FOOTBALL
MSU receives a commitment from three-star tight end
The Spartans have their seventh commitment in the class of 2016 and fourth out of the state of Ohio.
FOOTBALL
White team defeats Green team in the spring game 9-3
Connor Cook and the White team will be eating steak tonight as Cook led the White squad to a 9-3 victory in the annual Green and White spring exhibition game. The first score of the day came from a three-yard run by senior offensive lineman Jack Allen.
FOOTBALL
MSU football receives commitment from No. 1 wide receiver in Ohio
In what is expected to be a big day for MSU on the recruiting trail, the first couple of dominoes fell shortly before the spring game began. Four-star wide receiver Justin Layne out of Cleveland joins Messiah deWeaver as one of the top recruits out of Ohio.
FOOTBALL
Things to watch for in the spring game
With the MSU football spring game this Saturday there will be several themes and players to watch out for in the game. Defense While all of the starters will not be playing together it will be interesting to see the Spartans on defense without defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi at the helm. Cornerback Battle The starting cornerback battle will be a big one for the team as the team must replace Trae Waynes and two-way player Tony Lippett who was starting opposite Waynes at the end of last season.
BASKETBALL
Nothing but net: 72-year-old MSU alumnus challenges all
James E. Cummings Jr. is a familiar face for anyone who frequents the IM Sports-West courts.
SPORTS
While you are probably sleeping, MSU field hockey is getting ready for the fall season
While most of their fellow classmates are sleeping in or on their way to their 8 a.m.
FOOTBALL
COLUMN: Spring game has become a cultural phenomenon
By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com This Saturday green and white will fill the campus, grills will be lit and people will come from all across the state by the thousands to watch MSU play football. That might sound odd, considering the calendar says April and not September. Saturday will mark the annual Green and White game, which accounts for a glorified scrimmage in Spartan Stadium to send everyone into a football frenzy. About time too, the season is only a little more than four months away. Spring games across the country have become a spectate, what you will see in East Lansing on what is expected to be a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon will probably be tame in comparison to other places across the country. In Columbus, Ohio 99,391 people came out to see the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes play a game against each other.
SPORTS
Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll continues the legacy of MSU women's golf
The MSU women's golf program is the poster child of consistency.
FOOTBALL
MSU football unveils new uniforms
Why did Shilique Calhoun elected to remain in East Lansing for his senior year and pass up the NFL?
FOOTBALL
MSU football's rematch with Oregon will be under the lights
MSU football has added two primetime games to their 2015 schedule, including the first confirmed night game at Spartan Stadium. The Big Ten conference and TV networks announced that MSU vs.
FOOTBALL
Rosters announced for Football's spring game
The draft has concluded and the teams are set as the Spartans get ready to kick off the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium this Saturday. And while draft rooms are a place for strategic planning and on the fly decision making, the football program kept the excitement high at the Izzo Family Media Center as early as the first pick. Brian Allen, who was named a first-team Freshman All-American by the FWAA last year at guard and center, was taken first overall by the White team.
SPORTS
Men's tennis looks ahead to Big Ten tournament
Avoiding the harsh winds and frigid temperatures, Gene Orlando stood inside a storage room with his hands on his hips, trying to sum up the regular-season in one word. After a brief moment of processing the question, the men's tennis head coach compared the past few months as like riding a roller coaster. And just like any other high speed thrill ride, the ups and downs that MSU experienced this year has provided plenty of thrills and distress, as the road to the NCAA tournament is paved with dominance and brute force from opposing groups. "I thought we played well against some good teams," Orlando said.
BASEBALL
Seniors have keyed recent surge for MSU
All season long baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. has made clear the importance of his seniors. He's said before that much like the football and basketball teams, team success starts with the seniors. The MSU football team has had its fair share of important seniors and upper-classmen leading the way to the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl, much like the basketball team had its juniors and seniors step up on their way to the Final Four.
SPORTS
MSU Rugby Football Club offers different sport to students
When applied engineering sciences senior Nawar Dimitry came to MSU as a freshman in the fall of 2010, the former high school football and basketball player was looking for a team to stay active in and compete. Thus, it wasn't long before Dimitry stumbled across the MSU Rugby Football Club.
FOOTBALL
Four-star quarterback commits to MSU
The MSU football team got some good news just days before the spring exhibition game.
BASKETBALL
Suzy Merchant reflects on hard year
Born in Detroit, Michigan and playing basketball for Central Michigan, Suzy Merchant always had a passion for the sport of basketball.
BASEBALL
MSU cruises to win at home against Toledo
On a cold and gloomy Tuesday afternoon the baseball team cruised to a 9-2 victory over the Toledo Rockets.
BASEBALL
First basemen Ryan Krill has helped surge Spartans
Since March 25, MSU baseball has gone 11-5, they now sit at 22-16 with a 7-5 record in the Big Ten after starting the season below .500. A key factor in the team's recent stretch has been the play of senior first baseman Ryan Krill.
BASKETBALL
Travis Trice has started to see his name on NBA draft boards
Senior guard Travis Trice became a NCAA tournament hero with his weekly heroics, helping the Spartans reach the Final Four for the first time since 2010.
BASKETBALL
Head athletic coordinator Bob Knickerbocker to retire after three decades with MSU
The town of Cincinnatus, New York is a rural farming town of just over 1,000 people, and it isn't the place that many people get the opportunity to leave from. Bob Knickerbocker was one of the lucky few that did get to leave. Knickerbocker has been the head athletic equipment coordinator since 1983, and has helped oversee some of the uniform changes that MSU athletics have seen in the past few seasons. He will retire following this school year, but it will come after a long and fulfilling ride with MSU. "This kind of life has been very exciting for me," he said.