Volleyball focused on Northwestern
With an unusual one-match weekend on its hands, the MSU volleyball team is able to focus all of its efforts on strategies to take down No. 20 Northwestern.
With an unusual one-match weekend on its hands, the MSU volleyball team is able to focus all of its efforts on strategies to take down No. 20 Northwestern.
Three of the four games left in the regular season are conference games, starting with a trip Friday to take on No. 6 Ohio State.
In its first of two matchups this season, the MSU volleyball team fell, 3-1, to No. 15 Michigan on Wednesday night at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor.
A probation officer for senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker recommended Wednesday the player serve 21 days in jail for breaking his year-long probation that stemmed from involvement in a November 2009 assault, according to court records.
After a disappointing finish to last season, the No. 20 MSU hockey team is ready to get a new season underway as the Spartans welcome No. 8 Maine to Munn Ice Arena Thursday and Friday.
Coming off a 33-13 win against Penn State last weekend, Illinois enters Saturday’s game at MSU as confident as it’s been in a long time and looking for its second road upset. Here are four key matchups in Saturday’s game.
MSU and Minnesota will represent the Big Ten in the inaugural Super Six Series in 2010, the conference office announced Wednesday.
In a field of 200 runners at the Michigan Intercollegiate Championships, redshirt freshman Travis Borchard raced to 17th place and his first Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Weekaward.
Sophomore cross country runner Kristen Smith earned Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week honors after finishing fifth in the Michigan Intercollegiate Championships, the conference office announced Tuesday.
The No. 21 MSU men’s soccer team struck once early and went on a scoring barrage late in the second half to defeat Western Michigan, 5-0, Wednesday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker was arrested early Sunday morning for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and causing property damage with a vehicle.
After consecutive NCAA Tournament runs that ended in defeat at the Final Four, there is one thing on the minds of the MSU men’s basketball players as they prepare for the upcoming season: Finish the job by winning the national championship.
The MSU run defense has had its fair share of opportunities to prove itself to start the Big Ten season. After shutting down Wisconsin and Michigan, the Spartans will face another strong running team in Illinois.
Coming off its second-straight Big Ten road loss, the No. 21 MSU men’s soccer team will look to gain some confidence in a midweek, nonconference home match against Western Michigan at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Not since she was a freshman has Becca Zlabis seen her team take down Michigan. But the junior outside hitter said she expects the MSU volleyball team’s preparation this week to put itself in a position to do some damage against its in-state rival Wednesday night.
When football head coach Mark Dantonio briefly addressed the media at Skandalaris Football Center on Sunday, he said he already is looking ahead to No. 13 MSU’s homecoming matchup against Illinois next Saturday.
Going into its first and only exhibition game, the MSU hockey team expected the defense to lead the way to a successful season. But after Friday’s 5-3 loss to Western Ontario, head coach Rick Comley is trying to figure out his team.
I’m going to change things a bit this week. I don’t need to explain why there was no good in the NFL on Sunday. When the Detroit Lions win, let alone in blowout fashion, you know it was a bad week for the NFL. Welcome to the bad and the extremely ugly of week five.
After being cut by the Washington Redskins on Saturday, former second-round pick and MSU wide receiver Devin Thomas was picked up by the Carolina Panthers.
In the final moments of No. 13 MSU’s 34-17 win against Michigan, as MSU fans chanted loudly and were the only voice heard in the Big House, one thing became apparent: MSU has a stranglehold on this rivalry.