Fifty years ago during the cold third week of November 1966, former MSU football star Clinton Jones walked by publications, grabbed any clips previewing the matchup between No. 2 MSU football and No.1 Notre Dame and looked for his name.
Currently, Paul Bunyan stands comfortably at the Skandalaris Football Center, but Big Bear is still dow the road.
Tom Izzo continues to work his 2017 recruiting magic. Four-star power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. announced his commitment to MSU Thursday.
This Saturday night at 7:30, the No. 12 MSU football team will take on the No.18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. for the 78th time. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly have both their teams prepared for battle, ready to carry on tone of the oldest rivalries in NCAA history.
The MSU baseball team and head coach Jake Boss announced earlier this week that former Spartan Jonathan Roof will be joining the coaching staff, according to a press release. Roof, who played for the team from 2008-2010, will be a student assistant coach for the Spartans. During his time as a player, Roof had amassed impressive accolades throughout his career.
The MSU women’s cross country team opened their season on Sept. 2, at the Jeff Drenth Memorial at Central Michigan University. The Spartans won the meet with 23 points, and are back on track to chase their second national championship in three years.
A bye week is a time for teams to recover from their wounds and injuries before facing yet another grueling stretch on the gridiron.
The MSU volleyball team will conclude their non-conference season when they host one last tournament, the Spartan Classic, Sept.
Of the caveats needed to create a rivalry, usually chief among them is a fanatical dislike which lingers on full-fledged hate.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and the rest of his staff kept busy this past week with practice, recruitment, and developing a game plan for combating a high powered Notre Dame offense, led by sophomore quarterback Deshone Kizer.
Junior attacking midfielder Ken Krolicki was named Big Ten Player of the Week, according to MSU Athletic Communications.
State News sports editor Casey Harrison and football writer Stephen Olschanski discuss Oklahoma State's shocking upset loss to Central Michigan, the NFL hypocrisy with Cam Newton and the return of MSU football's Ed Davis.
The MSU volleyball team won their second tournament of the season Sept. 9-10 at the Western Kentucky Invitational.
On Sunday, the MSU Women’s Soccer team beat University Detroit-Mercer by scoring two goals, to UDM’s none.
With so much building up to the start of the conference season, head coach Damon Rensing said Michigan State delivered their "most complete game" of the season as MSU (3-1) defeated Rutgers (0-4) 4-0 Friday afternoon.
On Friday, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo along with former NBA stars Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Allen Iverson and Shaquille O’Neal were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Izzo — now headed into his twenty-second year at the helm of the Spartans — is known for giving enthusiastic and emotional speeches. Izzo said at the induction ceremony on Friday that he was very thankful for the honor and repeatedly thanked his players for helping him forge a Hall of Fame coaching career.
After racking up 292 total yards and accounting for six touchdowns on the road against Texas, Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer cemented himself as one of the Fighting Irish's heaviest weapons.
In the season's Big Ten season opener, MSU (3-1) defeated Rutgers (0-4) 4-0 on Friday afternoon. The Spartans had to wait for the breakthrough, as it took an entire first half of possession and eight shots before sophomore forward Ryan Sierakowski finally netted a free kick 21 seconds before the halftime. Then, the goals poured, with many second-half chances and conversions.
After a year long process of surgery, rehabilitation, graduation and a drawn out paper filing process, Ed Davis will play a sixth year for the MSU football team.
As MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo is inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, The State News looks back at some of Izzo's biggest wins and most memorable moments. Izzo's induction class also includes former NBA stars, Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal, and Allen Iverson.