Former fan wonders 'What's the big deal with sports anyway?'
A few days ago, I sat and watched a couple of my colleagues watching the MSU vs. Purdue men's basketball game.
A few days ago, I sat and watched a couple of my colleagues watching the MSU vs. Purdue men's basketball game.
Spartan quarterback Jeff Smoker will be one of eight college football standouts to compete in the Capital One College Football All-Star Challenge. Other contenders include U-M stars quarterback John Navarre and running back Chris Perry and Notre Dame running back Julius Jones. The challenge features a series of events where the players will compete in groups of two at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. FOX will air the special at 12:30 p.m.
For the first time since Nov. 17, the MSU hockey team is getting recognition from the national media.
MSU head football coach John L. Smith invites Spartans fans to join him and his coaching staff on Feb.
The No. 18 MSU women's basketball team wins with team defense and team rebounding. The numbers sometimes can be deceiving, but not so with the Spartans this season.
MSU gymnastics fell to Illinois Sunday afternoon but managed to tally the 13th-highest score in school history. The team captured the vault competition while sophomore Sarah Alexander won the overall title and took first in the floor exercise competition. The Spartans will compete next against Michigan at 7 p.m.
This isn't where MSU head coach Tom Izzo saw his team 16 games into the season. The Spartans (8-8 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) are out of the rankings and have been since mid-December.
With an overall score of 194.474, the MSU gymnastics team took third on Friday at No. 3 Florida. Freshman Victoria Iakounina scored highest for MSU on both vault and bars.
West Lafayette, Ind. - With the game at stake, MSU coach Tom Izzo said there's no player he'd rather have at the free-throw line than Alan Anderson. And why not?
The No. 20 MSU women's basketball team finally broke through against a top 10 team, beating No.
It's crunch time for next season's football recruitment, and the Spartans already have an impressive array of commitments.
Columbus, Ohio - Paced by freshman defenseman A.J. Thelen's 4-point weekend, the MSU hockey team swept No.
MSU wrestling struggled again this weekend in its attempt to make a showing against additional ranked opponents. On Friday, the team dropped its first Big Ten competition, falling 22-16 to No.
The MSU women's tennis team captured its first win of the season on Saturday and followed up with another victory on Sunday to bring its season record to 2-2. In the Spartans' home opener, the team defeated Bowling Green 6-1, taking all three doubles matches and five of the six singles matches.
Three Spartans from the women's track and field team earned medals on Saturday at the Red Simmons Invite in Ann Arbor. Junior Mickie Rzepka captured the pole vault with a jump of 12-06, while freshman Cynetheia Rooks and senior Sarah Adelaine finished second and third in the 400-meter dash and the weight throw, respectively. The men's team enjoyed success at the meet as well, with senior team captain Steve Manz leading the pack with a first-place shot put throw of 59-00.
Junior captain Jim Slater knows Ohio State has MSU's number. In their last six meetings with the Spartans, the Buckeyes hold a 4-0-2 advantage, including two wins earlier this season.
Even after dropping its first two matches, the MSU women's tennis team remains confident about the remainder of its season. "My outlook is the best it's been since I arrived here," head coach Tim Bauer said.
After a weak start and a dual loss last weekend, the MSU wrestling team hopes to produce better results with the start of Big Ten action on Friday. The Spartans (1-4 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) already have faced No.
The No. 20 MSU women's basketball team looks to avoid a huge letdown tonight at Northwestern. Coming off a 34-point win over Michigan on Sunday, the Spartans (13-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) are in a position that if they're not careful, they could lose one they shouldn't. "We have a job to do at Northwestern, and I think we'll go down there and play tough," sophomore guard Lindsay Bowen said. Earlier this season, the Spartans beat Temple by 38 points, and follow with a 92-63 drubbing of then-No.17 Notre Dame.
Collegiate Baseball has named junior outfielder Travis Gulick as its Big Ten Projected Player of the Year. As the Spartans' 2003 Offensive Player of the Year, Gulick led the conference in hits (78) and runs scored (60), and ranked in the top 10 of several other categories in the Big Ten regular season, along with earning third-team, All-Big Ten honors.