MSU men's tennis team plays three home games in two days this weekend. The team will compete against Louisville on Saturday and Wake Forest and Valparaiso on Sunday. The No.
MSU men's and women's track and field teams will travel to South Bend, Ind. today to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
MSU wrestling will face No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Iowa this weekend. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines last year when the teams met at Jenison Field House.
This weekend marks the start of a crucial matchup between two of the top three teams in the CCHA.
Spartans football landed yet another top junior college recruit for the 2004 season. Kenny Jackson, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound wide receiver from Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, Calif., said he couldn't have pictured himself anywhere but East Lansing. "Going to MSU was something I had always been interested in," Jackson said.
In the final leg of a three-game road trip, the No. 18 MSU women's basketball team faces Illinois. The Spartans (15-3 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) will be tested again, coming off an upset win at then-No.
While sports fans everywhere are gearing up for Super Sunday, three Spartan football players will represent MSU in college football's North vs.
MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton received the eighth annual Terry Flanagan Memorial Award from the American Hockey Coaches Association.
MSU redshirt freshman grappler Andy Simmons will attend the 38th Annual National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on Monday.
One of the nation's most highly touted offensive tackles still is considering signing with MSU, his team's defensive coordinator said Wednesday. Chicago's Roland Martin of William R.
MSU women's swimming and diving (1-7) will end its season this weekend by hosting Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oakland. The women's team will begin action against the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish at 5 p.m.
As MSU prepares for its pivotal matchup at Minnesota, one would think the Spartans are drawing up a detailed blueprint designed to stop the Golden Gophers' star freshman forward Kris Humphries, who is leading the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding. Actually, MSU coach Tom Izzo said the game's outcome would more likely hinge on the production of Minnesota's other players. "I think we have to contain Humphries, not stop him," Izzo said.
The Spartans' football recruiting class just got a little bit bigger - literally. On Monday, offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland received news of the Spartans' 25th commitment for the 2004 recruiting class: Offensive tackle Jesse Miller of Somerville High School in New Jersey. The 6-foot-6, 275-pound Miller was hosted by William Whitticker when he visited East Lansing last weekend.
A few days ago, I sat and watched a couple of my colleagues watching the MSU vs. Purdue men's basketball game.
Spartan quarterback Jeff Smoker will be one of eight college football standouts to compete in the Capital One College Football All-Star Challenge. Other contenders include U-M stars quarterback John Navarre and running back Chris Perry and Notre Dame running back Julius Jones. The challenge features a series of events where the players will compete in groups of two at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. FOX will air the special at 12:30 p.m.
For the first time since Nov. 17, the MSU hockey team is getting recognition from the national media.
MSU head football coach John L. Smith invites Spartans fans to join him and his coaching staff on Feb.
The No. 18 MSU women's basketball team wins with team defense and team rebounding. The numbers sometimes can be deceiving, but not so with the Spartans this season.
MSU gymnastics fell to Illinois Sunday afternoon but managed to tally the 13th-highest score in school history. The team captured the vault competition while sophomore Sarah Alexander won the overall title and took first in the floor exercise competition. The Spartans will compete next against Michigan at 7 p.m.
This isn't where MSU head coach Tom Izzo saw his team 16 games into the season. The Spartans (8-8 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) are out of the rankings and have been since mid-December.