On its first day of pads, MSU football’s offensive line took snaps for the first time without Donavan Clark, Jack Allen, and Jack Conklin and it was different.
After giving up two earned runs and three hits in the first inning, Bridgette Rainey held the Western Michigan Broncos scoreless in her final four innings.
The collegiate baseball season is a grind — it’s 54 games, and a perfect season is basically impossible. There are going to be some days where a team just can’t get anything going, and for the Spartans, Tuesday was one of those games.
An offensive explosion helped the MSU softball team (18-14, 1-2 Big Ten) achieve a 12-2 win in an in-state rivalry game against the Western Michigan University Broncos (10-15, 1-2 MAC) on Tuesday afternoon.
Fort Wayne defensive lineman and 2016 MSU football recruit Auston Robertson has signed his letter of intent with the Spartans, according to a report from 247Sports. Off the field issues prevented Robertson form signing his letter of intent on signing day on Feb.
In the past few years, when you think about the historically great Michigan State Spartan football teams, a few key things stand out.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Spartans hosted the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland University for a weekday match up, in which the Grizzlies picked up their 11th win of the season and improved to 11-11 on the year after defeating the Spartans by a final score of 3-1.
MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine has been named the National Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Valentine is the third Spartan to win the award. Draymond Green previously won in 2012 and Shawn Respert won in 1995.
MSU redshirt junior guard Aerial Powers has earned third-team All-American honors by the Associated Press on Monday, according to a press release.
News broke Monday that MSU sophomore forward Marvin Clark Jr. will transfer schools. The news was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. MSU later confirmed the transfer to multiple media outlets. Clark appeared in 30 of 35 contests for the Spartans during the 2015-16 season, averaging 3.9 rebounds and 2.5 rebounds in 9.7 minutes per game. Clark's transfer also opens up a scholarship for the 2016-17 season.
The past few years have been historically good for the MSU women’s tennis program. Head coach Simone Jardim has led the program to heights not seen since the early 1990s.
One of the beauties of college football is the constant turnover from year to year. Seniors graduate, some leave early for the NFL draft, and the youngsters beneath them take their spots. For the Michigan State Spartans and just like any other college football team, restocking talent is key to their long-term success.
MSU used a combination of fight and late inning heroics on Sunday to sweep Rutgers and improve to 18-3 on the season. Their ability to come back late in the game is a quality that could make the Spartans contenders both in the Big Ten and nationally.
If you ask the average baseball fanatic about Jordan Zimmerman, they will probably tell you about the 6-foot-2 all-star righty who signed with the Detroit Tigers earlier in the offseason. But if you ask any fan of MSU baseball about Jordan Zimmerman, you’ll get a completely different answer.
U-D Jesuit senior point guard and 2016 MSU basketball commit Cassius Winston had one more goal he wanted to accomplish for his high school basketball career. Already four time Catholic League champion and 2016 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award winner, Winston wanted to achieve something which had twice alluded him in the state semifinals in 2014 and 2015 -- an MHSAA Class A state championship. Now, after turning in a 31 point, nine assist performance to lead U-D Jesuit to a 69-49 victory over North Farmington "
With the departure of seniors such as guard Denzel Valentine and forward Matt Costello, MSU basketball will be looking for someone to step into a leadership position and fill the shoes of the departing seniors.
On a gorgeous spring afternoon in East Lansing, the Spartans hosted Rutgers for the third and final game of a weekend series to kickoff the start of Big Ten play. After a doubleheader on Saturday, MSU completed the series sweep in come from behind fashion to defeat the Scarlet Knights by a final score of 6-5.
On Saturday, the MSU baseball team played a doubleheader against Rutgers to open Big Ten play. The Spartans found ways to be tough both physically and mentally and managed to come away with two wins on the day.
On Saturday afternoon, the MSU baseball team won both games of a doubleheader against Rutgers to open up Big Ten play for the 2016 season.
The MSU Hillel will be traveling to College Park, Maryland this weekend to take part in the sixth annual National Hillel Basketball Tournament.