FOOTBALL
Small, crucial mistakes have doomed MSU
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio believes his team only is a couple of plays away from being a 3-0 football team.
BASEBALL
MSU outfielder named summer league MVP
MSU senior outfielder Eli Boike was named Most Valuable Player of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League this summer after leading the league in hits and stolen bases.
SPORTS
Spartans earn 2nd straight split
The No. 8 MSU field hockey team followed last Sunday’s tough loss against No. 7 Syracuse with a 1-1 showing this weekend in Virginia.
SPORTS
Young Spartans start season with individual accolades
The MSU men’s tennis team proved the Spartans can stand alone, dominating the singles matches in the Frank Beeman Invitational in East Lansing this weekend.
FOOTBALL
Spread thin
For the second straight game, the MSU football team’s defensive backfield was picked apart by a veteran quarterback.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team racks up another tourney win
The No. 17 MSU volleyball team completed an undefeated nonconference schedule this weekend with its fourth straight tournament win, earning three victories at the Clemson Classic in Clemson, S.C.
FOOTBALL
Proud for QB to represent me, Spartans
Immediately following the MSU football team’s 33-30 loss to Notre Dame, I felt the same as every other Spartans football fan.
SPORTS
Runners of all ages come out for MSU invite
Anyone looking to play golf on a sunny Friday afternoon at Forest Akers East Golf Course this weekend quickly found they were out of luck, as the course was taken over by about 4,200 racers running through fairways and around sand traps.
FOOTBALL
Spartans stumble, lose to Irish
Kirk Cousins walked off the field at Notre Dame Stadium surrounded by a frenzied mob, a blank expression on his face.
FOOTBALL
White proves '08 was no fluke, leads team in '09
Senior receiver Blair White has proven his 2008 campaign was no fluke. After breaking out with 30 receptions during the final six games of last season, White has continued to have hot hands in 2009, leading the team by a wide margin in both receptions and yards.
FOOTBALL
Home away from home
It’s a place full of college football lore — Touchdown Jesus in the background, the Golden Dome highlighting the university’s illustrious campus.
MEN'S SOCCER
Senior looks to end unlikely MSU journey on high note
Tim Granaderos rolled the dice when he decided to come to MSU. After losing interest in soccer during his early high school years and almost quitting the game altogether, Granaderos didn’t receive any scholarship offers from Division I colleges.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators 09/18/09
MSU vs. Notre Dame 3:30 p.m., NBC MB: Well, this isn’t exactly the battle of the titans it was looking like last Friday, but it still should be a solid game nonetheless.
FOOTBALL
2009 Heisman Watch
After an injury to reigning Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, one member of the holy trinity of Heisman hopeful quarterbacks might be lost, but the other two are right where everyone expected them to be.
FOOTBALL
Spartans play 2010 game in NFL stadium
The MSU football team will play its second game of 2010 in an NFL stadium in the Midwest because of delayed construction of Florida Atlantic’s new stadium.
FOOTBALL
Once upon a time, Dantonio cheered for the Irish
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio grew up as a Notre Dame fan. Kind of. Living in Zanesville, Ohio, in the ’60s and ’70s, the choices were limited as to what football teams received national exposure.
VOLLEYBALL
Recruiting class of '12 making huge impact
Entering last season with only three upperclassmen and significant holes to fill from the previous year’s NCAA Tournament team, the MSU volleyball program turned to a promising freshman class to step in and make contributions immediately.
SPORTS
After time on road, Spartans can see E.L. at end of tunnel
Six games into the young field hockey season, Spartans head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof is pleased about how his No. 8 team has performed so far — even with two losses.
SPORTS
NCAA president brand dies at 63
NCAA President Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer, The Associated Press reported. Brand, 67, was diagnosed with cancer in January.
SPORTS
Puryear: Spartans' best might be yet to come
Sam Puryear is in his third season as the head coach of the MSU men’s golf team, but how much the program has changed under his guidance only now might begin to be seen.