As a player, Tillman saw three Big Ten regular season titles, one Big Ten tournament title and a Final Four appearance during his time at MSU.
“When you take a white wrestler, it’s like ‘this guy is a hard worker, he has determination, his technique is really good,’” wrestler Cameron Caffey said. “Then you take a black athlete and they say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s strong, he’s fast, he’s powerful, he’s explosive.’ It’s just little overt things like that that are kind of bias.”
2022 five-star center Enoch Boakye announced his commitment to Michigan State on Instagram Live, joining Emoni Bates in MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo’s 2022 recruiting class.
This kid has the hype of the king, the game of Durant and the chance to write his own legend; Emoni Bates is just getting started.
Michigan State announces 16 new student-athlete COVID-19 cases and four new staff member cases after a new round of testing last week.
MSU football will not be able to take the field for two weeks after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
With the NWSL, NBA, and MLB all getting back to it, they're also a reminder of how far we have to go in our nation.
Michigan State football announced late Wednesday that the program would be pausing their workouts after one staff member had tested positive for COVID-19.
This week on the State News Sports Roundtable, host Eli McKown is joined by Sara Tidwell and Jayna Bardahl to discuss what the Big Ten's conference-only schedule could mean for MSU, football, the non-revenue sports and much more. Also, it's MSU campus trivia time!
Even for Izzo, a player like Christie is scarce and in many ways, unparalleled. The 2021 commit is Chicago-bred, from Rolling Meadows, Illinois and stands as a five-star, No. 1 ranked shooting guard in the country.
The Michigan State Athletic Department has announced temporary pay cuts for any staff member making $100,000 or greater for the next year. In addition, MSU Athletic Director Bill Beekman will be taking a 10% pay cut, along with head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo and head football coach Mel Tucker each taking a 7% pay cut.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren answers the burning questions on whether college sports will return this fall, what the conference-only schedule could look like and much more.
With the landing of 2021’s No. 1 shooting guard Max Christie and National Gatorade Player of the Year Emoni Bates, the Spartan’s first commit for their potential 2021 dynasty may have slipped some people’s minds. Yikes.
The announcement comes one day after the Ivy League announced their cancellation of all fall sports competition.
Max Christie joins Emoni Bates as the latest five-star recruit to join the Spartans in the last week.
Discussion of the sports world becoming a voice for change as the Black Lives Matter movement continues into the month of July.
Emoni Bates has verbally committed to play basketball at Michigan State University. Here's a breakdown of what that means for MSU, and what his options are if he ends up going a different route.
Head basketball coach Tom Izzo has had an interest in the latest MSU commit for several years.
Two more student-athletes tested positive with COVID-19 during the second round of testing before they would be cleared to begin voluntary workouts.
Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo was awarded the Big Ten basketball coach of the decade with a record of 264-95 on the decade.