The waiting is over. Arguably one of the most important summers in NBA history kicked off at midnight, when free agency officially began. Led by LeBron James, one of the best players in the world, the 2010 class of free agents is loaded with talent and could completely change the current landscape of the NBA.
The MSU volleyball team, which returns 11 letterwinners from its 2009 squad, announced its schedule for the 2010 season Tuesday. Playing a tough schedule, the Spartans will face nine of the 21 teams in last season’s NCAA Tournament and three of the four NCAA Semifinal teams.
For some of the early entries, such as No. 1 pick John Wall, leaving school for the NBA was an easy decision. However, not every player who left school early was happy with his decision on draft night.
After going undrafted in Thursday’s 2010 NBA Draft, former MSU forward Raymar Morgan was invited to play for the Washington Wizards in the NBA Summer League. The Wizards will play five games in the league, which runs July 9-18 in Las Vegas. Morgan likely will get the chance to play with John Wall, whom the Wizards picked No. 1 overall in the draft.
Landon Donovan’s extra time goal lifted the United States past Algeria in the 2010 World Cup and sent the 100 or so spectators in the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center into a frenzy. There’s little doubt the actions of the U.S. National Team left an impact greater than on the hundreds of young soccer players gathered at MSU to watch the all-important game Wednesday.
Landon Donovan is the one U.S. soccer player even the most casual soccer fans — or non-fans — know. The weight that’s carried with his name makes the goal against Algeria on Wednesday morning so much more special. He once was just the name of U.S. soccer for people who didn’t follow the sport and an underperforming star in the eyes of true fans. But now, he might become the first sports hero from the increasingly popular American sport — soccer.
For the fourth consecutive year, MSU students and fans can vote for the design of the football student section T-shirt, which comes along with the student season ticket package. Three different designs for both the front and back of the 2010 edition of the shirt are posted on msuspartans.com for voting, which will continue through July 14.
Recognized for their excellence on the playing field last season, MSU football linebacker Greg Jones and field hockey midfielder Floor Rijpma were named the George Alderton Male and Female Athletes of the Year, MSU announced Monday. The award is given to the top male and female Spartan athlete at the end of each year.
Voting has begun for the design of the 2010 MSU football student section T-shirt. For the fourth year in a row, fans can vote for different designs on the front and back of the T-shirt that comes with the purchase of student season tickets.
Head coach Jake Boss Jr. and the MSU baseball team are offering three camps this summer at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field. Registration for all camps can be completed at sportcamps.msu.edu.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio presented the senior linebacker Greg Jones with a plaque to be put on the wall of Skandalaris Football Center for being named a first-team All-American last season, when Jones recorded a Big Ten leading 154 tackles and nine sacks on his way to earning All-American honors.
Three future MSU football players participated in the 30th annual Michigan High School All-Star Football Game at Spartan Stadium, which featured 88 of the best senior players in the state.
The fifth annual Spartan Football Fantasy Camp was held Tuesday and Wednesday and allowed 15 adult men to live out their dream of being coached by MSU football coaches and playing at Spartan Stadium
Last Friday, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany announced Nebraska as the 12th member of the conference, and since then, he and other conference officials have talked a lot about how well Nebraska fits the Big Ten profile. Here is a look at how Nebraska fits in the Big Ten athletically in five of the most prominent college sports.
Jake Chelios, brother of MSU sophomore forward Dean Chelios, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the MSU hockey team next fall. After one season in the United States Hockey League, during which he scored 12 goals and had 22 assists in 52 games, Jake Chelios decided to join three other MSU recruits in signing letters of intent for next fall.
A standout soccer player in high school, psychology and kinesiology senior Alexandria Jamison said she could have played college soccer somewhere else, but decided to come to MSU instead. Within her first year on campus, she was introduced to rugby, the game she now loves, at a women’s rugby football club practice that she almost didn’t attend.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant, a former high school basketball honorable mention All-American, was inducted into the Traverse City Central High School Hall of Fame on Friday.
Deciding to forgo his senior season for the MSU baseball team, shortstop Jonathan Roof signed a contract Saturday with the Texas Rangers.
Starting Tuesday, the Spartan Ticket Office will begin accepting new football season-ticket applications from the general public.
The Office for International Students and Scholars, or OISS, hosts a broadcast of the World Cup every four years as a way for international students to get together and cheer for their favorite teams. After success in 2006, OISS faculty decided to place a projection screen in the Crossroads Food Court to allow students from around the world to watch the World Cup action, which will continue until July 11.