FOOTBALL
In first year as a starter, Hoyer works to become more consistent passer
The football is snapped into junior quarterback Brian Hoyer’s hands, and his eyes are downfield, waiting for the moment to hurl it to junior wide receiver Devin Thomas.
FOOTBALL
Heisman watch
It’s been a recurring theme in this year’s Heisman Trophy watch: new week, new leader. And why stop now?
FOOTBALL
MSU looks to ground game for Purdue upset
Here’s the breakdown on how MSU and Purdue match up.
FOOTBALL
Critical contest
Tick-tock, tick-tock. The clock is winding down on the Spartans’ football season, and the team is checking to see if it improperly adjusted the clock after daylight saving time ended. Can the season really be two games away from completion?
SOCCER
MSU wins on penalty kicks, Indiana next
In a matchup as even as it gets, the MSU men’s soccer team ousted Penn State from the Big Ten Tournament to advance to round two.
BASKETBALL
Suton leads Spartans to win over Michigan Tech
When the MSU men’s basketball team needed somebody to step up late in Wednesday’s exhibition game against Michigan Tech, junior center Goran Suton took charge and scored seven of his 15 points in the final four minutes to seal a 61-55 win for the Spartans.
BASKETBALL
Spartans prepare for '07 season without several key players
Lauren Aitch knows how it feels to go through an ACL tear. The sophomore center lost all of last season after tearing her right ACL in preseason practice, so it’s only fitting that she’ll be there for junior forward Aisha Jefferson, who was lost for the season with an ACL tear of her own during the exhibition win over Lake Superior State.
ICE HOCKEY
Scoring, consistency goals for MSU
The No. 4 MSU hockey team will look to win seven straight games for the first time under Rick Comley when it hosts Mercyhurst for a two-game series this weekend at Munn Ice Arena.
SPORTS
MSU eager for NCAA Tourney
For the first time since 2004, the MSU field hockey team is going to the NCAA Tournament.
SPORTS
Field hockey has No. 8 seed for NCAA Tournament
The MSU women’s field hockey team received the No. 8 seed in this weekend’s NCAA Tournament.
SOCCER
MSU eager to host Big Ten Tourney, look for '04 repeat
Despite losing its final three regular season games, spirits are high for the MSU men’s soccer team as it heads into the Big Ten Tournament. It also doesn’t hurt that the Spartans will host the tournament starting at 9 a.m. Thursday at Old College Field.
BASKETBALL
MSU hopes for better fortune against Michigan Tech
During the off season the MSU basketball program completed a $1.3 million project to upgrade the home locker room and lounge. After Friday’s 85-82 double overtime exhibition loss to Grand Valley State, however, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo gave players the boot from the state-of-the-art facility.
FOOTBALL
With Dantonio, MSU, U-M will become rivalry
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio appears to be many things: Tightlipped, dry, dead pan. But Dantonio blasted those character traits at his Monday press conference when discussing the Michigan Wolverines.
ICE HOCKEY
Vukovic is MSU's source of early offense
After a five-point outburst in Alaska, senior defenseman Daniel Vukovic has climbed atop the stat sheet and, through seven games, is the Spartans’ leading scorer.
BASKETBALL
Jefferson hurt, out for season
The MSU women’s basketball team has been stricken with yet another ACL tear.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio: 'It's not over'
Classless. Disrespectful. Mockery. Arrogant. Those are the words used by the MSU football team to describe how Michigan acted following its 28-24 victory at Spartan Stadium on Saturday.
FOOTBALL
M-barrassing
They don’t understand it, either. Another Saturday and another win just out of reach for the Spartan football team, this one more painful than the rest because it came at the hands of their biggest rival. Following the game, junior quarterback Brian Hoyer was at a loss for words. He doesn’t know why his team keeps coming so close, only to fall short.
BASKETBALL
Jefferson injured in MSU exhibition win
The MSU women’s basketball team lost junior forward Aisha Jefferson for an undetermined amount of time with a right knee injury during Sunday’s 71-52 win over Lake Superior State at Breslin Center.
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.