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FOOTBALL

Miracle in Madison

The last time MSU beat Wisconsin on the final play of a regular season game, then-sophomore defensive end William Gholston found himself on the outside looking in as his teammates celebrated a 37-31 victory over the Badgers in East Lansing.

FOOTBALL

The March to Madison

Two-thirds of the way through a season filled with adversity, the MSU football team finds itself staring another challenge in the face this weekend. The Spartans (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) travel to Madison, Wis., to face the Wisconsin Badgers (6-2, 3-1) in Camp Randall Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

FOOTBALL

Spartans aim to navigate through time of adversity

Since Le’Veon Bell stepped onto MSU’s campus three years ago, he’s only ever known one thing: winning. The running back is part of a junior class that was a part of MSU’s only back-to-back 11-win seasons in the program history, yet in the past six weeks, the MSU football team (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) almost has lost as many games as the team had in the previous two years combined, something Bell said has been difficult to deal with.

FOOTBALL

MSU, Wisconsin becoming new rivalry

There isn’t a trophy, or a name for it. It isn’t rooted in history, nor has it been named one of college football’s premier matchups. However, over the past few years a new rivalry has taken shape between the MSU football team (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) and Wisconsin (6-2, 3-1).

ICE HOCKEY

Anastos uses 'Scotty Bowman factor' when shuffling MSU's lines

Lately, Tom Anastos has been taking a line-shuffling note from Scotty Bowman’s book. Anastos, the MSU men’s hockey (1-2-1) head coach, has been mixing and matching linemates this season to see which players can click together. With 12 new players this year, it’s going to take a couple of tries until the MSU coaching staff can get it right.

BASEBALL

Tiger Fever

If there is one thing Mario Impemba remembers from when he was a student at MSU, it was getting together with friends to watch the 1984 Detroit Tigers sail through the playoffs and win the World Series.