SPORTS
Lugnuts ready to tussle with division leaders
The Lansing Lugnuts will have a chance to gain some ground in the standings when they return to Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.
SPORTS
Spartans reach match play at amateur tourney
MSU golfers Eric Jorgensen and Casey Lubahn have both advanced to the match-play portion of the 77th U.S.
ICE HOCKEY
Miller remains in the dark on professional career
Sure, there was a coin flip. A new head coach officially took over and a pair of assistants decided to stay in East Lansing.
BASKETBALL
Hill joins Big Ten Foreign Tour, ready to showcase new skills
Sophomore guard Chris Hill was selected to play with the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team. Hill and 11 other Big Ten players will travel to Europe to compete in five games Aug.
SPORTS
Superstitions abundant with Benik
Lansing Lugnuts right-hander B.J. Benik’s key to success this season has been getting ahead of batters with his fastball and finishing them off with one of his three off-speed pitches.
SPORTS
Lugnuts claim tie-breaker over Fort Wayne
Lansing - The Lugnuts split a four-game series with the Fort Wayne Wizards, which was enough to win the season series 7-6.If the teams finish with identical second-half records, the series victory could prove vital since neither team captured a first-half playoff spot.
SPORTS
Martin takes 2nd place at championship
Junior Sarah Martin was the runner-up in the 86th Michigan Women’s Amateur Golf Championship on Friday. Martin was defeated by Clarkston’s Mary Jane Anderson Hiestand 1-up in the title match at The Moor Course at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs. After 14 holes Anderson Hiestand led, but Martin birdied the next three holes to tie the match with 17 holes completed. Anderson Hiestand pared the 18th and final hole, with Martin still to put for par.
ICE HOCKEY
U-M wins coin toss, home game
Stockbridge - MSU head coach Rick Comley and Michigan head coach Red Berenson couldn’t hammer out a decision on which school would get an extra home game in their season series this year, so they reverted to a problem-solving method that would have made the East Lansing school board proud. They flipped a coin in a far-off location. The setting was the tiny village Stockbridge, which is nearly equidistant between Ann Arbor and East Lansing.
SPORTS
All-star game sets scary pattern for baseballs future
The 73rd annual Major League Baseball All-Star game and festivities were definitely a night to remember.
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Gianiodis promoted to associate head coach
MSU swimming head coach Jim Lutz announced the promotion of assistant swimming coach Matt Gianiodis to associate head coach.
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Skate park fuels growing skateboarding popularity
They flip, dip, turn and twist on rails, concrete or any surface they can get their hands on.And they do it on four wheels.They are the skateboarders of America - an increasingly popular sport that is taking over the East Lansing and Lansing areas.“I used to be a surfer, but since I’m stuck in Michigan, skateboarding is the next best thing,” MSU-Detroit College of Law junior Rich Decky said.
SPORTS
Jorgensen takes 1st at Pinehurst
MSU senior golfer Eric Jorgensen walked away from the 102nd annual North and South Men’s Amateur golf tournament Friday with the tournament title. The tournament took place at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, the site of the 1999 U.S.
BASEBALL
Lugnuts avoid extra innings, keep sweep intact
Lansing - The Lansing Lugnuts continued their domination of the Clinton LumberKings on Sunday with a 4-3 victory at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Cavaliers set for rematch in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Neither team walked away victorious the last time the MSU men’s basketball team and Virginia took the court.
SPORTS
Flying the frantic skies for 2002 World Cup, to Korea and back
Narita, Japan - Normally, wearing a bright neon-yellow soccer jersey would make you stick out like a sore thumb.
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Spartans find success at Open
Senior golfers Eric Jorgensen and John Koskinen placed in the top 10 at the Detroit Newspapers Michigan Open.The tournament was held June 24-27 at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa’s Bear Course in Traverse City.Jorgensen was tied for second place going into the final round, with a three-day total of 210 (69-72-69), but shot a 77 on the final day of the tourney.
SPORTS
Pagel shines on Foreign Tour
Everywhere she went, Julie Pagel received a hero’s welcome. Despite language barriers, the MSU junior forward and the rest of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Foreign Tour team were well-received as they traveled across Europe on June 14-24 to play against teams from Belgium and Holland.
SPORTS
Lugnuts take weekend series 3-1
The Lansing Lugnuts continued its strong start to the second half by taking three of four from the West Michigan Whitecaps in a four-game, home-and-home series.The Lugnuts (7-4 second half, 44-37 overall) won the first three games of the series before losing 6-5 in a 15-inning marathon Sunday at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park.
BASEBALL
Malek reaches Gibsonesque level
Not since 1978 has a Spartan baseball player earned first-team All-American honors. Thanks to Bob Malek, that streak has been obliterated.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans nab brothers from Lake Superior State
A pair of Nightingales will soon migrate south to East Lansing, and the Spartan hockey team will be the beneficiary of the move. Adam Nightingale, a forward for Lake Superior State, is transferring to MSU, and his little brother, Jared Nightingale, has signed a National Letter of Intent with the Spartans and will be a freshman in the fall. Per NCAA transfer rules, Adam Nightingale will not be allowed to play for a season, but can practice with the team.