Conner George, as MSU students from Okemos may know, was one of the best high school basketball players who have ever suited up for Okemos High School.
For the better part of the last four decades, that voice has come to represent years of Spartan football history — and just as many years of Detroit Pistons history.
With MSU's bye week this past weekend, junior wide receiver R.J. Shelton used the time-off to do something special for kids in his hometown.
Exhibition games are an important way to get any team, regardless of what sport, ready for stronger competition in the regular season.
There is more to the sport of fishing than throwing a line in the lake and hoping to reel in a five pound fish.
The first College Football Playoff rankings of the season have arrived and as of now the Spartans are on the outside looking in at the No. 7 spot.
Fifth-year seniors Connor Cook and Shilique Calhoun have been named national semi-finalists for NCAA college football awards, according to Spartan Athletics. Cook, in his third year of starting at quarterback, has been named to the the Davey O’Brien Award (nation’s best quarterback) and Maxwell Award (college player of the year) watch lists. Calhoun, in his fourth year of playing defensive end for the Spartans, is on the watch list for the Bednarik Award (college defensive player of the year).
MSU Basketball, coming off a Final Four run last season, will open up the 2015-16 campaign ranked No. 13 in nation by the AP Poll.
When Kenny Goins committed to Michigan State as a preferred-walk just before the 2014-2015 season, which saw an underdog Spartan team make the Final Four, he left a few Division I scholarship offers on the table.
High school is where many students discover their love for a sport, but after the transition to a higher level institution, it is difficult for students to dedicate a significant amount of time to sports. “I really loved wrestling throughout high school and wanted to keep going," criminal justice sophomore John Hood said. "I understand college is a time where school is priority. It's not as high on my list as school but it's something I like to do to stay in shape meet new people and keep up with the sport I love.” The wrestling club meets every Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.
With the rain coming down on a bleak fall day, a finally healthy MSU women’s basketball team gathered in the Breslin, looking to build off of last year’s unfortunate season.
The MSU Women’s Cross Country team finished third and the MSU Men’s Cross Country team finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in Chicago on Sunday. MSU’s Alexis Wiersma finished second in the Women’s 6K with a time of 19:49.9 but it wasn’t enough to carry the Spartans to back-to-back Big Ten Championships.
After spending an entire high school career running laps on the track, many face the predicament of finding a way to continue running and staying in shape after high school. Some students love running, but unfortunately are not at able to make the varsity team.
The MSU Volleyball team split last week against top ranked opponents in Ohio State and Penn State, and as the Big Ten has displayed throughout the season, the road does not get any easier for anyone.
When jokingly asked Wednesday if she was going to miss this past season’s role of taking upward of 30 shots a game, redshirt junior Aerial Powers replied "no" before the reporter could even finish his question.
Everyone knows about the varsity sports on campus, but one has to ask if anyone knows about the club sports. The MSU Club Softball team is a competitive team which plays year round during the fall and spring semesters.
They pass by the banks of the Red Cedar daily, sit in on classes and are lost in the shuffle of the daily college grind — they’re a group of athletes unknown to all. This hodgepodge of football players makeup the MSU Club Football team.
Down 14-23 against the University of Michigan with hope starting to fade for the Spartans, senior quarterback Connor Cook hit one of his more unlikely targets for a season-saving play. The Spartans had to score quick to stay in the game and on the first play of their drive Cook hit wide open senior fullback Trevon Pendleton, who took the ball 74-and-a-half yards falling just short of a touchdown according to the referees.
It wasn't too long ago Javon Bess appeared to be on his way to a star studded college basketball career.
Deyonta Davis is a MSU freshman who was one of the most highly sought after recruits in the country, winning Mr. Basketball in the state of Michigan before committing to the Spartans.