EAST LANSING — They were tired, hands tugging on their shorts, and when Tom Izzo thought about the image of his Michigan State basketball players darn near panting Sunday afternoon at the ...

Seven weeks since their last loss and unbeaten in Big Ten play, the No. 12 Spartans were ripped Wednesday night by coach Tom Izzo ... said after beating the Nittany Lions.

EAST LANSING — It is an intense and yet introspective crossroad for Tom Izzo. His frustration over ... about the breakdowns MSU had against the Nittany Lions that allowed them to rip off 49 ...

EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo’s first road trip of the week didn’t take him to New York or Los Angles. It brought him across the street from Breslin Center. The longest tenured coach at Michigan ...

To be fair to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, there aren't as many Alan Andersons and Shannon Browns across college basketball as there once were. So when Izzo butchered the names of Kasparas ...

Tom Izzo didn't hold anything back. "You must be on something," Izzo said. For a Spartans team that was chosen fifth by the media in the Big Ten preseason poll and lost its top three scorers from ...

Michigan State remains unbeaten in Big Ten play. That and other stories emerged from the basketball weekend in the conference.

Totals 41-84 15-24 112. Halftime_Youngstown St. 62-25. 3-Point Goals_Nittany Lions 6-25 (Davis 2-4, Owens 2-7, Hamrick 1-1, Santiago 1-3, Boyd 0-1, Walker 0-2, Alston 0-3, Brown 0-4), Youngstown ...

Tom Izzo and No. 8 Michigan State basketball has two demons to try and conquer Saturday — a talented Rutgers squad and the Madison Square Garden aura.

Dan Campbell is a man of his word. The Detroit Lions coach said that he would be playing his starters on Monday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers, and that's what they did to open the ...

That game will be played on Jan. 9 (7:30 p.m., ESPN). The Nittany Lions' defense performed admirably without All-American and dominating edge rusher Carter for the final three quarters.

Never forget: kickers are football players, too! Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was awkwardly stretching on the sideline in a funky-looking position when ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters ...