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SPORTS

Goodbye Ron Artest I'll miss you

I love Ron Artest, and I'm going to miss him. I guess I should qualify that statement. Given that I reside within a fan base that eats, sleeps and breathes the Detroit Pistons, professing my adoration for a player infamous for A) firmly entrenching his elbow in Richard Hamilton's face and B) inciting the biggest brawl in the history of professional sports, people are bound to think I'm just as crazy as Ron-Ron.

SPORTS

Did you see that?

The men's basketball student section, the Izzone, got creative during the game, as the members were supplied with dry-erase boards.

SPORTS

From the road

Women's basketball reporter Ethan Conley writes about his brief trip to West Lafayette, Ind., where MSU lost.

SPORTS

Front and center

Eric Fish
January 27, 2006

The State News recently caught up with MSU senior hockey forward Colton Fretter, a Harrow, Ontario, native. • On his favorite sport other than hockey … "Badminton.

SPORTS

From the road

Men's hoops reporter Tom Keller writes about his overnight trip to Ann Arbor. With no class Wednesday, I trekked over to Ann Arbor a day before the MSU-Michigan game and spent the night at a friend's place.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers, U-M: rounds 3, 4

Eric Fish
January 27, 2006

Both their CCHA and overall records are almost identical. Three of the past four games against each other have ended in draws. Eight of their past nine meetings have been decided by a goal or less. That's just a slight indication of how evenly matched the Wolverines and Spartans are on the ice.

BASKETBALL

Izzo softer on U-M, but still wants win

Tom Keller
January 25, 2006

He's not going to start singing "Hail to the Victors" anytime soon, but head coach Tom Izzo says he's not the same coach who let his hatred for Michigan "gnaw" at him earlier in his career. "I don't like Michigan — who's kidding who?" Izzo said.

ICE HOCKEY

Overdue shutout overshadowed by team's injuries

Eric Fish
January 25, 2006

Deep into the NHL season, only one word that can sum up my fantasy hockey team so far — sucky. Fifth out of 12 teams isn't bad, but considering that I had the first overall pick in the draft and tons of expectations to meet when questioned about my abilities to draft a fantasy winner, I'm disappointed. A huge reason for inconsistences is injuries.

SPORTS

Can team survive with Ager's woes?

MSU head coach Tom Izzo was pleased with his team's performance in the Spartans' 85-55 domination of Iowa on Saturday. The win marked the Spartans' fourth against a ranked team in seven tries this season, a feat that was hard to come by in previous years. On top of that, the defense is coming around.

SPORTS

Monday musings

Tom Keller
January 23, 2006

• The MSU women's basketball team lost a heartbreaker Sunday when Ohio State's Jessica Davenport made a layup with less than a second left. Just saying — this probably wouldn't have happened if we had gotten the timekeeper from the 2001 MSU-Michigan football game to work this one. • The student who portrays the Northwestern State mascot, Vic the Demon, is recovering from a game injury suffered when a pep band member ran over him. When is this kind of abuse going to stop, America?