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Boxing has done a lot for Seth Mitchell, the former MSU linebacker — he played like a pro MLB in his brief window of near health — whose rise has been one of the sport’s most interesting stories of the past few years. Now some in that sport are viewing Mitchell as someone who could do a lot for boxing.
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Big Ten schools will each receive a record $24.6 million in shared revenue from the conference, according to a report from stltoday.com with numbers provided by the Illinois athletic department.
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The Michigan State baseball team will be making its third appearance in four years at the Big Ten Tournament next week at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. The Spartans (35-19, 13-11 Big Ten) are the No. 5 seed in the six-team, double-elimination tournament, and will face fourth-seeded Nebraska (34-21, 14-10) in the first round Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.
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Positions in the conference pecking order and a valuable bye in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament are up for grabs this weekend as the MSU baseball team begins a pivotal series with Penn State today at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field.
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Adelaide 36ers captain Adam Ballinger has quit the club and will play for the Melbourne Tigers after five seasons in South Australia. Ballinger played 120 games averaging 6.3 rebounds and 16.3 points per game. He was the club MVP four times and was captain for the past three seasons.
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In the final series of the regular season, the Michigan State baseball team hosts Penn State Thursday-Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium. MSU enters the series at 34-17 overall and tied for fourth in the Big Ten standings at 12-9, while Penn State is 27-24 and tied for second at 13-8.
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It looks like we can cross off the name Michael Grant with regards to who will be the next opponent for unbeaten, exciting heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell. “Big” was the man Oscar De La Hoya recently mentioned as being near the top of the list as far as next opponent candidates go, yet the word now is it could well be Chauncy Welliver who lands the next date with Mitchell.
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For nearly a year, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis has talked about the possibility of sending the basketball team overseas to play a game. He's considering a foreign tour, but more likely games that count, which would mean bringing another school along.
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Michigan State men's golf junior Dan Ellis prepares for his first NCAA experience this week, as he travels to Ann Arbor for the NCAA Central Regional. Play at the University of Michigan Golf Course begins for Ellis on Thursday at 9:40 a.m. ET.
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Andre Rison, a former Michigan State and NFL wide receiver, is among the retired athletes to address his financial problems in "Broke," a documentary ESPN announced Tuesday that "digs into the psychology of men whose competitive nature carries them to victory on the field and ruin off it."
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Former Michigan State track & field standout Fred Johnson died on Friday, May 11 in Grand Rapids. He was 87. Johnson was inducted in the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993, as a tribute to his outstanding accomplishments as a member of the Spartan track & field program.
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Hollis personally is pushing the strength-of-schedule component, in which teams' scheduling of big-time nonconference opponents wouldn't be used against them. A team going 3-1 in a difficult nonconference slate being leapfrogged by a 4-0 team that played lesser opponents is a significant concern.
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