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SPORTS

Big Ten Network taps Brennaman

Denny Schwarze
July 19, 2007

The Big Ten Network announced Wednesday that play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman and college football TV analyst Charles Davis will compose its lead football broadcast team. Brennaman served as an NFL and MLB play-by-play announcer and called two Bowl Championship Series college football games in January after FOX was awarded with four BCS bowl games, including the BCS national championship game. Baseball viewers will remember Brennaman's call of the 2006 ALCS and Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez's walk-off home run in Game 4 to win the pennant. Brennaman and Davis called one of college football's most memorable games this past bowl season, as Boise State shocked heavy favorite Oklahoma in the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, 43-42, on the final play of the game. "These individuals' backgrounds make up the perfect mix for the Big Ten Network," executive producer Leon Schweir said in a statement. "Our coverage of Big Ten football games and programs will be solid from day one."

BASEBALL

Tigers, Dodgers are World Series favorites

State News sports reporter Denny Schwarze forecasts the playoff teams for the remainder of the 162 game-long minefield otherwise known as the Major League Baseball regular season. American League East With the Boston Red Sox up nine games on the New York Yankees and 10 games over the Toronto Blue Jays, things look to be out of reach for the Bronx Bombers and the Jays.

BASKETBALL

Morgan scores 11 for men's U-19 squad

Sean Merriman
July 13, 2007

Raymar Morgan scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting as the U.S. Basketball Under-19 World Championship Team defeated Mali, 118-56, in the opening game of the tournament Thursday in Novi Sad, Serbia. Morgan, who has earned a spot in the starting lineup, scored seven of his 11 points in the first half as Team USA opened the game with a 21-0 run.

SPORTS

DeHaan to try out for women's U-19

Sean Merriman
July 13, 2007

MSU sophomore Allyssa DeHaan is one of 14 finalists competing for a roster spot on the USA Basketball Women's Under 19 World Championship Team. DeHaan is currently participating in a five day trial which takes place in Washington, D.C.

BASEBALL

Tigers looking strong at break

The Detroit Tigers enter the All-Star break with a one-game lead in the American League Central, and at 52-34 the team is sporting the second-best record in all of baseball.

BASKETBALL

Morgan performs well in Global Games

Sean Merriman
July 9, 2007

MSU sophomore forward Raymar Morgan has helped the USA Basketball Under-19 World Championship Team jump out to a perfect 3-0 record in the Global Games. Morgan poured in 13 points and grabbed five rebounds as Team USA defeated Africa 102-51 in their opening contest.

SPORTS

Mr. Golf to wear green and white

Sean Merriman
June 26, 2007

Payne Gniewek of Trenton, Mich., has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend MSU and will join the golf team as a freshman for the 2007-08 season. Gniewek, a four-year letter winner at Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, was named Michigan's Mr. Golf during his senior season.

SPORTS

Outing boosts scholarship funding

Denny Schwarze
June 26, 2007

Lansing — A day filled with laughs, golf and money going toward several good causes highlighted the eighth annual Mid-Michigan Steve Smith Charity Challenge golf outing at the Country Club of Lansing on Monday. Smith, a former MSU and NBA star, hosted the event to raise money for the Steve Smith Scholarship Fund. Each year, the Steve Smith/Pershing High School/MSU Scholarship for Academic Achievement fund selects students who have come from Smith's former high school, Pershing High School in Detroit. The scholarship allows students to attend MSU without the concern of financing their education.

BASEBALL

Lugnuts fall to Fort Wayne

Sean Merriman
June 25, 2007

Lansing — Kids were invited to run the bases Sunday afternoon at Oldsmobile Park, but they were not the only ones rounding the bases. The Fort Wayne Wizards put together a five-run, eighth inning against the Lansing Lugnuts.

SPORTS

Reporter witnesses no-hitter

Detroit — It's something not many people can say they have seen in their lifetime. In fact, the last time it happened by a Tigers pitcher in Detroit was 55 years ago.

SOFTBALL

MSU player joins USA Junior Softball Team

Sean Merriman
June 13, 2007

MSU sophomore Bianca Mejia will join the USA Junior Women's National Softball Team at the ISF Junior Women's Fast Pitch World Championships. The tournament will take place June 20-30 in Enschede, Netherlands, with the United States playing its first game against Puerto Rico at 9 a.m.