SPORTS
McCallie, team striving to be 1 of 64
The coaching staff of the MSU women’s basketball team understands what it’s like to be part of the 64-team NCAA Tournament.
FOOTBALL
Injuries give walk-ons playing roles
At least 10 MSU players have been sidelined at one time or another this season, resulting in a frustrated coaching staff scrambling for healthy contributors.
FOOTBALL
Duel-sport athlete Trannon commits to U, continues Flint tradition
MSU football head coach Bobby Williams recorded two victories over Michigan this weekend. Even before the Spartans registered their 26-24 win Saturday, Williams received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-7 Flint Northern High School senior wide receiver Matt Trannon Friday afternoon, defeating the Wolverines on the recruiting front.“It just felt right,” Trannon said of choosing MSU.
ICE HOCKEY
Estrada finds stride, leads weekend win
A little more than a month into the season, freshman left wing Kevin Estrada finally feels his game is catching up to his teammates.Estrada, who was shut out in his first six collegiate games, scored his first goal as a Spartan on Thursday and then popped in two more in No.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans add to winning streak with road trip
The Spartan volleyball team got the one thing it’s been searching hardest for last weekend - consistency. The stability highlighted a pair of 3-0 wins, the first Friday evening at Iowa and again on Saturday night at Minnesota, upping the Spartans’ current winning streak to four games. The wins put the Spartans (16-6, 8-6 Big Ten) in possession of fifth place in the Big Ten conference. “We played more constantly and with a lot more energy and stability and we played phenomenal defense,” sophomore setter Nikki Colson said.
SPORTS
Despite loss, Magic glad to be on campus
Sure, the Spartans defeated the Magic Johnson All-Stars 89-87 on Friday night at Breslin Center. And yes, it was Johnson who sophomore guard Marcus Taylor beat off the dribble en route to the game’s winning hoop.But from the look on Johnson’s face after the game, nobody would have known.
SPORTS
Bye doesnt help in tournament
before this weekend, head coach Michele Madison had said the Big Ten Tournament was anyone’s game. Those thoughts turned out to be more accurate than she knew. Despite the MSU field hockey team’s No.
FOOTBALL
Despite sacks, Smoker delivers huge victory
After getting sacked for the 12th time against Michigan Saturday, with less than two minutes left, sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker had to think fast.
SPORTS
Shaw remains key to Spartans on the sidelines
It was hard to tell if the tears in Josh Shaw’s eyes were of pain or joy after Saturday’s 26-24 win over No.
SPORTS
Taylor drive defeats All-Stars
It was an ending that could have been penned by Hollywood’s best writers. Teacher teaches student, only to be schooled by the pupil in the end.Only the backdrop wasn’t the silver screen, it was the floor of Breslin Center on Friday evening.And it was just an exhibition.Sophomore guard Marcus Taylor hit a driving double-clutch floater in the lane with three seconds remaining for the game-winning bucket in the Spartans’ 89-87 win over the Magic Johnson All-Stars.“It was just kind of an incredible way to end the game,” Spartan head coach Tom Izzo said.
SPORTS
Think U are on par with the Maize and Blue? Think again.
Before we play this annual our-school’s-better-than-yours-game, let me establish a couple of facts: 1.
SPORTS
Bring on the trash talk
We’ve heard it all before. Michigan students call MSU students unintelligent, low-class, uncultured and socially inept.
VOLLEYBALL
Iowa, Minnesota pose considerable road threats
Knocking off two conference opponents on consecutive nights is no easy task.Doing it twice is down-right tough.The weekend of Sept.
FOOTBALL
Flint Northern football, basketball star set to announce future college today
Flint Northern football and basketball standout Matt Trannon will decided his fate as a college wide receiver/forward today at 2:30 p.m., Trannon’s Uncle Vincent Kirkland told The State News on Thursday.
FOOTBALL
Football:Team will pressure Navarre
When Michigan visited East Lansing in 1999 and lost 34-31, quarterback John Navarre was in street clothes, cheering for his teammates on the sidelines.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey: Slater slips into Dads shoes as hitter
Don’t let Jim Slater’s smallish stature and youthful appearance fool you.The 6-foot, 186-pound freshman center from Lapeer may be built like a kicker, but he hits like a linebacker.His father, a former NFL defensive end, said Slater quit youth soccer because there wasn’t enough body-on-body contact for his taste.And Bill Slater also remembers young Jim returning from hard-fought street hockey games, covered in blood and loving every minute of it.“I’ve heard I’m real tough out there, just like throwing my body around and everything,” Jim Slater said.
SPORTS
Kent State marks last regular season game
With the seedings already set for the Big Ten Tournament, one more nonconference game may seem a bit insignificant. But for the MSU women’s soccer team, recording a win in its last game of the season would make all the difference. The Spartans (9-7-2) will search for that win as they close their season at 3 p.m.
BASKETBALL
Basketball: Magic back in Breslin
Fans have had months to speculate and bicker, and today some of those speculations will be substantiated.After numerous player losses and recruit additions, the MSU men’s basketball team will take the court in an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars at 9 p.m.
FOOTBALL
U-Ms top rush defense wants to stop Duckett
If junior tailback T.J. Duckett wants to top last week’s breakout 186-yard game performance this weekend, he’ll have to barrel through the nation’s No.
BASKETBALL
Team needs Anagonye on offense
Aloysius Anagonye is tough - every coach in the Big Ten will say that. The junior forward has given himself a reputation as a no-nonsense, ferocious defender and rebounder. “Anagonye is one of the toughest rebounders in the country,” Purdue head coach Gene Keady said.