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Sports | Basketball Men's 1027

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Despite injuries, Appling, Payne carry Spartans

Tuesday night was senior night at Breslin Center. No, not the annual celebration of seniors playing their last game in front of a home crowd – this senior night was much more painful. “My two seniors are both hurt,” head coach Tom Izzo said after his team’s “72-68 victory over No.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

No Payne, No Game

Every kid dreams about hitting the game winning shot to win a big game, but for Keith Appling, his dream has become a reality. The senior guard’s three-pointer with under 30 seconds left in overtime gave the No.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Stars to show down

When Big Ten basketball fans hear “Ohio State,” most of them will immediately think of senior point guard Aaron Craft, who has been pestering opponents for the last four years.

FOOTBALL

MSU ends Rose Bowl drought with victory over Stanford

PASADENA, Calif. – MSU ended its longest Rose Bowl drought since its maiden voyage to Pasadena, Calif., in 1954 with a 24-20 victory against Stanford in the 100th anniversary of the legendary game. The Spartans lost the first quarter, but dominated the final three in front of an amped up crowd, most of which was draped in green.

FOOTBALL

MSU's Rose Bowl pep rally brings together 27,000 Spartans

LOS ANGELES — Standing on a stage in the heart of LA Live Plaza in Los Angeles, athletic director Mark Hollis laid down the understatement of the year. “How about this little party?” he asked the crowd in front of him. Except the celebration was anything but “little.” The crowd in front of Hollis was a 27,000-person sea of green and white, all gathered to support the first MSU football team to reach the Rose Bowl in a quarter century. The crowd was nearly three times the size of what officials expected, according to vice president of the Michigan State University Alumni group of Los Angeles Libby DuBay, who graduated from MSU in 1985.