One day after returning from a family vacation to Italy, Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio participated in a first-pitch ceremony prior to the Detroit Tigers' July 9 game against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. Before a crowd of better than 41,000, Dantonio - wearing a green Detroit baseball cap and a black Spartan football sport shirt - threw a strike to Tigers' first base coach Andy Van Slyke, who served as the catcher. more
Hockey announces 2008-09 schedule
Thirteen games against six NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago highlight the 2008-09 Michigan State hockey schedule, as released by head coach Rick Comley on Wednesday, July 9. The Spartans will participate in the Ice Breaker Tournament at Boston University's Agganis Arena to start the season, adding an additional in-season tournament to the annual College Hockey Showcase and Great Lakes Invitational on Michigan State's schedule. This year's cluster scheduling for the CCHA finds the Spartans... more
