ICE HOCKEY
Hockey scores 2009 recruit
The MSU ice hockey team has received a verbal commitment for the class of 2009.
SOCCER
Kickers begin year with lofty goals
After finishing the exhibition season with a 1-1 mark, the MSU men’s soccer team is looking to start out the regular season with a bang Friday when it hosts Oregon State in the MSU/Radisson Invitational at Old College Field.
SPORTS
Puryear looks to lead MSU golf to national prominence
From February 2006 to the end of the 2007 season, the Stanford men’s golf team jumped from the No. 42-ranked team in the country to national champions. A key ingredient to the Cardinal turnaround was assistant coach Sam Puryear, who on Aug. 22 became the head coach of the MSU men’s golf program.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio looking to get 'win of respect'
While the first games of the season are usually considered gimmes, head coach Mark Dantonio is expecting to face some adversity on Saturday when MSU plays University of Alabama-Birmingham.
SPORTS
MSU sweeps tourney
Of the four teams participating in the Champions Invitational field hockey tournament this weekend, only MSU managed to stay strictly in the win column.
SOCCER
Spartans split exhibition pair
The MSU men’s soccer team split its two exhibition contests last week, knocking off Illinois-Chicago 2-1 at Old College Field on Wednesday before falling to Akron, 2-0, on Friday.
FOOTBALL
Quick hits
Out of town for the summer? We’ll catch you up on what you missed with this year’s MSU football team.
SPORTS
Randy Couture: a story of true determination
It’s hard to avoid Father Time, but Randy Couture has done just that.
VOLLEYBALL
Spikers stumble in road contests
The trip to Los Angeles was not all sunny for the MSU volleyball team.
BASKETBALL
Incoming freshmen hone skills in league
There are loftier expectations on the MSU men’s basketball team this upcoming season with the addition of three incoming freshman.
ICE HOCKEY
Bryan Lerg named hockey team captain
Senior forward Bryan Lerg will serve as captain of the 2007-08 MSU hockey team.
FOOTBALL
Coach makes switch
Dan Enos considers himself lucky. For the second straight year, Enos is coaching whom he considers to be the best player on the MSU football team.
FOOTBALL
Recruit picks MSU over U-M
MSU may have just landed the second coming of Matt Trannon with the verbal commitment of Fred Smith, one of the top wide receiver prospects for the Class of 2008.
FOOTBALL
Tressel: Dantonio, staff add 'strength'
Lloyd Carr and Jim Tressel, the commandeering forces behind college football mega rivals Michigan and Ohio State, respectively, may not agree on many things, but they both praise the addition of MSU’s new head coach.
FOOTBALL
Joe Pa heads into 42nd year at PSU
Chicago — At the age of 80, Joe Paterno still has the passion for coaching. Paterno will be leading Penn State into the season for the 42nd time as head coach in 2007.
SPORTS
Coaches cope with tragedies
Chicago — Coping with tragedies that struck their football programs, Northwestern University head coach Pat Fitzgerald and Indiana head coach Bill Lynch have made an effort, along with their players, to put losses on and off the field behind them. Not so long ago, Fitzgerald and his teammates were stunning the college football world and taking Northwestern on an improbable run to the Rose Bowl during the 1995 season. But then, things began to change.
SPORTS
MLB GMs: Make these deals now
With the July 31 MLB nonwaiver trading deadline fast approaching, teams should be shipping pieces in and out, gearing up for a pennant run or a rebuilding process.
SPORTS
Big Ten Network taps Brennaman
The Big Ten Network announced Wednesday that play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman and college football TV analyst Charles Davis will compose its lead football broadcast team. Brennaman served as an NFL and MLB play-by-play announcer and called two Bowl Championship Series college football games in January after FOX was awarded with four BCS bowl games, including the BCS national championship game. Baseball viewers will remember Brennaman's call of the 2006 ALCS and Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez's walk-off home run in Game 4 to win the pennant. Brennaman and Davis called one of college football's most memorable games this past bowl season, as Boise State shocked heavy favorite Oklahoma in the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, 43-42, on the final play of the game. "These individuals' backgrounds make up the perfect mix for the Big Ten Network," executive producer Leon Schweir said in a statement. "Our coverage of Big Ten football games and programs will be solid from day one."