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Michigan basketball player and former East Lansing star Brandon Johns joins the protests: 'People need to stop dying'

Today at 23:01 - U-M junior and former East Lansing basketball standout Brandon Johns has been active in protests taking place in Greater Lansing. LANSING – On a normal day of quarantine, Brandon Johns would be out in his front yard in East Lansing, rotating between crunches and pushups and whatever else he can come up with to stay in shape for a University of Michigan basketball season that may or may not happe...

Wrestling: Willie Miklus to leave Iowa State, become assistant coach at Michigan State

Today at 22:52 - Iowa State's Willie Miklus recaps his performance at the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships. After a year as a graduate assistant with the Iowa State wrestling program, Willie Miklus is headed to East Lansing. Miklus announced Friday that he's accepted an assistant coaching position with the Michigan State wrestling team. He will work under head coach Roger Chandler, who will begin his fift...

Kenny Goins lends his voice to Michigan State candlelight vigil

Today at 16:11 - EAST LANSING -- A year ago, Kenny Goins hit one of the most famous shots in Michigan State basketball history, when he made a late 3-pointer to lift the Spartans past Duke and to the Final Four. On Thursday night, he stood by himself near the back of a crowd that gathered at The Rock for a candlelight vigil on the Spartans campus. He wore a simple black hooded sweatshirt and a mask. And when the e...

Michigan State's candlelit vigil featured a surprise speaker: Kenny Goins

Today at 16:11 - EAST LANSING - More than a hundred students formed a half-circle, holding candles and facing a rock painted in black and white with the words explaining why they came: "Black Lives Matter." "RIP George Floyd." A candlelit vigil in honor of the black Minneapolis man who suffocated under the knee of a white police officer last week drew the crowd to the Michigan State campus T...

The NBA's New Timeline And What It Means For Isaiah Livers

Today at 16:11 - The NBA finally has its plan for a return, pending an expected Friday approval by The National Basketball Players Association. The original date for NBA Draft early entrants to withdraw their name and return to school while keeping their eligibility was June 3. The NBA's new timeline allowed the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Oversight Committee to determine that men’s basketball stu...

Could Josh Langford Play For Michigan State Next Season?

Today at 15:22 - Few Big Ten stories over the last few years have been more disappointing than Joshua Langford's tale. After arriving on campus as a solid prospect and putting together two solid seasons, Langford has struggled with injuries, missing the majority of the 2018-'19 season and the entirety of last season. It was a crushing blow for Spartan fans. But the Michigan State Spartans might be getting ...

How the NBA Draft deadline extension impacts Isaiah Livers' decision

Today at 13:47 - The NBA is officially back. Well, almost. The league is gearing up to play games in Orlando starting July 31, and with that came the news of the 2020 NBA Draft being pushed back to Oct. 15. The NBA Draft Lottery, which is typically held in May, is now set to take place Aug. 25. In a statement released shortly after this news broke yesterday, the NCAA released a statement which said players have un...

Michigan State's stars: Looking back at some of the Spartans' best over the past 25 years

Today at 13:07 - Watch Cassius Winston kiss the Spartan logo at midcourt, leaving the game for the final time at Breslin Center in MSU's win over OSU, March 8, 2020. These were not the words I ever anticipated hearing from Will Gholston. Reporters typically develop relationships with athletes as go-to sources. In the past 25 years since I started covering Michigan State, the Spartans had plenty of them who can...

That time Mick McCabe mistook Michigan State's Suzy Merchant for a boy

Today at 10:56 - Mick McCabe is old. So old that his sports writing career at the Detroit Free Press turned 50 on Wednesday. For those who know McCabe, you've already made peace with his quick wit and unforgiving sense of humor. Which is why we asked a select group of players and coaches who McCabe covered over the past five decades to tell us their best stories about him. (We figure there's plenty to sayÂ...

AD Bill Beekman, medical staff, address return to campus plan

Yesterday at 00:00 - As reported earlier, Michigan State University will allow student athletes to return to campus for voluntary workouts on June 15. This of course, comes with several strict safety protocols, testing......