By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press General management sophomore Chesare Hill is wondering what Saturday will be like without the scheduled football game. After announcing Wednesday the home game against Missouri was on, MSU and Missouri officials decided to cancel the game Thursday, because of unusual travel logistics following the terrorist attack Tuesday.
It seems trivial to pick the scores of this week’s games due to the horrific terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa.
Sports are the last thing on my mind right now. Since Tuesday morning, when I switched on my TV to catch the last 10 minutes of SportsCenter before my 10:20 a.m.
If there’s one thing senior goalkeeper Tyler Robinson has experience in, it’s hard work.But much of that hard work and experience was in a different sport.Robinson had offers to play lacrosse at Ohio State, Ohio-Wesleyan and Denison universities.
Surprises have surrounded sophomore outside hitter-turned-defensive specialist Stephanie Knopp all year.A pre-season chat with MSU head coach Chuck Erbe left Knopp thinking she had to improve if she wanted to play, she said.
Even though head football coach Bobby Williams keeps his practices under wraps, everyone knows MSU must be focusing on special teams this week after Central Michigan blocked four punts in Saturday’s season opener.Special teams and linebackers coach Sal Sunseri took the blame for Saturday’s punt problems and said he should’ve lined up more athletic players in front of the punt team in practice.
Big Ten athletic directors will decide in a phone conference Wednesday morning whether or not this weekend’s football games will continue as scheduled, said Sue Lister, the Big Ten Conference associate commissioner.
Okemos - A day that ended up terribly somber started off in a fun, light-hearted way for some local school children.Four members of the Detroit Pistons took part in a pep assembly at Kinawa Middle School, 1900 Kinawa Drive in Okemos, to promote their upcoming season with the students and local media Tuesday morning.But in the wake of the terrorist attacks across the United States on Tuesday, Okemos was the only stop head coach Rick Carlisle, forwards Brian Cardinal and Rodney White and director of player personnel John Hammond made before the remainder of the four-city media tour was postponed.The four were also supposed to visit Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Saginaw.Before the news hit, the Pistons addressed and entertained the crowd of area adolescents with free T-shirts, motivational messages and a brief dunk exhibition by White.
Head football coach Bobby Williams reinstated sophomore center DeMarco Monroe’s status on the football team after suspending him indefinitely Sept.
Four members of the Detroit Pistons will visit a local middle school today on the first leg of a two-day, four-city media tour.New head coach Rick Carlisle, top draft pick Rodney White, forward Brian Cardinal and director of player personnel John Hammond will be the main attraction of a jam session/pep assembly at 9 a.m.
Things are good in the world of MSU volleyball. The Spartans (7-0) are off to their best start in 12 years, and one of their star players is the reigning Big Ten Volleyball Player of the Week. Senior outside hitter Erin Hartley earned the honor with an MVP effort in the Coca-Cola Spartan Invitational, which the Spartans won this weekend.
Spartan fans making the trip to South Bend, Ind. for the Spartans’ game against No. 23 Notre Dame may want to consider leaving a few days early.The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, is hosting a banquet Sept.
Four members of the Detroit Pistons will visit a local middle school today on the first leg of a two-day, four-city media tour. New head coach Rick Carlisle, top draft pick Rodney White, forward Brian Cardinal and director of player personnel John Hammond will be the main attraction of a jam session/pep assembly at 9 a.m.
Even though he didn’t play in Saturday’s home opener - a 35-21 victory over Central Michigan - about 100 protesters outside Spartan Stadium still felt Eric Knott’s presence. Knott said Monday that he was aware of the protests, but didn’t pay much attention to them.
MSU’s gridiron matchup with Central Michigan was laced with controversy Saturday as about 100 people protested the university granting admittance and scholarships to Eric Knott and Damon Dowdell. Knott, a freshman tight end, was convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in June from charges extending from a 1999 incident involving a 13-year-old Detroit girl. Dowdell, a redshirt freshman quarterback, was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in the same incident.
The No. 6 Spartans continued to struggle a bit on their current six-game road swing, losing 1-0 to No.
Seven former MSU athletes and coaches became hall of famers Friday. Golf All-American Sue Ertl, Spartan hockey player Weldon Olson, football and academic All-American John D.
A bus pulled in front of the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center on Friday and when the door swung open, Steve Smith, the son of the late Clara Bell Smith, stepped out wearing a yellow linen suit.He towered over his former head basketball coach, Jud Heathcote, who hobbled next to him with a cane in his right hand.
Senior outside hitter Erin Hartley is no stranger to personal accolades.She can now add most valuable player of the Coca-Cola Spartan Invitational to her list of individual accomplishments, after she led the Spartans (7-0) to another undefeated weekend and tournament title at Jenison Field House.MSU hasn’t started the season 7-0 since 1989.Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe said Hartley is playing at a level he has never witnessed.“Erin Hartley played the best weekend of volleyball I have ever seen,” he said.
History has witnessed many epic battles and among those battles it has seen the triumph of many great underdogs.