Each week heading into the fall football season for MSU, The State News will be taking a look into each position group on Mel Tucker’s roster as the Spartans prepare for their fourth season under the Tucker regime. In this edition, Nick Lundberg dives into who is likely to replace former starting quarterback Payton Thorne.
The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot features former Michigan State offensive tackle Flozell Adams, as well as former head coaches Mark Dantonio and Darryl Rogers. They now have the opportunity to join ten Spartan players and four former coaches immortalized in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Van Andel Arena, Michigan State Hockey and Michigan Tech Hockey announced a four-year deal to keep the Great Lakes Invitational Tournament in Grand Rapids through 2026.
After declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft just over a month ago, starting senior point guard A.J. Hoggard and starting junior guard Jaden Akins decided they will be forgoing the draft and returning to East Lansing for another season, the program announced Wednesday morning.
Michigan State football bolstered their receiving corps Friday afternoon with the addition of Nebraska transfer Alante Brown, who announced his commitment via social media. Brown played in the majority of games in his three years with the Cornhuskers, setting career highs last season with 16 passes caught for 191 yards. He also made a name for himself as a kick-returner, bringing back 10 kicks for 196 yards during the 2020 COVID season.
No. 8 Michigan State upset No. 5 Rutgers 6-4 Thursday morning to give the Spartans their first Big Ten Baseball Tournament win since 2016.
MSU football announced that the final regular season game will be at Ford Field on Black Friday. The decision was met with criticism and praise from fans.
An upcoming film chronicling MSU's trailblazing integrated 1965 football team is reportedly rife with fabrication and racist tropes. The source material? A book published by the university's academic press.
Despite a fantastic outing from the eighth-seeded Spartan starting pitcher Nick Powers, who had six strikeouts in seven innings, the effort was not enough to overcome the top-seeded Maryland Terrapins. Their defense turned countless double plays to strand 10 Spartan runners in a 3-2 first-round loss. With the loss, MSU will face the winner of fourth-seeded Nebraska and fifth-seeded Rutgers on Thursday morning to attempt to prolong their season. First pitch is set for 11 a.m.
While the .500 record to finish the last month of conference play off was not exactly ideal, the seven wins in that span were just enough to allow MSU to grab the eighth and final seed in the Big Ten Tournament, marking a return to the conference's post-season tournament for the first time since 2018. With coming into the tournament as an eight seed, Michigan State will face the top-seeded Maryland Terrapins. The game will be the third of the tournament's opening day with first pitch clocked for 7 p.m. at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Nebraska. While the winner will advance to play either fourth-seeded Nebraska or fifth-seeded Rutgers on Thursday evening, the losing team will still have something to play for as they will face the loser of that same game on Thursday morning.
After losing Payton Thorne and potentially Keon Coleman to the transfer portal, Michigan State football received some positive transfer news Wednesday afternoon in the form of Colorado transfer Jalen Sami. Prior to losing Thorne and Coleman to the portal, MSU was also able to land defensive back transfer Armorion Smith.
Gray Maynard and his wife, Jess Wheeler, recently opened a gym and superfood cafe in Lansing. Together, the former Michigan State athletes have created a unique spin on mixed martial arts and nutrition.
Michigan State hockey had its best season in over a decade during 2022-23, due in part to its first-year coaching and support staff, some of whom are alumni of the program.
Michigan State junior defensive back Charles Brantley has withdrawn his name from the transfer portal after entering on Sunday.
After holding the starting position for two years, redshirt senior quarterback Payton Thorne has entered the transfer portal as a graduate student, along with junior wide receiver Keon Coleman and junior defensive back Charles Brantley, a team spokesperson confirmed with The State News.
Jake Dresselhouse has cracked the Spartan lineup as a freshman, giving a taste of what could be the start of a dazzling career at MSU.
Senior Kazuki Matsuno and fifth-year Anthony Pero were honored on Sunday, April 23 at the MSU Tennis Center during their Senior Day match against Northwestern.
Junior guard A.J. Hoggard joins sophomore guard Jaden Akins in submitting his name in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Michigan State's historic season ended after a narrow loss at the Pittsburgh regional finals, but the 2023 season made it clear that the future is promising for the green and white.
The team is off to the Big Ten Tournament where they are set to compete as a No. 7 seed against Purdue in Bloomington, Indiana at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 27.