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.
With an overall score of 194.474, the MSU gymnastics team took third on Friday at No. 3 Florida. Freshman Victoria Iakounina scored highest for MSU on both vault and bars.
West Lafayette, Ind. - With the game at stake, MSU coach Tom Izzo said there's no player he'd rather have at the free-throw line than Alan Anderson. And why not?
The No. 20 MSU women's basketball team finally broke through against a top 10 team, beating No.
It's crunch time for next season's football recruitment, and the Spartans already have an impressive array of commitments.
Columbus, Ohio - Paced by freshman defenseman A.J. Thelen's 4-point weekend, the MSU hockey team swept No.
MSU wrestling struggled again this weekend in its attempt to make a showing against additional ranked opponents. On Friday, the team dropped its first Big Ten competition, falling 22-16 to No.
The MSU women's tennis team captured its first win of the season on Saturday and followed up with another victory on Sunday to bring its season record to 2-2. In the Spartans' home opener, the team defeated Bowling Green 6-1, taking all three doubles matches and five of the six singles matches.
Three Spartans from the women's track and field team earned medals on Saturday at the Red Simmons Invite in Ann Arbor. Junior Mickie Rzepka captured the pole vault with a jump of 12-06, while freshman Cynetheia Rooks and senior Sarah Adelaine finished second and third in the 400-meter dash and the weight throw, respectively. The men's team enjoyed success at the meet as well, with senior team captain Steve Manz leading the pack with a first-place shot put throw of 59-00.
Junior captain Jim Slater knows Ohio State has MSU's number. In their last six meetings with the Spartans, the Buckeyes hold a 4-0-2 advantage, including two wins earlier this season.