Michigan State Spartans

He also was ordered to undergo 30 days of alcohol tests after news surfaced in court that Leggett recently made a post on Facebook, a social networking site, that referred to "drunk texting."

A Michigan State backcourt deemed by most preseason magazines as the country's best now appears to be the one which has been disciplined the most.

A Michigan State backcourt deemed by most preseason magazines as the country's best now appears to be the most disciplined. Coach Tom Izzo said the junior won't play Friday in MSU's first game of the Big Ten tournament.

Former Michigan State running back Ashton Leggett was sentenced to 18 months of probation and 150 hours of community service in an altercation.

NEW YORK — Notre Dame wants to remain independent in football, but that might not matter if the Big Ten and Pac-10 decide to expand and create sweeping changes to major college sports.

Guard Chris Allen has been suspended for at least the first game of the Big Ten tournament for what Tom Izzo called a "violation of team rules."

Michigan State enters the 2010 Big Ten Tournament as the No. 3 seed, having captured a share of the regular season championship. The Spartans will play the winner of the Minnesota/Penn State game on Friday night. MSU has not played the Gophers since the seventh game of the conference season on Jan. 23, whereas the Spartans have played the Nittany Lions twice in the last month, including just last Thursday in East Lansing. MSU is looking to capture its third Big Ten Tournament title, having previously won the 1999 and 2000 tournaments.

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2010 Big Ten Tournament Bracket

Michigan State will send six divers to this weekend's NCAA Zone C Diving Meet, hosted by Purdue University, March 12-14. Ivan Zalessov and David Garry will join Kayla Kalmbach, Sarah Clay, Sarah Mory and Ashley Borgman at this year's meet for the right to compete in this year's NCAA Championships, set for March 25-27.

Michigan State freshman starter Andrew Waszak went five innings, struck out three and gave up six hits en route to picking up his first collegiate victory as the Spartans defeated Samford, 7-4, on Tuesday night in Birmingham, Ala. Reliever Kurtis Frymier came on with one out in the ninth and retired all three batters he faced to earn his second save of the year as MSU improved to 7-4. Samford is now 7-5.

Even though Tinley Park (Ill.) Andrew had two FBS/D1 signees a year ago, junior defensive end Chris O'Connor did not see a first offer coming his way, but it did recently, when a Big Ten school became the first.

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Evan Mulrooney is an offensive lineman from Wilmington, Del., that could end up playing pretty much any position on the line of scrimmage except for left tackle at the collegiate level. He recently picked up his first written offer from Maryland and talked about them and his other options with Scout.com on Tuesday night.

(14 Aug 2009)--The bookies in Vegas have opened up their lines for the debut of the 2009 college football season; alas, MSU isn't listed because we are playing out of the division. According to the...

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(14 Aug 2009)--The ES thanks the Subway Domer for chiming in about the Notre Dame - Michigan State matchup, dominated by the Spartans in the last decade. Domer predicts a 24-17 Irish win in a...

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(12 Aug 2009)--As noted by the ES earlier in the week, MSU does play Youngstown State in 2011, and Northern Colorado in 2010... MSU Football has released schedules for 2010 and 2011... watering down...

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Izzo is reportedly in the hunt for 6′7″ shooting guard Russell Byrd out of Fort Wayne (a 2010 recruit), as is John Beilein. Byrd’s father indicates Iowa is currently the leader, though. This quote from Mr. Byrd is enlightening regarding Izzo’s plans for the next two recruiting classes: “They said they had three scholarships [...]

With the Tigers’ odds of contending for a playoff spot rapidly dwindling to naught, the five months until the 2008-09 MSU basketball season begins are looking even longer to me than they otherwise would. Nonetheless, let’s look ahead to how the team fits together, at least on paper. I’ve now provided my thoughts on all [...]