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All-star game sets scary pattern for baseballs future
The 73rd annual Major League Baseball All-Star game and festivities were definitely a night to remember.
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Gianiodis promoted to associate head coach
MSU swimming head coach Jim Lutz announced the promotion of assistant swimming coach Matt Gianiodis to associate head coach.
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Skate park fuels growing skateboarding popularity
They flip, dip, turn and twist on rails, concrete or any surface they can get their hands on.And they do it on four wheels.They are the skateboarders of America - an increasingly popular sport that is taking over the East Lansing and Lansing areas.“I used to be a surfer, but since I’m stuck in Michigan, skateboarding is the next best thing,” MSU-Detroit College of Law junior Rich Decky said.
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Jorgensen takes 1st at Pinehurst
MSU senior golfer Eric Jorgensen walked away from the 102nd annual North and South Men’s Amateur golf tournament Friday with the tournament title. The tournament took place at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, the site of the 1999 U.S.
BASEBALL
Lugnuts avoid extra innings, keep sweep intact
Lansing - The Lansing Lugnuts continued their domination of the Clinton LumberKings on Sunday with a 4-3 victory at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.
ICE HOCKEY
Mason brings coachs touch
The waters have been calmed, the ship has been righted and now there’s a new captain. MSU athletics director Ron Mason has taken over the controls of MSU sports, and said he doesn’t expect a lot of change. Mason officially took over duties of the department Monday, after former athletics director Clarence Underwood ended his 23 years of work with MSU and more than three years at the helm of MSU sports. Despite some tumultuous times, Mason and others credit Underwood with bringing unity and direction to the athletics department. “I’m not coming in here with any grand plan,” Mason said.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Cavaliers set for rematch in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Neither team walked away victorious the last time the MSU men’s basketball team and Virginia took the court.
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Flying the frantic skies for 2002 World Cup, to Korea and back
Narita, Japan - Normally, wearing a bright neon-yellow soccer jersey would make you stick out like a sore thumb.
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Spartans find success at Open
Senior golfers Eric Jorgensen and John Koskinen placed in the top 10 at the Detroit Newspapers Michigan Open.The tournament was held June 24-27 at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa’s Bear Course in Traverse City.Jorgensen was tied for second place going into the final round, with a three-day total of 210 (69-72-69), but shot a 77 on the final day of the tourney.
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Pagel shines on Foreign Tour
Everywhere she went, Julie Pagel received a hero’s welcome. Despite language barriers, the MSU junior forward and the rest of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Foreign Tour team were well-received as they traveled across Europe on June 14-24 to play against teams from Belgium and Holland.
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Lugnuts take weekend series 3-1
The Lansing Lugnuts continued its strong start to the second half by taking three of four from the West Michigan Whitecaps in a four-game, home-and-home series.The Lugnuts (7-4 second half, 44-37 overall) won the first three games of the series before losing 6-5 in a 15-inning marathon Sunday at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park.
BASEBALL
Malek reaches Gibsonesque level
Not since 1978 has a Spartan baseball player earned first-team All-American honors. Thanks to Bob Malek, that streak has been obliterated.
BASKETBALL
Former U star goes late in draft
After watching the 2002 NBA Draft for more than three hours and seeing 10 point guards selected, Marcus Taylor was finally taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 52nd pick. The 6-foot-3 guard is the third underclassmen the MSU men’s basketball team has lost to the NBA in the last two years and the 51st Spartan to be drafted.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans nab brothers from Lake Superior State
A pair of Nightingales will soon migrate south to East Lansing, and the Spartan hockey team will be the beneficiary of the move. Adam Nightingale, a forward for Lake Superior State, is transferring to MSU, and his little brother, Jared Nightingale, has signed a National Letter of Intent with the Spartans and will be a freshman in the fall. Per NCAA transfer rules, Adam Nightingale will not be allowed to play for a season, but can practice with the team.
BASKETBALL
NBA draft to determine Taylors fate
Judgment day has arrived for NBA Draft hopefuls.Only 57 aspirants will hear their names called tonight in the 2002 NBA Draft at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
BASEBALL
Pitching success drives Lugnuts
The Lansing Lugnuts’ pitching staff ranks near the top of the Midwest League, even with the loss of four quality pitchers.Angel Guzman, Mark Carter, Adam Wynegar, and Eric Brown have taken their collective 14-5 record to the Single A Daytona Cubs, but the Lugnuts (3-2 second half, 40-34 overall) still hold a 3.20 ERA this season - third best in the Midwest League.The task of making up for those lost pitchers goes to pitching coach Mike Anderson, in his second year with the Lugnuts.It might seem losing pitchers of that caliber would be an enormous burden on the team, but Anderson said it’s just a part of the minor league system.“That’s what it’s all about,” Anderson said.
ICE HOCKEY
5 Spartans chosen in NHL draft
Jim Slater sat in the Air Canada Centre for several hours Saturday, in disbelief about what was unfolding in front of him.Slater, a sophomore center at MSU, was projected as a solid first-round pick in this weekend’s NHL Entry Draft in Toronto.
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Pagel shines during Foreign Tour
Led by junior forward Julie Pagel, the women’s Big Ten All-Star team is a perfect 4-0 in its Foreign Tour.The team picked up its fourth win in a 101-90 victory over Euronyl Waregem on Saturday.
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Spartans compete at U.S. championship
Women’s track and field sent two athletes to the U.S. Junior and Senior National Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif.Senior tri-captain Sherita Williams competed in the senior nationals triple jump, and freshman Michelle Rzepka competed in the junior nationals pole vault.Williams set school records in both the long jump (20’ 1/2”) and triple jump (42’ 3/4”). Williams was named Big Ten conference champion for the latter, earning All-Big Ten first team honors and finishing 12th at the NCAA Championships, earning first team All-American.Williams finished ninth overall in the triple jump with a 42’ 1 1/4” jump.Rzepka, who holds the school record in the pole vault at 12’0”, made her first appearance at the U.S.
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U.S. bows out with heads held high
Ulsan, South Korea - Like great performers always do, the U.S. soccer team saved its best for last. Unfortunately it just wasn’t enough. So after making its longest run at the World Cup in nearly 75 years, the United States bowed out with a loss in an epic 1-0 battle with Germany. “The U.S.