Columnist Graham Couch gives his thoughts on Michigan State's performance Wednesday night in a narrow victory over Penn State with three quick takes.

EAST LANSING, Mich. - No. 23 Michigan State men’s tennis upset No. 7 Kentucky in the Spartans' highest-ranked win in program history Friday night at a raucous MSU Indoor Tennis Center. Friday night was MSU’s 2025 spring and home opening action, and a spirited crowd of 707 mostly Green & White-clad Spartan fans made for a memorable historic night.

An incensed Tom Izzo called Michigan State basketball's second-half defensive issues "a problem" after surviving Penn State for a 10th straight win.

The Michigan State Spartans basketball team return to East Lansing to take on Penn State and attempt to extend their nine-game winning streak.

Michigan State swept Michigan in four regular-season matchups, only for the Wolverines to pull off a redemption arc: They eliminated the Spartans in the NCAA Tournament

Frankie Fidler had a season-high 18 points and Jaden Akins scored 16, leading No. 12 Michigan State to a 90-85 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. The Spartans (15-2, 6-0 Big Ten) have won 10 straight for the first time since the 2018-19 season,

It was an old-fashioned, scrappy Big Ten battle in the Breslin Center on Wednesday night, one that came down to the final minute. But No.

Michigan entered Friday night’s home game with No. 1 Michigan State at No. 12 in the pairwise rankings and in need of a big win to start 2025 the right way. They’d been inconsistent since winning six straight games in November and fighting to make a move back toward the top of the Big Ten standings.

Michigan State football picked up a 13th transfer for 2025 in wide receiver Evan Boyd of East Lansing High and Central Michigan.

No. 19 Illinois is traveling to face No. 12 Michigan State in East Lansing. The Spartans will be favored, but the Illini are the hottest team in the Big Ten with dominating wins over Indiana, Penn State and Oregon.

Ace Baldwin, Penn State’s star point guard who leads the team with 13.9 points and is fourth in the nation at 8.0 assists, suffered a back injury in a 91-52 loss at Illinois last week and missed Sunday’s 82-81 defeat at No. 13 Oregon. The Nittany Lions led most of the second half but couldn’t close on the road without their top player.