Over the weekend, the MSU baseball team traveled out to University Park, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State in a three game weekend series. The Spartans managed to [sweep/take two of three from] the Nittany Lions and improved to a [6-0/5-1] conference record and [21-5/20-6] overall.
Those who have been to gymnastics meets may have noticed the distinctive circular black marks on the backs of many athletes.
It was the halfway mark of the 10,000 meter race at the Raleigh Relays on March 26 and MSU track stars Rachele Schulist and Alexis Wiersma had led the way through much of the first 5,000 meters. However, the pace was slow and the two of them had goal times they had to hit, so Wiersma turned to Schulist and told her they had to make a move. And that Schulist did, making such a move, Wiersma said it was too much for her to keep up with. In just her second race back from a patella stress fracture which put her out of racing for the better
As award season comes to a close for college basketball, officially ending the 2015-16 season MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine
There hasn’t been too much baseball being played in East Lansing lately, and that’s mainly because of the chaotic weather the last couple of weeks.
One of the legends of the MSU Men's Tennis program, Stan Drobac, has passed away at age 88, an MSU press release said.
For the first time in three years, the MSU football team enters spring practice without 100 percent certainty of who its starting quarterback will be when they open up the 2016 season. Connor Cook was the guy the last three years.
MSU senior fullback Delton Williams has been through a lot during the last 13 months. A little more than a year ago, Williams was arrested for flashing a pistol at another driver on MSU’s campus.
For the MSU football team, defense has been their namesake for years now. A big reason the Spartans have won two of the last three Big Ten championships is because they leaned on their defense to stifle opponents consistently. While in recent Spartan lore, the secondary has taken a lot of the credit, there seems to be a shift this upcoming fall.
The tenth annual Crosstown Showdown exhibition game between the Lansing Lugnuts and MSU has been postponed due to rain.
For MSU redshirt junior women’s basketball star Aerial Powers, the decision to forgo her senior season as a Spartan and enter into the WNBA Draft on April 14 ultimately came down to one thing -- following her dreams. “It was always a dream of mine,” said Powers, who will graduate with a degree in communication in May.
The MSU baseball team is 24 games into their regular season — their opponents on Wednesday, however, have yet to play a regular season game. On Wednesday, the Spartans will be playing the Lansing Lugnuts in the annual Crosstown Showdown exhibition game at Cooley Law School Stadium in downtown Lansing.
Former MSU quarterback and current NFL prospect Connor Cook was featured on ESPN analysts Jon Gruden's QB Camp.
After a weekend of snowy weather in which two of their three games were cancelled against Oregon, the Spartans hosted the Eastern Michigan University in a Tuesday day game. The Spartans [improved to a 20-4] overall record on the season by defeating the Eagles by a final score of [x].
MSU junior guard Aerial Powers has decided to declare for the 2016 WNBA Draft, according to the MSU Athletic Department. As a result, Powers will forego her senior season with the Spartans.
MSU women’s gymnastics senior Lisa Burt advanced at the NCAA Regionals on Saturday at the University of Georgia. Burt advanced on the strength of her all-around score, a 39.275, good for fourth-best at the Athens Regional.
Last Thursday, MSU added its first offensive line recruit of the 2017 class, Kevin Jarvis.
With MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio and the players usually in the spotlight, many people, including MSU director of football technology Matt Harper, do not always receive notoriety for their work..
The MSU women’s basketball team is coming off one of their most successful seasons while under the tenure of head coach Suzy Merchant. Last season, the Spartans reached the Big Ten Tournament championship game and proved to be one of the most dominant teams in the conference. MSU could be heavy contenders next season as well, but there are some unanswered questions the team will have to face between now and the start of the season — one of those questions will hinge on Aerial Powers.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo will officially join the game's elite as he has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.