Michigan State University interim president John Engler has issued a scathing statement in response to ESPN Outside the Lines report that associated the school’s basketball and football programs with the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. Embed from Getty Images Nassar has since been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting over 200 women and girls … Read more
Michigan State coaches Mark Dantonio and Tom Izzo have come under a ton of heat lately, after ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” targeted them and their respective programs in a report that implied MSU has taken sexual assault lightly, and in some cases covered it up. The report came out Friday, shortly after Michigan State athletic … Read more
The hits just keep on coming for Michigan State University. After all the disgusting news came out regarding Larry Nassar, after Tom Izzo took some heat for the wording of his comments regarding the Nassar ordeal, after MSU’s president Lou Anna K. Simon stepped down, it is still not enough. Maybe this will be. Michigan … Read more
It’s been a rough week for Michigan State University, as the fallout involving sexual abuse from disgraced former doctor Larry Nassar continues to unfold. This morning, athletic director Mark Hollis released a statement on the behalf of the athletic department. You can see his full statement in a tweet by Matt Charboneau of the Detroit … Read more
The big news of the day took place in East Lansing when Michigan State football players — or former now, rather — Donnie Corley, Josh King and Demetric Vance were officially charged with criminal sexual conduct and promptly dismissed from the program by head coach Mark Dantonio. Only Vance of the three were formally arraigned … Read more
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament has turned into a bit of a traveling circus. This past season, the annual “celebration of Big Ten basketball” was held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. And come next season, and a week earlier than normal, they will move the site to Madison Square Garden in New … Read more
Now here’s your daily dose of some twist that could very well spark some conversation. On Tuesday, the NCAA Selection Committee, headed by Michigan State University athletic director Mark Hollis, announced that they will be making a little tweak to the revealing of the brackets, or leading up to it, rather. https://twitter.com/ESPNCBB/status/823933681886707712 Yes, come February … Read more
Two days before the big college playoff national semifinal game on New Year’s Eve, both the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan State Spartans joined in the Media Day festivities at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio and his team were front and center and answered any and all questions regarding the upcoming game. Dantonio … Read more
The NCAA has laid the proverbial hammer down on the Michigan State hockey program. Despite a request by AD Mark Hollis, the NCAA has ruled that a change from the traditional blue line to “green” line for the Spartans cannot occur. Their statement is as follows: “The NCAA hockey rules committee has denied the request … Read more
Michigan State’s basketball program has received a $3 million donation from Mark and Cindy Pentecost. The proceeds will be utilized to upgrade and improve the team’s practice facilities, men’s basketball offices and to put aside for upkeep and future facility improvements. Here are some photo renderings of what the money could provide: In a statement, … Read more
