Sophomore pole vaulter Codi Mattix entered his season with a personal best of 4.90 meters, like many of his other teammates. Always hoping for improvement, he had no idea how the season would go for the pole vaulters and jumpers as a whole.
If there’s one position the MSU football team doesn’t need to worry about, it’s running back. Whereas some teams have trouble finding one solid player to carry the ball, the Spartans have four viable options.
He might not have Aaron Bates’ all-around ability, but freshman punter Mike Sadler is hoping to prove his value as the Spartans’ new punter.
Lansing — For whatever reason, the MSU baseball team hasn’t been able to use the momentum gained in weekend series and translate it into midweek games in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, coming off a three-game sweep of Michigan, the Spartans fell to a struggling Central Michigan team on their home field. Coming off its first-ever three-game sweep of Minnesota, the Spartans only were able to split a double header against Oakland on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans (21-8) won the first game, 7-1, and lost the second game, 9-7.
Taking notes from two road losses to Iowa last weekend, the MSU softball team will remain on the road — playing a doubleheader against Northwestern on Today — setting out to accomplish the same goals it had before the weekend: play tough infield defense.
The most beautiful, exciting and intense two-month stretch of the year begins when the NHL playoffs kick off with the Detroit Red Wings hosting the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at 7 p.m. on Versus and FOX Sports Detroit. For the next two weeks, viewers will be able to enjoy three or four games on most nights as the field gets whittled down by half and the true contenders separate themselves from the pack.
When the MSU baseball team takes on Oakland today in a doubleheader at Cooley Law School Stadium, it will not feel quite the same as taking on heated rival Michigan.
Eight games into the Big Ten season, Jacquie Joseph has identified the MSU softball team’s major problems holding it back from success.
If you’re like some people, you think the MSU sports season ends when the men’s basketball team finishes up the NCAA Tournament. But I’m here to tell you you’re wrong.
Tony Bucciferro, a junior pitcher for the MSU baseball team, earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors Monday for throwing a complete-game shutout against Minnesota on Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
The MSU baseball team sweeps last season’s Big Ten champion Minnesota for the first time in program history.
Six practices down and eight to go for the MSU football team before the Spring Game kicks off April 30 at Spartan Stadium.
The MSU softball team fell to Iowa twice on the road this weekend — first 5-3 on Saturday and 9-8 on Sunday.
The MSU men and women’s track and field program ran well in its second outdoor meet of the season this weekend, competing in the Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe, Ariz.
The MSU women’s rowing team split a pair of races this past weekend, losing to Wisconsin and defeating Minnesota in its only home meet of the season.
In between innings Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, MSU starting pitcher Tony Bucciferro was making occasional trips to the bathroom because he felt sick.
After committing a season-high five errors in their last Big Ten game, the MSU baseball team used a spectacular defensive effort, combined with some timely hitting, to defeat defending Big Ten champion Minnesota, 4-2, on Friday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
In what players described as a highlight of every season, the MSU baseball team had a chance to have a little fun Tuesday in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown against Minor League Baseball’s Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium.
Jacquie Joseph is throwing out previous Big Ten matchups, tough losses and even solid victories. The MSU softball head coach doesn’t care what her team has done in the past — regardless of how well or how poorly it played — and is focusing on the present and winning one game at a time.
MSU offensive lineman Arthur Ray Jr. has been added to the active spring roster Thursday after undergoing a bout with bone cancer. His return to the football field is complete after the NCAA granted a waiver on his behalf and he was scheduled to practice Thursday.