By now, you’ve already heard of the Big Ten’s newest additions, Maryland and Rutgers. You’ve heard Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany talk about why it’s good for the conference, spinning tales of grand potential for the two haphazard athletics departments and explaining that this expands the conference’s footprint.
It’s been a tough season for Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team, but the Spartans’ head coach refuses to get frustrated.
As the MSU football team nears the end of a disappointing regular season, the Spartans head into their final game against Minnesota on Saturday looking for a win and a bowl game berth to boost them into next season.
Both teams took the national title at the 2012 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championship in Memphis, Tenn. this past weekend for the first time in MSU club soccer history. Many players believe that the national title and the exposure will help them not only motivate the members currently on the team, but also new players to tryout for the club.
Suzy Merchant might want to think about a second career in the medical field. On Saturday morning, before the MSU football team took on Northwestern at Spartan Stadium, the MSU women’s basketball head coach got a call that junior forward Annalise Pickrel stepped on a nail in her apartment and needed a tetanus shot — the latest in a series of injuries to strike her roster this season.
The season for MSU volleyball hasn’t ended quite yet, but for the three seniors, Wednesday night will be the end of an era.
It was supposed to be a surprise. But when he was confronted with the question, Denzel Valentine found he couldn’t lie to his father.
University of Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson can expect a gift delivered to his office in the near future, courtesy of SportsBusiness Journal’s 2012 Athletic Director of the Year.
Dribbling the ball on the fast break, Gary Harris had one man in front of him and hadn’t decided what he was going to do. He could use his speed to blow by the defender to the rim. He could pull up and drain a 15-foot jump shot. But instead he just decided to soar.
Was the 3-0 loss in South Bend, Ind., on Sunday disappointing? Of course it was. Was the season? Not at all.
A player has to be able to guard the person in front of her. That is what women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant said after the MSU women’s basketball team defeated Virginia Tech 57-29 on Sunday, allowing the fewest amount of points in a regular-season game since it gave up only 27 against Michigan in 2009.
There was plenty of drama for Derrick Nix in Sunday’s victory over Texas Southern. Unfortunately, most of the drama played out with Nix on the bench, as opposed to anything done on the floor or measured in a stat sheet.
For the last three weeks, the MSU volleyball team has destroyed everything in their path, with the exception of one — the AVCA Coaches Poll.
The Maryland Board of Regents voted unanimously to accept an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference and leave the Atlantic Coast Conference beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, according to the Big Ten Network.
As MSU fans filed out of Spartan Stadium for the final time this year, it was with the same, stale taste in their mouth.
For the past two months, the Spartans (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) have seen game after game slip through their fingers.
South Bend, Ind. — It wasn’t the way the MSU men’s soccer team (12-10-1 overall, 3-3-0 Big Ten) pictured its season ending.
It was the first time Gary Harris walked on the floor before a regular-season crowd at Breslin Center. And even in less playing time than he’s becoming accustomed to, the freshman guard made an impact that won’t soon be forgotten.
It certainly was a triumphant weekend for the MSU men’s and women’s club soccer teams. After strong seasons for both squads, the work of a season proved successful at the 2012 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championship in Memphis, Tenn., as both the men’s and women’s club soccer teams won a title in the national tournament.
There are times Denzel Valentine makes his head coach’s blood boil. The flashy freshman guard loves to make the highlight play in the open floor, but in transitioning to college, Valentine still is learning to adjust to the increased speed of the game, figuring out what plays are truly there to be made.