FOOTBALL
Top 11 Big Ten quarterbacks
Top 10 lists are great and all, but haven't you even wanted someone - anyone - to give you more than 10, but less than 100?
FOOTBALL
Smoker guides 'U' past Iowa, breaks 3 records
Two incompletions didn't spoil Jeff Smoker's day. All his receiver wanted was a little attention, so it didn't matter when he dropped the second pass. With a boyish grin on his face, something that seemed so far away during the past year, Smoker tossed a Frisbee with little accuracy to "Zeke the Wonder Dog," the black Labrador that usually is a halftime show but somehow became an invaluable portion of the postgame festivities after MSU's upset win over then-No.
SPORTS
Don't pack bags - win doesn't guarantee Florida bowl game
The best in the business was juked by the Big Ten's newcomer. On one sideline stood Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, last season's Associated Press and Walter Camp national Coach of the Year.
SPORTS
5 former athletes inducted into hall of fame
The MSU Athletics Hall of Fame inducted five new members Saturday, enshrining past builders and stars of MSU football, baseball, track and golf.Joe DeLamielleure (football - 1970-72), Tom Yewcic (football/baseball - 1951-54), Mary Fossum (golf - 1973-97), Cheryl Gilliam (track - 1978-81) and Lauren Brown (cross country/track - 1928-31) comprised the class of 2003.
SPORTS
Spartans record 2 weekend wins
Lacking the intensity and crispness it had during Friday's 6-0 shutout over No. 19 Indiana, the No.
FOOTBALL
Spartans' defense stuffs Hawkeyes
Fred Russell's final collegiate rush in his home state came to an abrupt stop Saturday. The Inkster, Mich., native needed only one-and-a-half more yards to reach his season average of 123.5 yards per game, and he was about to pick up a much-needed first down for the Hawkeyes on a fourth-and-one in the fourth quarter. But Kevin Vickerson would have none of that.
SOCCER
WEB ONLY: Men's soccer finishes 1-0-1 over weekend
The MSU men's soccer team increases its record to 4-2-2 with a win and a tie over the weekend. Junior forward John Minagawa-Webster scored two of his team-best five goals. MSU continued its tie streak in the Big Ten (0-0-2) by coming up even against Northwestern on Sunday, 1-1, in Evanston, Ill.
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WEB ONLY: Women's golf finishes third in Lady Northern Invitational
The MSU women's golf team finished third in the Lady Northern Invitational this weekend in close competition with four of the top-40 teams in the nation.
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WEB ONLY: Women's cross country finishes second in Roy Griak Invitational
The MSU women's cross country team placed second at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn., edging No.
VOLLEYBALL
Spikers split weekend matches, nearly miss sweep
The No. 14 MSU volleyball team had a sub-par weekend but earned a split of their two matches with a win Saturday night at Jenison Field House. Neither No.
SPORTS
Highly touted recruit breaks verbal commitment
MSU's recruitment troubles are mounting - this time for the football program. The Territory, an Internet publication devoted to recruitment activity for Florida State University, has reported that St.
VOLLEYBALL
Langston gives spikers third middle weapon
After playing in only seven of the Spartans' first 29 games this season, sophomore middle Brooke Langston was itching for more playing time.Unlikely performances against No.
SPORTS
Men's golf heads to Rhode Island
The men's golf team will be defending their title Sept. 28-30 in the 10th annual Adams Cup of Newport at the Newport National Golf Club in Rhode Island. Joining the Spartans and host Rhode Island this year will be Furman, Maryland, Marshall, Minnesota, Mississippi, Pepperdine, South Florida, Alabama-Birmingham, Xavier and Yale. The team finished seventh last week at the Inverness Intercollegiate tournament, shooting a three-round total of 907.
SPORTS
Carson named cross country athlete of week
Senior Michelle Carson was named the Big Ten Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week for the fifth time in her career at MSU.
SPORTS
Spartans battle Indiana, Ohio
MSU limped home Monday from a 0-2 weekend, a performance that dropped the Spartan field hockey team from No.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers expect top-conference finish
There's a sense of urgency at Munn Ice Arena. But not of the bad variety. The MSU hockey team begins practice Friday, and the icers are ecstatic about the season beginning Thursday Oct.
FOOTBALL
Safety happy he chose 'U' over Yale, Harvard
Had it not been for Michigan State swooping in and offering Eric Smith a scholarship to play in a BCS conference, the Groveport, Ohio, native might be playing football in the Ivy League right now."I thought about (playing for an Ivy League school)," Smith said.
FOOTBALL
Game date against Minnesota pending
When the MSU football team ventures to Minnesota this October, it may need to alter its travel plans. Big Ten officials announced Wednesday the conditional change of MSU's scheduled game against the Golden Gophers at the Metrodome in Minneapolis from Saturday, Oct.
FOOTBALL
'U' uncertain of place in mysterious conference
Before this season, the MSU football team was seeing nines.Almost every "expert" predicted the Spartans would once again sit near the cellar of the Big Ten conference.
VOLLEYBALL
Setter named week's best
The MSU volleyball team isn't playing for individual accolades this season, but when someone is performing as well as senior setter Nikki Colson has been, those honors just happen.Colson, a three-year captain from Lincoln, Neb., not only was named Big Ten Player of the Week but also was named AVCA National Player of the Week after her MVP weekend in Washington, D.C., at the American Volleyball Classic.