No matter where the No. 7 MSU football team winds up — and it’s looking like Orlando, Fla., New Orleans or Miami right now — it will enjoy the warm weather and tradition-rich environment with a highly rated opponent, likely from the SEC, staring it down.
Head coach Tom Minkel has the MSU wrestling team ready to open its Big Ten season on the road this weekend, and while some teams might be worried, Minkel said he’s embracing the conference opener against three-time defending national champion and No. 7 Iowa.
Wednesday night’s game against Duke, which many believe could be a preview of the national championship game, saw MSU turn the ball over 20 times. If there’s one thing the Spartans are looking to improve on when Bowling Green comes to town Saturday, it’s taking better care of the ball.
Sitting near the bottom of the CCHA standings with a 2-6-1 conference record, the MSU hockey team knows it is capable of more. This weekend MSU will play a home-and-home with No. 20 Ferris State.
The Big Ten awarded 706 fall student-athletes for excelling on the field and in the classroom with 2010 Academic All-Conference honors. The conference office announced 83 of the awards went to student-athletes in seven fall sports for MSU, which was second most in the conference behind only Northwestern.
In the most anticipated matchup of the 2010 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 Duke, 84-79 Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
In their second trip to the Sunshine State in one week, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team defeated No. 15 Florida State, 72-64, led by an almost-triple-double from junior forward Lykendra Johnson.
attling injuries, adversity and Big Ten competition, MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George was faced with more challenges than she could imagine. After falling into a six-match losing streak, the Spartans (15-16 overall, 7-13 Big Ten) pulled themselves up by their shoelaces and finished the season 4-2.
The Nassau County Sports Commission named senior Charlie Gantt the John Mackey Tight End of the Week on Wednesday.
The No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team (5-1) will travel to Durham, N.C., tonight for a matchup with the No. 1 Blue Devils as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (9:30 p.m., ESPN).
As the only honoree from the MSU volleyball team, junior outside hitter and middle blocker Jenilee Rathje was named to the 2010 All-Big Ten Team, the conference announced Tuesday.
Who says sports aren’t about winning? Or rather, how you play the game? MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley said the team’s been playing well this season, but something needs to happen to increase the win total.
In a season full of extreme highs and lows, the MSU men’s soccer team was able to overcome tons of adversity and make the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in more than 40 years.
Three months ago, before the college football season had even started, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio played a game of “repeat after me” with his football team. Back in August, Dantonio would say the words “We will,” and his players followed it up with, “Be champions,” before everyone said the entire phrase together.
Thanksgiving Day didn’t nearly sum up the week however, because like dinner, there were plenty of leftovers for Sunday. Therefore, we look at a Thanksgiving edition this week of the good, the bad and the ugly.
The No. 2 MSU basketball team might have been missing the beaches of Maui when it welcomed Tennessee Tech to Breslin Center on Sunday. The Spartans had an ugly start, but fought through their own mistakes to defeat the Golden Eagles, 73-55.
The MSU men’s soccer team was a mere nine seconds away from advancing to the Elite Eight before giving up an equalizer to North Carolina forward Enzo Martinez and losing 5-4 in penalty kicks.
With the Big Ten championship on the line, the No. 7 MSU football team knew coming into Saturday’s matchup with Penn State that it had to win in the trenches.
Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t about turkey for the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team, which passed on the food and decided to feast on opponents instead.
The MSU hockey team beat Minnesota and lost to Wisconsin at the College Hockey Showcase this past weekend.