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Sports | Hockey

Jeremy Warnemuende ·
BASKETBALL

Spartans near ‘rock bottom’ after U-M loss

Jeremy Warnemuende
January 27, 2011

The core of a Final Four team was back: Senior guard Kalin Lucas was healthy, and future hall of fame coach Tom Izzo had turned down an offer from the NBA to come back more determined than ever. Yet somehow Thursday night, that potential dream season, which already had been more rocky than anyone expected, officially became a nightmare.

SPORTS

Spartan throwers propel track and field team into season

Michelle Martinelli
January 27, 2011

In his fourth year as the throws coach, MSU track and field team assistant coach John Newell has seen his athletes grow up and develop into some of MSU’s most talented performers. What he described as a “tremendous” experience, Newell said because the seniors were freshmen when he started coaching, he’s been able to know and understand them as athletes while helping them perfect their technique and advance their skills.

MEN'S SOCCER

Giving his all

Pat Evans
January 27, 2011

Ian Givens was looking out for his two boys — Colin and Stewart — when he decided to apply for British citizenship.

Jeremy Warnemuende ·
MEN'S BASKETBALL

Rock bottom blues

Chris Vannini
January 27, 2011

For the first time in 12 meetings in East Lansing, the Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 25 MSU, 61-57, Thursday night at Breslin Center.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Team plagued with troubles all season

Chris Vannini
January 26, 2011

Here we go again. The team with seemingly never-ending drama strikes again. This time with the season-long dismissal of junior guard Korie Lucious. To catch you up, the drama surrounding this team began in June, when MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo took some time to ponder a move to the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

ICE HOCKEY

Comley's announcement comes at correct time

Jeff Kanan
January 26, 2011

Upon first glance, MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley’s decision to announce his plans for an end-of-the-season retirement on Tuesday, rather than waiting until later in the season, seems surprising. The Spartans, who have struggled all season and stand in 10th place in the CCHA, are about to square off with Ferris State and No.

ICE HOCKEY

Rick Comley to retire after 9 seasons at MSU

Jeff Kanan
January 26, 2011

MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of the season, after spending 38 seasons as a college hockey head coach. Comley, currently in his ninth season as the head coach of MSU, won a National Championship with the Spartans in 2007, and is one of five college hockey coaches to win more than 700 games.

SPORTS

Spartans count on conditioning

Michelle Martinelli
January 25, 2011

With their bodies taking a severe beating in every wrestling match, junior 197-pounder Tyler Dickenson and his teammates need to be in the best possible shape to carry them through to the end. During an intense match against No.