Two days after MSU’s third consecutive loss, (3-3 overall, 0-3 in the Big Ten), Spartan head coach Bobby Williams said it’s time to focus on beating Michigan.
He’s an elite athlete from Kenya; I’m a beer-drinking college kid from the Midwest. But for some reason, I knew how he felt cruising past me on the Ambassador Bridge in the opposite direction - six miles ahead of me. Joseph Maina, who won Sunday’s 23rd annual Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank International Marathon with a career-best time of 2:24:47 trotted past me like a gazelle, and I could only look on. Many sports journalists think they have athletics all figured out. They believe they provide “insight” even though they might have never played a competitive sport in their lives.
We were all fooled. And it wasn’t the first time.Three straight wins to begin the season and a running back named T.J.
EVANSTON, Ill. - Co-captain and preseason All-Big Ten senior middle Jessica Sanborn suffered a broken left foot Saturday at Northwestern.Sanborn told MSU trainers she felt a pain when she pushed off during warm-up before the volleyball team’s match against the Wildcats.MSU athletic trainer Lianna Lee said the severity of the injury won’t be known until further tests today.“We know it’s a break, but that’s all we know right now,” she said.
Injuries and inconsistent play have forced MSU volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe to make unexpected lineup changes the last two weeks.Two starters have been sidelined with injuries and an abundance of serving errors have prompted Erbe to make substitutions, including substituting players only to serve.Erbe said a positive note the last two weeks is the play of freshman outside hitter Jenny Rood.
ANN ARBOR - While the MSU football team prepares to meet its biggest rival Saturday, and faithful fans prepare to guard Sparty against vandals, the MSU men’s soccer team began the week on a good note with a 2-1 victory over the Wolverines in double overtime.After winning the national club championship the last two years, Michigan (4-6) is in its inaugural varsity season.
Ice HockeyThe men’s ice hockey team is undefeated after its first weekend of regular season play.The seventh-ranked Spartans beat Alaska-Anchorage 5-4 on Friday night and tied Merrimack 1-1 on Saturday night at the Johnson Nissan Classic in Anchorage, Alaska.For tournament purposes, the game against Merrimack went to a shoot-out, which MSU won 2-0.
For 59:31 of the game, MSU defenders dominated Wisconsin’s offense. Speedy Badger running back Michael Bennett entered Spartan Stadium as the nation’s second leading rusher, and left with only 59 yards on 23 carries and no touchdowns.
Ice HockeyThe men’s ice hockey team has been practicing at The Summit, 9410 Davis Highway in Lansing, all week preparing for the Olympic-size ice at the Johnson Nissan Classic in Anchorage, Alaska this weekend.Seventh-ranked MSU will face host Alaska-Anchorage at midnight tonight and Merrimack on Saturday at 8:05 p.m.
MSU women’s volleyball takes to the road this weekend for Big Ten matches against Wisconsin and Northwestern.The No.
After attaining that coveted national championship, Tom Izzo said he and MSU basketball are headed for uncharted waters.“In dealing with winning a national championship, I haven’t been there, haven’t done that,” he said.
While the MSU men’s soccer team looks to get back on track in the Big Ten this weekend at Michigan, the women’s soccer team will look to use its two weekend Big Ten games as a selling point to the NCAA selection committee.MSU head coach Tom Saxton said this weekend’s home games vs.
Women’s golf Junior Stacy Snider led the women’s golf team to a third-place finish in the Big Ten-Big 12 Shootout on Tuesday in Franklin, Ind. Snider tied a school record with her 54-hole total of 216 for the event.
MSU football coach Bobby Williams received his fourth verbal commitment and first from outside the state of Michigan for the 2001 season on Oct.
The guru boys took a beating last week, both going 1-3. Like the Spartans, they’ll be looking to rebound this week. Records to date: Arthole: (17-9) Special K: Too sorry to mention. Wisconsin (3-3) at MSU (3-2) Here’s a matchup of two teams that can really feel each other’s pain.
Despite a 5-5-1 record, the MSU men’s soccer team remains optimistic that its best soccer is still to come.MSU head coach Joe Baum said the team’s record is not as good as they hoped, but they have reason to be hopeful after tying No.
Competitive sports is a stressful and demanding field as it often takes center stage at large-scale universities like MSU.
Herb Haygood knows he wouldn’t be an MSU football player if it weren’t for Doug Bendel.“He changed me from not caring about going to college,” Haygood said, of his mentor back home in Sarasota, Fla.
With the Spartan offense sputtering lately, offensive coordinator Morris Watts said both quarterbacks, freshman Jeff Smoker and junior Ryan Van Dyke, will play Saturday against Wisconsin.
Izzone members and basketball fans from all over won’t be the only people flocking to the Breslin Student Events Center on Friday. The men’s and women’s basketball teams and their coaches will be on hand for “The Main Event,” a midnight scrimmage that will kick off the 2000-2001 basketball seasons.