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SPORTS

Morrall, Gibson honored at First Pitch Dinner

In MSU athletics lore, Kirk Gibson and Earl Morrall stand head and shoulders above most for their time in East Lansing and beyond. Nearly 600 people came out to honor Morrall and Gibson at the 2012 MSU Baseball First Pitch Dinner Saturday at the Kellogg Center.

BASKETBALL

Nix, Payne work together, see results

Last year, Derrick Nix and Garrick Sherman made for a unique friendship. This season, with Sherman now at Notre Dame, Nix — a junior center for the No. 10 men’s basketball team — has paired with sophomore center Adreian Payne to make up a new age Bash Brother combination. Nix and Payne have utilized their vastly different styles of play to help the Spartans (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) stay atop the conference standings.

ICE HOCKEY

Column: MSU is two-faced, real identity unknown

Whenever I start to get a grasp of the MSU hockey team, it makes a quantum leap in a different direction. Like a schizophrenic uncle or a cranky girlfriend, the team shifts personalities on a dime and leaves spectators and media wondering which version is the real one. So, which one is it?

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Izzo's job more than wins

Four hundred college basketball wins. That’s 400 more wins than I’ll likely ever accumulate in my lifetime, but still more than 500 less than Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. And that’s enough to make Tom Izzo feel like 400 isn’t very many.