FOOTBALL
Linebacker becomes 3rd generation Spartan
Some people are raised to be Spartans fans. Others are born to wear the Green and White.
FOOTBALL
4-star linebacker headlines 2010 class
It wasn’t the physicality of the sport that first piqued William Gholston’s interest in football. Nor was it the athleticism or precision the players displayed on the field.
BASKETBALL
Rivalry with Carolina continues tonight
A rivalry has been developing between the basketball programs at MSU and North Carolina the past few seasons. Tuesday the Tar Heels men’s basketball team continued its dominance by beating MSU for the third time in the past two seasons.
BASKETBALL
Women's hoops offers free tickets
The MSU women’s basketball team announced Wednesday that fans who show their MSU Federal Credit Union credit/debit card at the Breslin Center ticket office today will receive two free tickets to tonight’s 8:30 p.m. game between No. 22 MSU and No. 4 North Carolina.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Northern Michigan in midst of growing rivalry
It might not be as intense as the Michigan rivalry, but the MSU vs. Northern Michigan rivalry is growing.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans look to make most of second chance
Sometimes it takes a second chance to finish what’s been started. After going 12-0 in nonconference games to open the year, the MSU volleyball team struggled through a 5-15 Big Ten season, but kept fighting through the end of the season and was rewarded with an invitation to this season’s NCAA Tournament — a second opportunity.
BASKETBALL
Spartans fall to Tar Heels after poor 1st half
It has become all too predictable. Each time the MSU men’s basketball team has met North Carolina on the national stage in recent history, the Tar Heels have had their way with a Spartans team that routinely has appeared bewildered and overmatched.
FOOTBALL
8 more players suspended
Eight additional MSU football players were suspended from the team Monday after university officials identified them as being present at the Nov. 22 assault in Rather Hall.
SPORTS
73 Spartans named Big Ten Academic Fall honorees
Seventy-three MSU student athletes were named to the Big Ten Fall Academic All-Confernece teams, the conference announced Tuesday, giving the Spartans the fourth-most honorees out the 11 Big Ten teams.
VOLLEYBALL
Abron receives annual Big Ten honor
MSU volleyball sophomore middle blocker Kyndra Abron was named to the First Team All-Big Ten following a strong season around the net for the Spartans.
ICE HOCKEY
No. 11 Spartans not hitting panic button
There’s no need to panic. That’s the message MSU head coach Rick Comley is filtering down to his No. 11 MSU hockey team — even though the Spartans are winless in their last four games (0-3-1).
SPORTS
8 members of football team suspended Monday for being present during Rather Hall incident
Eight members of the MSU football team were suspended by head coach Mark Dantonio on Monday following the ongoing results of an investigation by MSU police into a Nov.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans head to N.C. for NCAA title game rematch
Aside from common articles and pronouns, one word resounded in head coach Tom Izzo’s weekly press conference more than any other: embarrassed.
FOOTBALL
Weis out at Notre Dame, players to vote on bowl game
Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis was fired after five seasons, it was announced at a press conference Monday.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey team drops in USCHO polls
The MSU hockey team dropped three spots in the national rankings released Tuesday after a disappointing Thanksgiving weekend.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU falls to No. 9 after upset loss
The MSU men’s basketball team fell to No. 9 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday, while Kansas remained atop the poll for the third straight week.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Merchant sees positive signs in early tournament games
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant pointed to junior forward Kalisha Keane as her team’s biggest x-factor during its two wins in the Junkanoo Jam last weekend.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Big Ten out to prove it can compete with ACC
For the past few seasons, head coach Tom Izzo vehemently has defended the Big Ten, saying the conference is as strong as any in the country.
FOOTBALL
Updated bowl projections: Big Ten could receive 2 BCS bids
During a week when only one Big Ten team played and a lot changed in the bowling world — of football, that is.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers winless in past 4 games
Road bumps were bound to materialize in the No. 8 MSU hockey team’s season. With the Spartans starting 14 underclassmen in each game, MSU head coach Rick Comley said this season’s red-hot start, in which the Spartans went 9-2-2, eventually would hit a wall.