BASKETBALL
MSU-UM game brings back memories for former players
The last time Mateen Cleaves took the floor against Michigan, he left a lasting impression not soon forgotten.
BASKETBALL
Column: MSU sends message with blowout win
It might have been the first time the MSU and U-M’s men’s basketball programs met as a pair of top-10 teams, but it certainly didn’t feel like it.
ICE HOCKEY
The man advantage
This season, the MSU hockey team is 7-4-1 when netting a power-play goal, but only 1-16-2 when the Spartans fail to score on a man-advantage. Last Saturday, captain and junior forward Greg Wolfe snapped a four-game streak of no power-play goals.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Freshmen face-off
The talk began months ago, back when the ink dried on their letters of intent. The greatest University of Michigan freshman class since the Fab Five.
BASEBALL
Baseball players, coaches look forward to return to outdoor play
With each swing of Jimmy Pickens’ bat at MSU’s indoor hitting facility, you can tell he’s ready.
SPORTS
Wrestling reserves gain experience in non-MSU tournament play
The team trains together in the same program during the week, but some weekends, wrestlers not in the starting lineup are limited to competing as individuals in open tournaments.
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball dominates Indiana, 72-42, at home
It was a night in which nearly everything went right for the Spartans at Breslin Center. That was evident when Mariah Harris scored five points on her first two touches of the night.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Column: Men's basketball played as great as they wanted to in win over Michigan
With a crowd of media surrounding him near his locker late Tuesday night, Derrick Nix was asked a question he knew was coming. Given the events that had just transpired, it was inevitable. “How great can you guys be?”
SPORTS
Olympic Committee drops wrestling from 2020 Games
The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, announced Tuesday that wrestling would not be a part of the Olympics beginning in 2020, drawing harsh criticism from the MSU wrestling community.
ICE HOCKEY
Greg Wolfe finds his groove in weekend Bowling Green series
When Greg Wolfe was going through a rough patch earlier in the hockey season, his head coach told him not to worry about the results, just worry about the process.
BASKETBALL
Breslin Beat Down
Thirteen seconds. That’s all it took. Thirteen seconds. That’s how quickly MSU scored to take the lead.
SOFTBALL
Softball gears up for tournament
After a month of practice and four games behind it, the MSU softball team is ready to get the 2013 season into full swing.
BASKETBALL
Hot shooting lifts MSU to 38-24 lead over Michigan at halftime
The No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team (20-4 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) made an astounding 53.3 percent of its shots in the opening half to take a 38-24 lead into halftime against No. 8 Michigan (21-3, 8-3).
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball looks to bounce back against Indiana
Indiana women’s basketball might be a Big Ten bottom dweller now, but MSU women’s head coach Suzy Merchant doesn’t expect that to last long under the guidance of first-year coach Curt Miller.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Live chat: MSU men's basketball versus Michigan
Follow along with our live chat from Breslin Center as the No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team takes on the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines in a top-10 showdown.
BASKETBALL
Trice to miss Michigan game due to concussion-like symptoms
The Spartans will have to square off against their in-state rivals a man down tonight, as MSU head coach Tom Izzo confirmed Travis Trice will miss his third straight game.
BASKETBALL
Lines start early at Breslin Center for MSU-Michigan showdown
As the No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team prepares for its biggest game of the season against rival No. 4 Michigan, MSU students are making preparations of their own on the sidewalks in front of Breslin Center.
BASKETBALL
Old rivalry renewed as No. 4 U-M visits MSU
Derrick Nix remembers the first time he played Michigan. More than that, he remembers a lesson he learned in a practice days before it. During the 2009-10 season, then-freshman Nix readied for one the nation’s fiercest rivalries along with Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and the rest of then-No.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Keys to victory
The Spartans and Wolverines have met on the hardwood 169 other times, but never like this, never as a pair of top-10 teams.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Penn State loss shows room for improvement for women's basketball
Following Sunday’s loss at No. 8 Penn State in arguably the biggest game of the regular season for the MSU women’s basketball team, head coach Suzy Merchant tried to embrace the positives.