Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham’s roles appeared to be in question for the season, but their 171 combined receiving yards helped the Green team to a 17-10 victory in the Spring Game and showed they can add to the receiver group.
On the same stage he was introduced as director of athletics two years ago, Mark Hollis stood in the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center and made one of the most groundbreaking announcements of his already influential tenure at MSU. Hollis, along with Todd Van Horne of Nike, introduced the athletic department’s brand and identity program Friday afternoon, which includes a new line of uniforms with consistent font, color, logos and numerals for all 25 varsity sports teams.
After 31 days and 14 practices, the MSU football team finally is ready to play its annual Spring Game at 1:30 p.m.
Last season, as junior Keith Nichol played backup to fellow junior Kirk Cousins at quarterback, he stressed that winning games was the most important thing for him. This spring, after making the switch to receiver, his priorities haven’t changed.
The challenge to replace former kicker Brett Swenson falls on redshirt freshman Kevin Muma and sophomore Dan Conroy, who are competing to handle kicking duties for the graduated Swenson.
For fans, Saturday’s annual Spring Game is a fall preview. For players, it’s their final chance to prove themselves on the field before fall camp.
For the MSU baseball team, May 20, 2009, feels a whole lot more recent than 11 months ago. The final game — a crushing 16-5 loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament — in a four-game season sweep at the hands of Illinois still lingers for of head coach Jake Boss Jr.
After placing 10th among 12 teams at last weekend’s Western Intercollegiate, the MSU men’s golf team will use this weekend’s event as a final tune-up before next weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis and look to gain momentum at home.
Coming off two straight second-place finishes at the Big Ten Championships, the No. 13 MSU women’s golf team would love nothing more than to have a shot at winning this weekend’s championships in Madison, Wis.
There is no better way to describe the MSU softball team’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of Northwestern than by looking at the stat line.
Not quite the three-day production that is the NFL Draft, MSU football players and coaches gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Skandalaris Football Center to select the Green and White teams for the Spartans’ Spring Game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
When the clock hits 7:30 p.m. Thursday, it will be the culmination of my entire football year. The NFL Draft is my Super Bowl because I’m a Detroit Lions fan, so the real Super Bowl isn’t something in which I realistically should invest my hopes and dreams.
Lindsey Hansen came to MSU from Valparaiso, Fla., intending to play third base, but with the departure of the starting shortstop, Hansen, then a sophomore, stepped in and didn’t miss a beat.
Nicole Curler’s mission for this weekend’s NCAA Championships is simple: Compete in the meet like she does in practice.
Tom Izzo did it first. Mark Dantonio is well on his way to doing it in three seasons. Now Jake Boss Jr. is making a case to be the next in line of MSU men’s sports head coaches to take the state.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part mock draft. The NFL Draft is fast approaching its 7:30 p.m.
Couple the MSU baseball team’s unexpected loss to Western Michigan in last week’s midweek nonconference battle and two losses in three games to Ohio State this weekend, and head coach Jake Boss Jr. expects the Spartans to be chomping at the bit when Western Michigan comes to Cooley Law School Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part mock draft. For Detroit Lions fans, this is the time of year our hopes are lifted and smashed all in the same weekend. Thanks to the NFL’s own version of the welfare state, the Lions consistently are awarded a top draft pick for being the league’s only professional Pop Warner squad.
Senior right fielder Eli Boike and junior first baseman Jeff Holm are responsible both crushed long home runs over the fence and near the banks of the river in right field on Sunday to help propel MSU to a 14-7 victory over Ohio State.
After getting pounded 12-3 Saturday and losing 7-3 Sunday, the Spartans (18-21 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) know they have a lot to improve upon to become a conference contender.