Comley rated his team’s performance at this point in the season as a “C” and noted that it seems like the team is “treading water.”