As you might expect from a team that had to replace 98.7 percent of its scoring from last season, Indiana has experienced more than a few growing pains this season.
The comforting confines of the locker room and the shouts of encouragement from friendly fans have become distant memories for the MSU hockey team.
The only question following Wednesday night’s game between the MSU men’s basketball team and Minnesota was which Durrell Summers highlight play would find itself on the chopping room floor.
Profiles of the 23 players that have signed the National Letter of intent for next year.
When MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio tells his players their hard work will pay off, he can point to MSU’s 2009 recruiting class as a prime example.
Two consecutive home losses for the first time since the 1996-97 season have led MSU head coach Tom Izzo to admit the shell of his team has been slightly shaken. In the last two games at Breslin Center, the Spartans have dealt with hot shooters and an array of shots that would have won numerous HORSE championships in their losses to both Northwestern (70-63 on Jan.
Just a few short years after landing at MSU and guaranteeing that the Spartans would be a contender in the Big Ten and for recruiting in the Midwest, football head coach Mark Dantonio has held true to his word.
All signs are pointing to the return of Corey Tropp to the MSU hockey team next season. Tropp is coming back to school to take classes and stay eligible for a possible reinstatement to the team at the conclusion of this season. If reinstated, he will be a junior.
MSU women’s soccer freshman forward Laura Heyboer was named Freshman of the Year by SoccerBuzz.com, the Web site announced last week.
As if the agony over Sunday’s loss to Penn State wasn’t enough, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo slapped himself with another punishment: He didn’t allow himself to watch the Super Bowl.
The No. 66 MSU women’s tennis team dropped both of its contests this weekend at the ITA Indoor Kickoff Weekend in Los Angeles, losing to No. 10 Southern Cal and No. 60 St. Mary’s.
First-year MSU baseball coach Jake Boss Jr. couldn’t wait for the 2009 season to start. He and his team were so excited, in fact, that they started at the soonest possible moment.
The MSU wrestling team notched its first win in the Big Ten this season in an exciting fashion Friday, upsetting No. 17 Wisconsin 25-17 at Jenison Field House.
For some reason, the MSU men’s basketball team can’t win at home. Blame it on bad defense, young players’ belief in entitlement, or just a rash of bad luck and banked-in 3-pointers, but the No. 9 Spartans (17-4 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) now find themselves in the midst of what no MSU team has had to deal with in more than 10 years — a losing streak at Breslin Center.
For the first time since 1995-96, the MSU hockey team lost twice in a single season to Lake Superior. The 2-0 loss on Friday coupled with the 4-2 loss on Saturday extended the Spartans’ losing streak to five games.
Head coach Kathy Klages always tells her gymnasts if they’re ever worried about the sport jeopardizing their future, it’s time to get out. So when Megan Bergland realized she couldn’t bend down to pick up her younger brother, she knew her career was over.
All season long, Kalin Lucas has thrived under the pressure of late game situations. So with seven seconds left and his team trailing Penn State by two, he knew it was his shot to take.
Sault Ste. Marie — The MSU hockey team had a two goal lead with 52 seconds remaining in the first period. But Lake Superior scored four unanswered goals on the Spartans en route to a 4-2 win at Taffy Abel Arena.
Sault Ste. Marie — A goal from 110 feet away put Saturday’s game out of reach for the MSU hockey team.
The MSU women’s basketball team came out running in its 68-56 victory over Iowa on Thursday. The Spartans took advantage of their depth early and often running Iowa up and down the floor from the tip, wearing the Hawkeyes down while using their size advantage to get rebounds and points in the paint.