A little after 9 a.m. Monday, the entire landscape of college football was hit with a seismic shift so powerful it can’t be quantified — yet — when the NCAA announced its penalties to the Penn State football program resulting from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
A pool of 24 media members that cover the conference — including the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode and the Detroit News’ Matt Charboneau, among others — were polled and have chosen Michigan as the favorite to capture the Big Ten crown this fall.
It’s no secret that the summer months are a critical preparation and training period for most NCAA sports, especially for those that take the field in the fall.
The five-hour event was hosted by Tom Anastos, who is the head coach of MSU’s hockey team, and several members of his staff. Anastos said the goal of the clinic was to give participants an inside look at MSU’s hockey program.
Senior guard John Deyo announced Tuesday night on his personal Twitter account that he plans to transfer to Western Michigan University for his fifth season of eligibility.
Just a few months ago, former MSU basketball player Anthony Ianni thought he would follow in the footsteps of his father, Deputy Athletic Director Greg Ianni, and pursue a career in sports administration. That all changed earlier this month when he was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to the state’s newly created Michigan Autism Council.
Several Spartan football players have been named to preseason watch lists for various honors and awards for the 2012 season.
The third time was the charm for Seth Mitchell. Or rather, the third sport was the charm.
MSU announced the newest members of its Ring of Fame on Monday with the addition of former head football coaches Clarence “Biggie” Munn and Hugh Duffy Daugherty.
The State News was able to link up with a few former MSU athletes to see what post-East Lansing life has been like for them.
It didn’t take long for junior swimmer Bryan Williams to realize the scale and scope of the competition he was involved in at the U.S.
Since the moment he arrived on MSU’s campus, a fire has been burning within Draymond Green. A meticulous broil, the burn fueled the ascent of a chubby, brace-faced kid from Saginaw into the NABC Division I National Player of the Year in four short, but memorable years.
Green, a former MSU basketball player and 2012’s Big Ten Player of the Year, was selected 35th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft Thursday night.
Today, the MSU athletics department unveiled the new hockey jerseys for the 2012-13 season that head coach Tom Anastos announced a few months ago. The home white jerseys feature the Spartan head logo on the chest with another logo and numbers on the shoulders.
When Beth Rohl walked into MSU track & field throwing coach John Newell’s office four years ago, he immediately had a feeling she could be a special athlete. After just one season of discus throwing at New Buffalo High, Rohl was in Newell’s office asking to walk-on to the track program. Four years later, the girl with the long arms, broad shoulders and untapped reservoir of potential has developed into one of the elite throwers in the nation. Last weekend, Rohl broke her own school record for the third consecutive meet at the U.S.
There’s only one day left to vote for the 2012 football student section T-shirt before the polling period closes on Friday.
The announcement today from ESPN and the MSU Athletics Department that the men’s basketball team will be traveling to Germany for its 2012 season opener has many saying, “Athletics Director Mark Hollis has done it again.”
When it comes to a team’s performance on the field, the records speak for themselves. The performance of MSU’s student-athletes in the classroom, however, are far less heralded and, at times, more difficult to quantify.
One of the more under-the-radar Spartan athletes in 2011-12 was also one of the most successful. Junior golfer Caroline Powers has amassed an exemplary career in three years in East Lansing, even being called “one of the best athletes at Michigan State,” by her coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll.
The MSU athletics department announced the hockey, wrestling and volleyball schedules for the upcoming 2012-13 seasons this week.