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.

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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

Spartans look to finish season strong

Pat Evans  and  Anthony Odoardi

January 26, 2011

With head coach Rick Comley announcing his plans to retire at the end of the season Tuesday, the MSU hockey team now must turn its focus on finishing the season strong, beginning with this weekend’s games against Ferris State and No.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Fab Five still burned in Izzo's mind as rivalry game nears

Jeremy Warnemuende

January 26, 2011

In the early 1990s the Fab Five — a flashy and talented group of players all in the same class at Michigan — was dominating college basketball while also making certain fashion trends popular. One of those trends was the practice of wearing black socks while playing basketball.

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.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans look to down Hawkeyes second time this season

Anthony Odoardi

January 26, 2011

The Spartans blew an eight-point lead with two minutes left in the game. That was going to be the story the last time the 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.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Lucious dismissed from basketball program for season, future uncertain

Chris Vannini

January 25, 2011

Junior guard Korie Lucious has been dismissed from the men’s basketball program, MSU announced Tuesday night.

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.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

After 9-month hiatus, sharp-shooting Byrd back at practice

Jeremy Warnemuende

January 25, 2011

As of last spring, Russell Byrd didn’t know what it was like to be injured. But nine months after the first of two surgeries on his broken left foot, the MSU freshman guard, who is redshirting this season, is all too familiar with the feeling of being sidelined. “I’ve never been injured,” Byrd said.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU's Johnson deserves to be talked about

Anthony Odoardi

January 25, 2011

“Should Lykendra Johnson be considered a candidate for Big Ten Player of the Year?”

ICE HOCKEY

Comley to retire following season

Staff Reports

January 25, 2011

After nine seasons as MSU hockey head coach, Rick Comley will retire at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans see improvements despite losses

Chris Vannini

January 24, 2011

Senior guard Durrell Summers’ defense has been called into question in the past. But something clicked for Summers following the halftime break during the No.

ICE HOCKEY

RedHawks test special teams

Jeff Kanan

January 24, 2011

The MSU hockey team witnessed firsthand what a top-notch power play can do to the opposition in its 1-1 showing last weekend against No.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartan forwards flourish

Anthony Odoardi

January 24, 2011

No matter how much size the Golden Gophers put on the court, junior forward Lykendra Johnson and senior forward Cetera Washington refused to be denied from getting to the boards for the No.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans getting closer to where they should be

Chris Vannini

January 23, 2011

Delvon Roe’s excitement was hard to ignore. Less than an hour after the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team’s 86-76 loss at No.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Lykendra-Fying

Anthony Odoardi

January 23, 2011

Standing at 6-foot-1, it looked like junior forward Lykendra Johnson might be outmatched by the height that Minnesota’s women’s basketball team had to offer.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers find scoring Friday, lose it Saturday

Jeff Kanan

January 23, 2011

The MSU hockey team’s seven-goal turnaround from Friday to Saturday demonstrates the importance of early goals. On Friday, the Spartans scored two first-period goals and created all the scoring chances it needed to score a season-high seven goals, but struggled early in Saturday’s game and earned very few good scoring chances in a 4-0 loss in a series split against No.