SPORTS
Prognosticators
Knock-knock. Who’s there? The prognosticators, of course! And they’re doing the only thing prognosticators should do: Prognosticating!
BASKETBALL
Midseason report card
In November, the MSU men’s basketball team was ranked No. 8 in the country before even setting foot on the hardwood for an exhibition game.
FOOTBALL
Introducing the Spartan football class of 2008
See direct comparisons of the Spartan football class of 2008, from their hometown status, to their ratings on rivals.com.
BASKETBALL
Johnson's passion for playing originates from her mother
The State News caught up with junior guard Mia Johnson to discuss her interests away from the hardwood.
BASKETBALL
MSU faces red-hot Big Ten leader
The MSU women’s basketball team is looking to snap two patterns tonight. Iowa’s six-game winning streak, along with their own win-loss trade-off that has lasted eight games.
BASKETBALL
Team must do whatever it takes to win
Most good coaches will tell their players and the media that a game’s outcome is never determined by the officiating.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans not expecting vacation up North
MSU head coach Rick Comley spent 26 years behind the bench of Northern Michigan’s hockey team. After leaving the Wildcats’ program nearly six years ago, Comley heads back to his old stomping grounds in Marquette for the first time this season with a new team and a national championship under his belt.
BASKETBALL
Young squad has promising future
With the most underclassmen in the Big Ten, and one of the youngest teams in the country, the MSU women’s basketball team is proving to be a conference threat.
BASKETBALL
Leadership, focus crucial to move on from tough losses
Penn State shot 51 free throws Saturday night against the MSU men’s basketball team — 19 more than the Spartans have allowed in any game all season.
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball team looks to break seesaw cycle
Since their 69-57 loss to Penn State on Jan. 5, the Spartans (13-10 overall, 5-6 Big Ten) have alternated between wins and losses for eight straight games. Most recently was a 61-58 comeback win last Thursday against Michigan.
ICE HOCKEY
Lerg's 2-goal game helps icers to split series
Riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, this weekend’s series against Nebraska-Omaha was supposed to be a chance for the MSU hockey team to cut down Miami (Ohio)‘s five-point CCHA lead.
SPORTS
Far from home, close to greatness
Sophomore wrestler Franklin Gomez couldn’t have always been this good, could he? “I think I was,” Gomez said with a smile.
BASKETBALL
Free throw-down
Penn State didn’t even need a field goal in the last 7:11 to defeat the MSU men’s basketball team Saturday night. Their free-throw shooting sealed the deal for them.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers spend day teaching children hockey
Sara Clark sat in the stands with her husband and daughter as she watched her 7-year-old son Benjamin, who she described as “the mean little redhead,” block the hockey net from the shots being taken by the children around him.
BASKETBALL
Even after two upset losses in conference play, Izzo not immediately concerned with Big Ten race
After losing its second road game to a lowly Big Ten opponent, the MSU men’s basketball team wasn’t focused on the big picture. While the Spartans went into Saturday night’s 85-76 loss to Penn State with a chance to stay tied for first place in the Big Ten, the defeat left the MSU players and head coach Tom Izzo without much to say on the topic.
SPORTS
'Fight-for-it attitude' has Robinson near full health
Sophomore gymnast Rochelle Robinson had a rough start to her season this year. After a bad dismount from the balance beam, Robinson suffered a high ankle sprain and some torn ligaments that took her of the floor for two months during her fall conditioning.
BASKETBALL
Penn State upsets Spartans, 85-76
State College, Penn. – The MSU men’s basketball team went on another road trip to a Big Ten cellar-dweller and was handed another upset loss.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers overcome Nebraska-Omaha
After a disappointing performance the night before, the MSU hockey team came out firing Saturday evening at Munn Ice Arena.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers upset by Nebraska-Omaha
After clawing back to erase a two-goal third period deficit, the No. 5 MSU hockey team let it all slip away in overtime.
BASKETBALL
Flintstones help make 2000 team better
Great teams and players are remembered by their legacies. What do MSU men’s basketball fans remember about the 1999-2000 National Championship team?