FOOTBALL
MSU kicker named award semifinalist
Senior kicker Brett Swenson was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award on Monday, which goes to the nation’s top placekicker.
FOOTBALL
No real favorite for annual top football honor
With five weeks remaining in the college football season, there still is no clear-cut favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.
SPORTS
Junior helps lead Spartans to Big Ten title
Junior forward Jantine Steinmetz connected with senior midfielder Floor Rijpma for the go-ahead goal against Michigan on Oct. 25 that lifted the No. 8 MSU field hockey team to its first ever regular season outright Big Ten championship.
FOOTBALL
Seniors in must-win situation for bowl game
Six practices, two games. At 5-5, that’s all the MSU football team and its seniors have left if they don’t win at least one of their final two games to become bowl eligible for the third straight season.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
4 keys to the Spartans' 2010 Final Four run
A lot is at stake for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team struggles in ill., falls to 16-10
The Spartans won the first set Friday against Northwestern, but lost the next three.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans share love, scoring against Lakers in 88-53 rout
Through the exhibition season, the MSU women’s basketball team appears to be as good as advertised.
FOOTBALL
Leggett has career day as Spartans trounce Broncos 49-14
Ashton Leggett had seven career carries entering Saturday’s game against Western Michigan, only one of those coming this season.
SPORTS
Big Ten perfection
In a 15-minute goal-scoring frenzy Sunday, the MSU field hockey team demonstrated its offensive explosiveness to become Big Ten Tournament champions.
SPORTS
Iowa shocked for 1st season loss, Wolverines drop to 1-5 in Big Ten
Purdue 38, Michigan 36 — For the first time in 43 years, Purdue walked out of Michigan Stadium with a victory. The Boilermakers (4-6, 3-3) defeated U-M 38-36 after stopping a U-M two-point conversion attempt with just more than two minutes left.
SPORTS
Spartans celebrate 1st Big Ten tournament title since '03
It took two seasons and two heartbreaking losses in the conference semifinals to clinch the Big Ten tournament championship.
SPORTS
MSU has 8 wrestlers place at 1st event
In freshman wrestler Dan Osterman’s first collegiate meet, he took first place in the freshman/sophomore division Saturday during the Eastern Michigan Open.
MEN'S SOCCER
Men's soccer team to face Wildcats - again - in Big Ten Tournament this week
The defending Big Ten Tournament champion MSU men’s soccer team will attempt to defend its tournament title starting Thursday.
FOOTBALL
'Captain Kirk' carries team in crucial nonconference win
Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins took the phrase “follow the leader” to another level this week.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans continue to flash depth in exhibition games
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has a wealth of depth at her disposal, but after two exhibition wins, it’s still up in the air how she’s going to use it.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU reaping benefits of new system
The No. 17 MSU hockey team was the best team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) on Thursday night.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans thump Lakers 88-53 in final exhibition
The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team used stellar first half defense and balanced scoring to defeat Grand Valley State 88-53 on Sunday at Breslin Center.
FOOTBALL
Spartans get back on track, rout Broncos 49-14
Coming into Saturday, the Spartans running back postion was in shambles. Players were either injured or were no longer an active part of the team. Running backs coach Dan Enos said Thursday that he didn’t know who his starter would be.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers tie Mavericks, lose shootout
Players on the MSU hockey team didn’t hang their heads when they exited the locker room on Friday night.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Spartans end season on strong note with 1-0 win
A lot was on the line Friday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.