After 31 NCAA Tournament appearances, nine Final Four berths and two national championships, MSU men's basketball was ranked the No. 13 all-time best basketball program, the Associated Press announced in its All-Time Top 100 list Wednesday.
In the latest report by USA Today Sports, Louisville’s Rick Pitino takes the top spot and MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo ranks fifth among coaches in this year’s NCAA Tournament by salary.
The 2017 McDonald's All-American Game, which showcases some of the best high school players across the country annually, was held Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago, Ill..
The American Volleyball Coaches Association, or AVCA, has named MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George to its Board of Directors.
Coming off a 3-2 loss to Western Michigan on Tuesday, the MSU baseball team currently sits at 15-6 on the season. Junior outfielder Brandon Hughes, who hit four home runs in the Spartans’ three-game series sweep of Illinois last weekend, including three in the third game of the series, was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week and also a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Gold Standard Performance of the Week as a result of his dominant performance. The junior from Sterling Heights, Mich.
The MSU Track and Field team kicked off the outdoor season in North Carolina last weekend at the Raleigh Relays.
MSU softball kicked off an 11-game home stand with their home opener and a 7-2 win against Western Michigan University. The season began on Feb. 10 and MSU has endured 26 straight road games, which mounted a 15-11 overall record. With their victory against the Broncos, the Spartans are now 16-11 overall, 0-3 in the Big Ten.
After a successful season to conclude her career in the green and white, MSU women's basketball's senior guard Tori Jankoska added another award to her name. The Freeland, Mich. native was named to the Associated Press honorable mention All-America team, according to a press release.
Coming off a three-game series sweep of Illinois in which the Spartans combined for 41 runs during the weekend, the Spartans went through pitching changes, but couldn’t find a way to win as they fell 3-2 to Western Michigan Tuesday. The Spartans finished the game with six pitching changes.
It has been 55 days since MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s last press conference on National Signing Day Feb. 1.
After a 4-0 week for MSU baseball, two Spartans received honors for their contributions throughout the week. Junior outfielder Brandon Hughes collected two national honors after a breakout performance against Illinois on Sunday, belting three home runs. Freshman outfielder and left-hander Bryce Kelley also received his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.
Follow along with The State News live blog as head MSU football coach Mark Dantonio addresses th e media for the first time since Feb.
The MSU baseball team traveled to Champaign, Ill. over the weekend for a three-game set to open league play and swept the Fighting Illini for the first time in school history. In the series, the Spartans (15-5, 3-0 Big Ten) outscored Illinois 41-11 and took take lone possession of the best overall record in the Big Ten.
Following a 7-10-1 season in the fall, the MSU women’s soccer team started its spring season off strong with a 5-1 win over Bowling Green State University.
One future Spartan would leave the Breslin Center on Saturday with the MHSAA Class A state championship title. It was only a matter of who.
On a cold, overcast afternoon at DeMartin Soccer Stadium, the MSU women's soccer team played their first game of the spring season, beating Bowling Green State University 5-1.
Grand Rapids Christian high school senior forward and MSU-commit Xavier Tillman only scored 5 points on Friday, but he doesn't care. His team blew out the Romulus high school Eagles Friday afternoon 74-52 in the MSHAA Class A championship semifinals at the Breslin Center. Grand Rapids Christian, also nicknamed the Eagles, will play Clarkston Saturday for the state championship title.
The sight of green and white and maize and blue jerseys square off at the Breslin Center is a familiar sight for most spectators, but the teams on the floor weren't. Clarkston's senior point guard and MSU verbal-commit Foster Loyer scored a game-high 32 points to help lead Clarkston high school (25-1 overall) on Friday past the West Bloomfield Lakers (17-8 overall) 78-35 in the MSHAA Class A state championship semifinals.
When former Spartan Montae Nicholson stepped onto the podium to talk with the media on Wednesday after MSU’s Pro Day, there was something different about him.
Senior guard for MSU women's basketball, Tori Jankoska, was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, or WBCA, All-Region team.