ICE HOCKEY
Icers show skills in competition
In a break from the normal practice routine, the MSU hockey team had an inter-squad skills competition Monday afternoon.
SPORTS
Former teammates face off in rivalry match
Taylor Massa and Jordan Wohlfert have been on the same wrestling team since they were four years old — until Sunday, that is.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Long Road Home
He stood at the bench with Tom Izzo, and after a brief conversation, headed to the scorer’s table, checking into the game for the final time. “Now entering the game for the Spartans, number 22, Branden Dawson.” The announcer’s call echoed throughout Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind., but it was the following sound that left the greatest impression — a deafening silence.
BASEBALL
Baseball team to kick off season Friday
With the start of another collegiate baseball season less than a week away, many teams are getting reacquainted to the familiar sights and smells of a new year.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers split Bowling Green weekend series
Some college hockey teams only would be happy with a swept series. MSU (8-19-3 overall, 6-15-1-0 CCHA) is pleased with the progress made in a split.
SPORTS
Wrestling team loses to rival Michigan at home
The MSU wrestling team finished off the Big Ten regular season with a 24-15 loss to arch rival Michigan on Sunday afternoon.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball drops big game to Penn State
Around the same time the Spartans were tipping off against the Big Ten-leading Nittany Lions, Michigan was putting the finishing touches on a 67-56 upset of second-place Purdue, ranked No. 13 — a win that would have been paramount to MSU’s chances of winning the conference this season.
SPORTS
MSU gymnastics notches first win
The MSU gymnastics team finished second in a three-team meet after a season-high score of 194.85 on Friday.
BASKETBALL
Men's basketball overcomes injuries to beat Purdue
The nerves of Branden Dawson were obvious. But few could blame him. A native of Gary, Ind., Dawson once again took the floor of Mackey Arena before family, friends, teammates and an anxious crowd in his home state.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Column: 20-win men's basketball team still searching for identity
West Lafayette, Ind. — When Tom Izzo looked out on practice Friday and saw two of his top guards sitting out injured and several other players hobbled, he didn’t know what he had. Could they be healthy enough to compete in a tough road environment? Would they be mature enough to focus on the game at hand and avoid getting caught looking ahead to a matchup with arch-rival Michigan on Tuesday? It didn’t take long for Izzo to get his answer. The No.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU hockey bounces back, beats Bowling Green 3-1 at home
Week after week of getting its confidence chipped away, the MSU hockey (8-19-3 overall, 6-15-1-0 CCHA) team finally was able to gain a bit of it back.
BASKETBALL
Dawson leads men's basketball to road win against Purdue
West Lafayette, Ind. – By now, Branden Dawson should know what to expect when he visits Purdue’s Mackey Arena. A season ago, the Gary, Ind.
BASKETBALL
Men's basketball leads Purdue 31-23 at half
West Lafayette, Ind. – Branden Dawson is ready to move on. But even though a year has passed since Dawson signed with the MSU men’s basketball program, the Purdue faithful still hasn’t forgotten.
SPORTS
Live chat: MSU men's basketball versus Purdue
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BASKETBALL
Women's basketball prepares to face Penn State
Arguably the biggest challenge of the season looms Sunday in State College, Pa., in the second stop of what MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant calls the “February fight.”
FOOTBALL
MSU football names new defensive line coach: Ron Burton
Two weeks after announcing Ted Gill wouldn’t be returning as the Spartans’ defensive line coach, the MSU football team has found its man.
SPORTS
Cheza cherishes time at MSU as injury ends career early
Stepping out of the training room, ice pack strapped to his shoulder, the 157-pound senior struggled to keep his composure as he reminisced about his time in green and white.
FOOTBALL
Column: Dantonio excited by 2013 recuiting class
The annual jubilation and enthusiasm surrounding national signing day — the day when college football’s biggest recruits sign letters of intent — swept optimism across the sport’s biggest fan bases Wednesday.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU hockey to play at Bowling Green
With Bowling Green next in the schedule and the end of the regular season drawing closer, the MSU hockey team is looking to follow the path the Falcons did last season.
FOOTBALL
Players to watch from the 2013 recruiting class
National signing day on Wednesday marked the official start of 18 high schoolers’ journeys as MSU football players. As with essentially every class in head coach Mark Dantonio’s tenure, the national recruiting analysts have pegged the Spartans’ 2013 class somewhere near the mid 30s in terms of national rankings.