The Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks agreed in principle Tuesday to a three-team deal in which Detroit would send All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and All-Star starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks, FoxSports.com reported Tuesday afternoon.
The MSU men’s basketball team’s past two games against mid-majors have been closer than expected for the No. 12 team in the country. Thursday’s game against Oakland will be no different.
Last season, the MSU hockey team finished the year with a measly 10 wins. But Friday, this year’s Spartans earned their 10th win of the season just 18 games into the year, whereas it took last year’s team 33 games to reach the double-digit win mark.
The MSU men’s basketball team knew The Citadel’s 3-point shooting would give the Spartans fits Monday.
As Sunday’s bowl game news conference commenced, there was one big elephant in the room that made its presence known from time to time.
Notre Dame already has been looking for a new football coach, and now the Fighting Irish also are looking for a new quarterback and wide receiver.
The MSU men’s basketball team narrowly escaped a stellar 3-point shooting effort by the The Citadel to come away with a 69-56 win Monday night at McAlister Field House in Charleston, S.C.
The No. 11 MSU hockey team returned to CCHA action this weekend in Marquette, earning a split against Northern Michigan. The Wildcats won Saturday’s game at 3:59 of overtime when the puck deflected off an MSU defenseman’s skate and into the Spartans’ net.
The MSU volleyball team suffered a season-ending loss Friday against No. 13 Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Despite pushing Kentucky to the brink in the first two sets, the Spartans were unable to finish and fell 3-0 in Lexington, Ky. MSU closed the season with a 17-16 record and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons.
In the span of three days, the MSU women’s basketball team went from a game it’ll always remember to one it can’t wait to forget. The Spartans opened Big Ten play against Indiana on Sunday but failed to capture the magic they had against North Carolina, despite head coach Suzy Merchant calling it the team’s most important game to this point.
The MSU men’s basketball team is on the road once again. But instead of playing at North Carolina’s Dean Edwards Smith Center or in Atlantic City, N.J., the Spartans are heading to a small military college for their next challenge.
Nathan Dahlman needed to sit. The excitement of the past few hours, in which he saw his two sons, Isaiah, a senior guard on the MSU men’s basketball team, and Noah, a junior forward for Wofford, play against each other Friday evening had been too overwhelming.
Although there still are 18 days until Christmas, the MSU women’s basketball team gave Indiana the biggest present it’ll receive this year. Following their big win against North Carolina on Thursday, head coach Suzy Merchant said the No. 22 Spartans played without the same energy, enthusiasm and excitement as they did against the Tar Heels.
After last season’s debacle, MSU head coach Rick Comley has a new policy on recruiting. Instead of looking for flashy, young players, Comley is after a different type of player best summed up in three words — bigger, stronger and older.
Despite leading by as many as 13 in the first half, the MSU women’s basketball team collapsed in the second half, shooting 21.2 percent and allowing Indiana to grab a late lead it would never relinquish in a 68-63 loss to the Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.
The Wofford Terriers came to East Lansing looking to give the MSU men’s basketball team a dogfight. And, for most of the night, they did.
The size, speed and strength displayed by high school football players doesn’t always translate to the rugged Big Ten Conference. Sometimes, players live up to those expectations.
Isaiah Lewis ended his high school football career without a state championship ring. His No. 1 goal entering college is to make sure his collegiate career doesn’t end the same way.
Relief and elation: Two things Marcus Rush said he felt after his verbal commitment to join the Spartans’ 2010 recruiting class.
Dantonio’s picked out some great talent for 2014, but will they be able to surpass the power of the Victoria’s Secret-crazed sorority girls from last week’s Prognosticators? Only time will tell.