Spartan Sports Page

About Spartan Sports Page

Spartan Sports Page, is a social bookmarking site devoted to Michigan State Athletics.

Spartan Sports Page, was started by Eric Lindbloom in 2007 and the first story was submitted May 26, 2007 and was about Michael Jordon hiring Michigan State Alum Sam Vincent to coach the Charlotte Bobcats.

Inspired by sites like Digg and Reddit, it was started as a way for people to have easy access to stories about Michigan State Athletics without visiting multiple sites. It also allows for a community to be built surrounding the interest in The Spartans with the ability to vote for the best stories, comment on stories and connect with other Spartan fans.

The site was originally based on the Pligg content management system and has since been switched to Social Web CMS.

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