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Michigan State Sets Record With 7 All-Big Ten Soccer Honors

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 5 Michigan State women’s soccer collected a program-best seven Big Ten postseason honors on Tuesday, two days before the Spartans open conference tournament play. Four Spartans made the All-Big Ten first team for a second year in a row. Kennedy Bell, a senior forward, and Kayla Briggs, a senior midfielder,

No. 6 Michigan State Starts Izzo’s 32nd Season

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State opens its men’s basketball season Monday night at the Breslin Center, where the sixth-ranked Spartans host Quinnipiac in the first meeting ever between the programs. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Tom Izzo starts his 32nd season as head coach and has called this roster possibly the deepest he

Michigan State Volleyball Falls to Indiana in Five

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State volleyball had No. 19 Indiana on the ropes Friday night, taking the first two sets at Breslin Center, before the Hoosiers stormed back to win in five. Michigan State won the opening sets 25-19 and 25-15, then dropped the next three by scores of 19-25, 19-25 and 7-15. The

Rutgers Ends Michigan State Soccer Unbeaten Home Run

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State men soccer had gone all season without losing at DeMartin Stadium. Rutgers ended that run Friday, beating the No. 8 Spartans 4-1 on the night the program honored its seniors. The Spartans are now 10-3-3, with a 5-2-2 Big Ten mark and a 7-1-3 home record, ending hopes of

Second MSU Trustee Sues Over Board Ethics Code Speech Rules

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — A second elected member of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees has gone to federal court over the board’s rewritten ethics code, arguing it punishes trustees for publicly disagreeing with the majority and campus leadership. Balow brought his case Wednesday in the federal court that covers western Michigan. The defendants

360 Michigan Schools Earn MI HEARTSafe Status

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — State health officials recognized 360 Michigan schools on Friday for being ready to respond when a student, coach or visitor goes into cardiac arrest, handing out MI HEARTSafe designations at a ceremony held at the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The state health department said 133 of this year’s honorees are

No. 6 Michigan State Held to 1-1 Draw by No. 7 Washington

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Sixth-ranked Michigan State took an early lead and outshot its visitors by more than two to one, but No. 7 Washington left DeMartin Stadium with a 1-1 draw on Friday night in a game with first place in the Big Ten at stake. Senior forward Andrew Darakdjian opened the scoring in

Michigan State Turns to Unbeaten UCLA After Close Losses

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Two weeks of near misses at Spartan Stadium leave Michigan State facing its toughest assignment yet. Coach Pat Fitzgerald used his Monday news conference to close the book on a 24-21 loss to Northwestern, the program he used to lead, and turn the page to a Saturday trip to No. 9

Michigan State and Michigan Start Season Ranked in Top 25

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Both of Michigan’s Big Ten basketball powers start the 2026-27 season in the national rankings. Michigan State checks in at No. 6 in the preseason men’s Top 25 released Monday, and Michigan, the defending national champion, sits at No. 16. No team in the region is ranked higher than the Spartans.

Michigan State Hosts UConn in Top-10 Exhibition at Breslin

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Exhibition games rarely come with this much history. Michigan State welcomes UConn to the Breslin Center on Tuesday at 7 p.m., a preseason matchup between two top-five-caliber programs that met with a lot more on the line last March. Tuesday’s game completes a home-and-home preseason series. UConn won the first one,