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The Big Ten office announced the conference schedule for the 2014 football season on Thursday, as approved by the Big Ten directors of athletics. The 2014 schedule will consist of eight games for each of the Big Ten's 14 teams, feature a new division alignment, include the conference debut of Maryland and Rutgers and culminate with the fourth-annual Big Ten Football Championship Game.
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Jason Strayhorn returned to the Michigan State sidelines for the 2006 season — John L. Smith’s 4-8 exit as head coach — and has been there for Mark Dantonio’s entire tenure. Starting with the 2013 season, Strayhorn will be watching from above. He will replace Jim Miller as color analyst for Spartan Sports Network radio broadcasts, teaming with George Blaha in his 38th season of doing MSU play-by-play. Miller will move on to an expanded role with the Chicago Bears.
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Michigan State senior captain and preseason All-American candidate Max Bullough has been named to the 2013 preseason Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list.
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For the second straight year, Michigan State head coach Jake Boss and the entire Spartan baseball team joined the Miracle League of Mid-Michigan in opening day festivities of the CASE Cares Miracle Field.
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Draymond Green's rookie NBA season could end tonight in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals if the Golden State Warriors can't defend their home court and force the series to go back to San Antonio. But as the Warriors have gone deep into the playoffs, Green has gotten better and emerged as an indispensable role player who has thrived despite the rigors of a long season.
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Joliet Catholic junior Jasmine Lumpkin had nearly 25 scholarship offers from schools across the country, but she decided to end her recruiting Tuesday by making an oral commitment to attend Michigan State in 2014-15.
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“He knows a lot of coaches and he told me coach Dantonio is a great one,” Frey said of Spielman, a college football analyst for ESPN. “He said he would have no problem sending Noah to play for him and that he’d sleep well every night knowing coach Dantonio has him. That really meant something to hear him say that.”
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The recent commitment of linebacker Chris Frey of Upper Arlington High School in Columbus continues the tradition of Michigan State doing an excellent job of evaluating and recruiting players from the state of Ohio.
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'Head coach' Pat Narduzzi mostly sat on the bench and chuckled as former players such as Jon Misch and Chris Norman played casual basketball for charity against the Lions on Tuesday, but he jumped to his feet after current player Joel Heath threw down a dunk.
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After 11-win seasons in 2010 and 2011, Michigan State had high expectations entering last football season. Yet MSU finished 7-6 and went 6-6 in the regular season. But athletic director Mark Hollis has seen the progress in the program in coach Mark Dantonio’s six years, and there were rays of hope in the season.
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Scheduling has become front-and-center as the Big Ten has decided to strengthen its overall profile. Under the new playoff format, it will be a major factor in deciding the four teams that are selected and should better position the Big Ten.
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Michigan State baseball finishes the regular season on the road at Penn State this weekend. The Spartans and Nittany Lions will play a three-game series set to begin on Thursday at 6:05 p.m. MSU is currently in seventh place heading into the series with the top-six advancing to the Big Ten Tournament.
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Michigan State senior Caroline Powers qualified for the 2013 U.S. Women's Open by winning a sectional qualifying tournament in Wheaton, Ill., at the Cantigny Golf Course on Tuesday with a score of 1-over-par 143 (71-72). Powers, the 2013 Big Ten Women's Golfer of the Year, won the tournament by two strokes. The 2013 U.S. Women's Open will take place June 27-30 at the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.
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Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis talks about the upcoming Spartan Stadium renovations, his non-league scheduling plan and how to make the Big Ten more "hip" going forward.
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Michigan State senior Matthew Moseley travels to Columbus, Ohio to represent the Spartans at the 2013 NCAA Regional. Moseley will tee off on Thursday on 10:20 a.m. ET at the Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course to begin the three-day, 54-hole tournament.
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