ICE HOCKEY
Icers fall to Wildcats to tie weekend series 1-1
With its season on the line, a different Northern Michigan team showed up at Munn Ice Arena on Saturday night.
BASKETBALL
Fouled out: Badgers down MSU, 65-63
Indianapolis — In a span of three minutes, the MSU men’s basketball team lost four players and a 10-point lead.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers win first game in weekend series
The MSU hockey team has struggled in third periods at times this season. But against Northern Michigan on Friday night, the Spartans turned a one-goal game into a four-goal blowout, scoring three times in the final stanza to knock-off the Wildcats, 5-1, at Munn Ice Arena.
BASKETBALL
Neitzel shows worth in victory
Indianapolis — He didn’t take the leadership role and just run with it — he hopped on a horse and took off.
BASKETBALL
MSU jets past Ohio State, 67-60
Indianapolis — Through an up-and-down season, there’s one thing the MSU men’s basketball team has been able to do with every chance it’s had.
BASKETBALL
Reflections
From give-it-your-all plays to jerseys that make you dry heave, this season has had it all. We now present the best and worst of the 2007-08 men’s basketball regular season.
BASKETBALL
Team struggles on defense, but bench a nice surprise
The MSU women’s basketball team got off to a (very) slow start, going 2-4 in its first six Big Ten games.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans should have edge in series
Deputy Sports Editor Matt Bishop discusses the hockey team’s CCHA Quarterfinal series against Northern Michigan and the team’s NCAA Tournament hopes.
ICE HOCKEY
Several Icers earn CCHA honors
Junior goaltender Jeff Lerg was named first-team CCHA All-Conference on Wednesday while junior forward Tim Kennedy was named to the second team.
BASKETBALL
Spartans look to avenge Sunday loss
It’ll be a barn burner — two passionate squads with everything to prove.
BASKETBALL
Icers hope to erase 'bad taste' against Northern Michigan in CCHA Quarterfinals
There’s no better time than the playoffs to exact revenge on a team. A sweep by Northern Michigan essentially knocked the MSU hockey team out of the CCHA regular-season championship race in early February.
FOOTBALL
Players test stock in front of 39 scouts during NFL Pro Day
The State News caught up with former MSU wide receiver Devin Thomas and former MSU basketball stand-out Antonio Smith, who looks to enter the NFL at age 31, Wednesday at NFL Pro Day at Duffy Daugherty Football Building.
SPORTS
Landing a perfect 10 'indescribable'
Eighteen years of gymnastics paid off for senior Rhiannon Banda-Scott as she scored a perfect 10 on the vault at Sunday’s Senior Day, leading the Spartans to a 196.350-193.475 victory against New Hampshire.
SOFTBALL
MSU softball's Mondo named Big Ten Player of Week
MSU softball player Gina Mondo was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
SPORTS
MSU women's golf team gets honored
Golfweek magazine announced MSU senior Sara Brown as Player of the Week and the MSU women’s golf team as Team of the Week on Monday.
BASEBALL
Freshman starter making instant impact
Sometimes recruits don’t pan out regardless of how highly touted they are. But other times, they live up to all the hype surrounding them.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio is off to blazing start for 2009
What a difference one month makes. After National Signing Day on Feb. 6, MSU’s 2008 football recruiting class was criticized for not hitting enough home runs, but head coach Mark Dantonio has already blasted a grand slam out of the park for the 2009 class.
BASKETBALL
Indiana's White wins Big Ten Player of Year
Indiana Hoosiers senior forward D.J. White was announced as the Big Ten Player of the Year on Monday.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans preparing for CCHA tournament
After a week off, the MSU hockey team is ready to go. Standing in the way of a trip to Joe Louis Arena is one of the hottest teams in the nation, Northern Michigan, which knocked off Ohio State 6-1 on Sunday night to move into the quarterfinals.