MSU junior forward Gavin Schilling made a complete return to practice Thursday for the first time since going down with a sprained toe in MSU's exhibition game against Ferris State on Nov. 9.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio was incorrectly identified as 'Mike' Dantonio on the most recent cover of Sports Illustrated.
The relationship between fifth-year senior quarterback Connor Cook and the tight end position began the day Cook was born. His father, Chris, was a tight end at Indiana University in the 1980s.
In MSU’s 42-41 win over Baylor in the Cotton Bowl last season, then-redshirt junior defensive tackle Joel Heath had a split sack with then-redshirt junior defensive tackle Shilique Calhoun and a split tackle-for-loss with then-redshirt junior linebacker Darien Harris.
Three MSU football players were named Associated Press All-Americans on Sunday. Fifth-year senior center Jack Allen was named first team, junior offensive tackle Jack Conklin was named second team and fifth-year senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun was named third team. In recent weeks, Allen, Conklin and Calhoun have all won national honors from other media outlets.
Toughness and grit. Those are the founding principals MSU men's basketball coach Tom Izzo brought to MSU back when he began as head coach in 1995, and probably best displayed by MSU's 2000 national championship team.
It started with a thrilling 79-73 victory over Kansas in Champions Classic on Nov. 17 in Chicago. It continued with a three-game tournament crown in California during Thanksgiving weekend, and a down-to-the-wire 71-67 victory over Louisville three days after that. And on Saturday, the No. 1 MSU basketball team (11-0) completed one of the toughest stretches of non conference schedules in the country, with a 58-52 victory over the Florida Gators. "Right now, they're learning how to deal with so many things," Izzo said of playing through a tough schedule, among other things such as the team's No. 1 ranking and . "We've played an enormous amount of games in a short period of time.
MSU leads the University of Florida Gators 27-25 at halftime, in a rematch of the 2000 national championship team. Senior forward Denzel Valentine led the way for MSU with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, while only shooting 2-8 from the field, including a couple of wide open jumpers.
Junior forward Joe Cox took a jab to the head, a stick to the leg, and three cross checks to the back.
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MSU hockey (5-9-2) can celebrate for the first time in over a month after a gutsy come from behind 4-3 victory over Wisconsin (3-7-5) on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena. “We needed to find a way to win and we found a way to win,” head coach Tom Anastos said.
The national championship game will commence Jan. 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona at University of Phoenix Stadium at 8:30 p.m. EST.
MSU’s miraculous last second touchdown off a botched punt attempt to defeat Michigan 27-23 was named play of the year Thursday night in a fan vote at ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards presentation. However, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio was on hand to accept it on Watts-Jackson’s behalf.
Nearly every member of the 2000 national champion MSU basketball team will be honored in a ceremony at current No. 1 MSU's game against the Florida Gators on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Breslin Center.
MSU hockey (4-9-2) has more or less swept its past four games under the rug; at least that’s the sentiment from the locker room as it prepares to take on Wisconsin (3-6-5) for a two game series at Munn Ice Arena this weekend. It’s a matchup of two desperate teams as neither has a win in it’s last five games.
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MSU Basketball’s 10-0 start can be chalked up to three things. Depth, chemistry, and defense. The three were on display wednesday night as MSU defeated now 1-8 Maryland Eastern Shore 78-35. Early in the season the games should’ve been labeled the Denzel Valentine show co-starring Bryn Forbes.
As fast of a start the undefeated and No. 1 MSU basketball team has gotten off to this season, it's been a bit of a slow one for MSU sophomore forward Marvin Clark Jr. After sitting out the first two games of the season while recovering from a foot surgery he had in September, Clark has struggled to get back to shape he was in last season. But his recent play has showed promise.
Some graduate students spend a lot of their time working or gazing at a computer screen. Community sustainability graduate student Samantha Loscalzo thinks it's good to provide a social and physical environment for graduate students to unwind at the end of a long week. After hearing about Greater Lansing Sport and Social Club Loscalzo decided to join and play the intense game of dodgeball.
The MSU Club Figure Skating team practices at Munn Ice Arena only once or twice a month as a team, but the girls themselves have to put in at least an hour of ice time every week.