FOOTBALL
Cousins, Spartans take down Wildcats in 24-14 win
After a 1-3 start, the MSU football team finally has climbed back to a winning record.
FOOTBALL
Leader of Men
Don Cousins came to campus a few weeks ago to hear his son, Kirk, speak to the members of Campus Crusade for Christ. MSU’s sophomore quarterback held up the team’s playbook for the team’s well-documented rivalry game — the annual tilt with Michigan.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators 10/16/09
Even considering Michigan and Notre Dame, you could argue this series has been the most exciting in MSU football recent history.
BASKETBALL
Madness to hit basketball teams today
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Midnight Madness event at 9:30 p.m. today at Breslin Center.
FOOTBALL
Spartans look to buck Homecoming trend
The series between MSU and Northwestern has taken an interesting turn since 2005.
FOOTBALL
Defensive line making noise after slow start to season
Trevor Anderson was tired of hearing it. After a 38-30 loss at Wisconsin, the MSU football team stood at 1-3 and didn’t sack Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien, rarely laying a hand on him.
VOLLEYBALL
Schatzle finding game at right time
Megan Schatzle knew after last season she needed to improve to make her team stronger and also better her chances of seeing regular minutes this season for the MSU volleyball team.
MEN'S SOCCER
Road remains tough for MSU
The MSU men’s soccer team is halfway through its conference schedule and still hasn’t been able to get in the win column. But the team has been extremely close.
BASKETBALL
Big Ten Tournament tickets go on sale Monday
Tickets for the 2010 Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m., the Big Ten announced Thursday.
FOOTBALL
Wildcats come to E.L. to face rolling Spartans
After a poor start, the MSU football team has fought back to a 3-3 record and a 2-1 record in the Big Ten.
VOLLEYBALL
Defending champs come to E.L. this weekend
Heading into arguably the toughest three-game home stretch of the season, the MSU volleyball team has a simple policy for putting last weekend’s two losses in the past.
SPORTS
MSU has shot at revenge
Last season, the MSU field hockey team was rolling through conference play before it met Iowa and saw its Big Ten regular season, Big Ten Tournament and Final Four hopes all dashed at the hands of the Hawkeyes in three devastating losses.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Shooting 4 Indianapolis
Just so there is no confusion when fans get their first glimpse of the MSU men’s basketball team this season, sophomore forward Delvon Roe wants to confirm that, yes, that is him wearing No. 10 for the Spartans.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Frontcourt a question mark for Spartans
As he was going through workouts and individual skill work this summer, junior forward Tom Herzog had a motivation he never had in his first three years with the MSU men’s basketball team.
SPORTS
Spartans hope to build off 'biggest win in program history'
The No. 5 MSU women’s golf team always has known what it is capable of.
FOOTBALL
Big Ten announces new bowl lineup
The Big Ten announced its postseason bowl lineup Tuesday for the 2010-13 college football seasons, which includes six bowl games to be played on Dec. 31 and New Year’s Day.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU's 1st series sweep not enough for Comley
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley doesn’t want to get too high on his team just yet. Although the MSU hockey team earned its first sweep since Feb. 29 to March 1, 2008, this weekend against Clarkson, Comley said it’s still too early to make lofty assumptions about his team.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio: Spartans improved against high-speed offenses
After struggling with an uptempo offense against Central Michigan, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio said his team is ready to handle Northwestern’s fast-paced offense following two successful defensive outings against similarly paced Michigan and Illinois.
SPORTS
Unger receives conference honor
Following Sunday’s shutout against Central Michigan and Friday’s solid performance in the No. 8 MSU field hockey team’s win at Indiana, senior goalie Elissa Unger has been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Season-ending game still irks Merchant
MSU’s women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant never has watched the tape of the biggest win of her career — MSU’s 63-49 win against Duke in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament.