SPORTS
Spartan pros have performed well in the playoffs
The Spartan brass has gotten used to seeing MSU athletes perform in the prime time over the last few years.
BASEBALL
Baseball cruises through difficult part of schedule
Continuing with the recent trend, the MSU baseball team (25-17 overall, 9-6 Big Ten) put together another strong weekend.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: With coaching job security, all coaches should be held to the same standard
By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com The hot seat. It's something that coaches at the helm of revenue sports know all too well.
FOOTBALL
Spring game draws 48,000 people to Spartan Stadium
Kaden Moore stood on the practice fields behind the Duffy Daugherty building with his friends and father Saturday morning, stargazing at the players running various drills. Kaden was one of the 1,700 attendees at the annual youth clinic, hosted by the football program to provide children aged 12 or younger an opportunity to participate in activities on the same field as their heroes do. Before the players strapped up the helmets and shoulder pads for the annual spring game in front of the general public, they donned their jerseys and sweatpants, avoiding the cold while also enjoying the time they had with the younger ones. It wasn't just the kids who got a kick out of meeting the likes of Shilique Calhoun and Connor Cook, the parents, with their cameras and autographed footballs held at their sides, took in the 90 minutes of excitement while standing next to future NFL stars, including some local players from their home town. "Kevin Cronin is a Traverse City boy, so we taught him in school, and we got a picture with him," Scott Moore of Elk Rapids said.
FOOTBALL
Lessons from this year's football spring game
On a chilly cloudy day, there were people tailgating on Shaw Lane and there was a buzz in East Lansing. No, it's not the fall, but there was a record 48,000 people in Spartan Stadium to watch the annual spring game, in which the White team defeated the Green team 9-3.
FOOTBALL
Battlefield Brawl charity event features T.J. Duckett in Lansing
Justin Caine sat in the Sparrow Hospital when he was 10-years-old on the first day of fourth grade, diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor hemorrhage, ending his dream of playing organized football. It was a tumor that had been growing since the day Caine was born, but was undetected by his family until it was too late.
FOOTBALL
MSU receives a commitment from three-star tight end
The Spartans have their seventh commitment in the class of 2016 and fourth out of the state of Ohio.
FOOTBALL
White team defeats Green team in the spring game 9-3
Connor Cook and the White team will be eating steak tonight as Cook led the White squad to a 9-3 victory in the annual Green and White spring exhibition game. The first score of the day came from a three-yard run by senior offensive lineman Jack Allen.
FOOTBALL
MSU football receives commitment from No. 1 wide receiver in Ohio
In what is expected to be a big day for MSU on the recruiting trail, the first couple of dominoes fell shortly before the spring game began. Four-star wide receiver Justin Layne out of Cleveland joins Messiah deWeaver as one of the top recruits out of Ohio.
FOOTBALL
Things to watch for in the spring game
With the MSU football spring game this Saturday there will be several themes and players to watch out for in the game. Defense While all of the starters will not be playing together it will be interesting to see the Spartans on defense without defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi at the helm. Cornerback Battle The starting cornerback battle will be a big one for the team as the team must replace Trae Waynes and two-way player Tony Lippett who was starting opposite Waynes at the end of last season.
SPORTS
While you are probably sleeping, MSU field hockey is getting ready for the fall season
While most of their fellow classmates are sleeping in or on their way to their 8 a.m.
FOOTBALL
COLUMN: Spring game has become a cultural phenomenon
By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com This Saturday green and white will fill the campus, grills will be lit and people will come from all across the state by the thousands to watch MSU play football. That might sound odd, considering the calendar says April and not September. Saturday will mark the annual Green and White game, which accounts for a glorified scrimmage in Spartan Stadium to send everyone into a football frenzy. About time too, the season is only a little more than four months away. Spring games across the country have become a spectate, what you will see in East Lansing on what is expected to be a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon will probably be tame in comparison to other places across the country. In Columbus, Ohio 99,391 people came out to see the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes play a game against each other.
SPORTS
Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll continues the legacy of MSU women's golf
The MSU women's golf program is the poster child of consistency.
FOOTBALL
MSU football unveils new uniforms
Why did Shilique Calhoun elected to remain in East Lansing for his senior year and pass up the NFL?
FOOTBALL
MSU football's rematch with Oregon will be under the lights
MSU football has added two primetime games to their 2015 schedule, including the first confirmed night game at Spartan Stadium. The Big Ten conference and TV networks announced that MSU vs.
FOOTBALL
Rosters announced for Football's spring game
The draft has concluded and the teams are set as the Spartans get ready to kick off the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium this Saturday. And while draft rooms are a place for strategic planning and on the fly decision making, the football program kept the excitement high at the Izzo Family Media Center as early as the first pick. Brian Allen, who was named a first-team Freshman All-American by the FWAA last year at guard and center, was taken first overall by the White team.
SPORTS
Men's tennis looks ahead to Big Ten tournament
Avoiding the harsh winds and frigid temperatures, Gene Orlando stood inside a storage room with his hands on his hips, trying to sum up the regular-season in one word. After a brief moment of processing the question, the men's tennis head coach compared the past few months as like riding a roller coaster. And just like any other high speed thrill ride, the ups and downs that MSU experienced this year has provided plenty of thrills and distress, as the road to the NCAA tournament is paved with dominance and brute force from opposing groups. "I thought we played well against some good teams," Orlando said.
BASEBALL
Seniors have keyed recent surge for MSU
All season long baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. has made clear the importance of his seniors. He's said before that much like the football and basketball teams, team success starts with the seniors. The MSU football team has had its fair share of important seniors and upper-classmen leading the way to the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl, much like the basketball team had its juniors and seniors step up on their way to the Final Four.
SPORTS
MSU Rugby Football Club offers different sport to students
When applied engineering sciences senior Nawar Dimitry came to MSU as a freshman in the fall of 2010, the former high school football and basketball player was looking for a team to stay active in and compete. Thus, it wasn't long before Dimitry stumbled across the MSU Rugby Football Club.
FOOTBALL
Four-star quarterback commits to MSU
The MSU football team got some good news just days before the spring exhibition game.