New coach. New game plan. New attitude. New season. Time to get out there and play. It’s been nearly a year since former MSU football head coach John L. Smith was ousted from his coaching position. It’s been nearly a year since junior running back Javon Ringer blew out his knee. It’s been nearly a year since a season of disappointment and frustration.
After opening the season with a 0-3 run at the USC Trojan Invitational last weekend, the MSU volleyball team has been working overtime to prepare themselves for the annual Spartan Invitational this weekend.
After a quick glance at the MSU women’s soccer team, the Spartans seem to have all the ingredients to be a contender in the Big Ten and get back to the NCAA tournament.
The MSU ice hockey team has received a verbal commitment for the class of 2009.
After finishing the exhibition season with a 1-1 mark, the MSU men’s soccer team is looking to start out the regular season with a bang Friday when it hosts Oregon State in the MSU/Radisson Invitational at Old College Field.
From February 2006 to the end of the 2007 season, the Stanford men’s golf team jumped from the No. 42-ranked team in the country to national champions. A key ingredient to the Cardinal turnaround was assistant coach Sam Puryear, who on Aug. 22 became the head coach of the MSU men’s golf program.
While the first games of the season are usually considered gimmes, head coach Mark Dantonio is expecting to face some adversity on Saturday when MSU plays University of Alabama-Birmingham.
Of the four teams participating in the Champions Invitational field hockey tournament this weekend, only MSU managed to stay strictly in the win column.
The MSU men’s soccer team split its two exhibition contests last week, knocking off Illinois-Chicago 2-1 at Old College Field on Wednesday before falling to Akron, 2-0, on Friday.
Out of town for the summer? We’ll catch you up on what you missed with this year’s MSU football team.
It’s hard to avoid Father Time, but Randy Couture has done just that.
The trip to Los Angeles was not all sunny for the MSU volleyball team.
There are loftier expectations on the MSU men’s basketball team this upcoming season with the addition of three incoming freshman.
Senior forward Bryan Lerg will serve as captain of the 2007-08 MSU hockey team.
Dan Enos considers himself lucky. For the second straight year, Enos is coaching whom he considers to be the best player on the MSU football team.
MSU may have just landed the second coming of Matt Trannon with the verbal commitment of Fred Smith, one of the top wide receiver prospects for the Class of 2008.
Lloyd Carr and Jim Tressel, the commandeering forces behind college football mega rivals Michigan and Ohio State, respectively, may not agree on many things, but they both praise the addition of MSU’s new head coach.
Chicago — At the age of 80, Joe Paterno still has the passion for coaching. Paterno will be leading Penn State into the season for the 42nd time as head coach in 2007.