http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/MSU Sports News, Notes and TipsenThu, 08 May 2008 13:15:42 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noMSU Sports News, Notes and Tipsspartansinsiderhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/UP_CPNo3RLs/update_your_rss_feeds.htmljrogers@mlive.com (Justin Rogers | MLive.com)Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:42 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.845158 ]]>This blog has moved. The Spartans Insider is now a part of MLive's Michigan State Spartans page. Please look for Steve Grinczel's blog entries at http://www.mlive.com/spartans. If you are subscribed to the RSS feed from this blog you'll want to...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/04/update_your_rss_feeds.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/hPYQ0iLx3uI/wrapping_the_spartans_in_saran.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:49:57 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.841607 ]]>AP PhotoMichigan State captain Travis Walton promises to drive the Spartans' effort to be a stronger team, both mentally and physically, during his senior year. HOUSTON — Michigan State junior guard Travis Walton spoke in a pained but passionate tone....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/wrapping_the_spartans_in_saran.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/--tUdzyjV5U/spartans_resplendent_in_tshirt.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:40:08 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.836063 ]]>HOUSTON -- Michigan State's basketball players have been modeling the latest line of Spartan tournament t-shirt wear for spring....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/spartans_resplendent_in_tshirt.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/YRhTw6GM2o4/msumemphis_sweet_16_scouting_r.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:15:48 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.834841 ]]>AP PhotoMemphis forward Joey Dorsey dunks against Texas-Arlington in the first round of the NCAA tournament. HOUSTON — You would think that a team that boasts the Goran of Suton, the Marquise de Gray and Idong king of Ibok would...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/msumemphis_sweet_16_scouting_r.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/6GRvmcdWJAM/when.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:22:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.829019 ]]>EAST LANSING -- No team in America is better equipped to beat formerly No. 1-ranked Memphis than Michigan State. Look at the numbers, for cripe's sake. The Spartans have committed 40 more fouls than their apparents this season, and the...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/when.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/WJIbGQXTWMo/msupittsburgh_ncaa_tournament.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:10:56 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.820908 ]]>AP PhotoPittsburgh guard Keith Benjamin, front, is fouled as he goes up for a shot by Oral Roberts forward Moses Ehambe, during the first half his team's 82-63 first-round win. DENVER — Boxing analogies are the most overused tool in...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/msupittsburgh_ncaa_tournament.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/0x4P_bXyLx4/msutemple_ncaa_tournament_scou.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:48:40 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.814926 ]]>DENVER -- The 10:30 a.m. tipoff time (12:30 p.m ET) will have absolutely no bearing on the outcome of today's Michigan State-Temple game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, although coach Tom Izzo said the Spartans would skip...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/msutemple_ncaa_tournament_scou.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/VjgSzoFYWVc/the_last_word_on_those_izzo_to.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:16:50 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.813863 ]]>DENVER -- You won't hear Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis reprise the immortal words of one of his predecessors, Clarence Underwood, who tried to keep potential suitors away from Spartan coach Tom Izzo by saying: "Leave Coach Izzo alone."...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/the_last_word_on_those_izzo_to.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/4F-WMBgL64U/msu_gets_motivational_boost_fo.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:38:08 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.806372 ]]>EAST LANSING – Michigan State got an unexpected dose of incentive while watching the NCAA Tournament selection show Sunday evening. The entire team gathered in the new players' lounge where the players watched the proceedings on a giant flat-screen TV...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/msu_gets_motivational_boost_fo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/wdGMfBBWm6M/somethings_rotten_in_big_ten_b.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:38:33 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.804946 ]]>INDIANAPOLIS -- My sports editor once scolded me for blaming a Michigan State loss on questionable officiating and told me to never, ever, do that again....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/somethings_rotten_in_big_ten_b.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/Ue6vhuEPk6s/spartans_should_go_for_broke_i.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:12:23 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.800386 ]]>INDIANAPOLIS -- If Michigan State could guarantee it would win the Big Ten Tournament by agreeing to take a loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament would you take it?...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/spartans_should_go_for_broke_i.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/JbChYM_Ok1E/neitzel_earns_firstteam_allbig.htmlBasketballBreaking Newssgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:19:48 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.791359 ]]>EAST LANSING -- Michigan State senior guard Drew Neitzel may not have had the year he envisioned, but it was good enough to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/neitzel_earns_firstteam_allbig.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/pUaTAwc_ZLo/izzo_goes_einsteinic_on_msu_cr.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:05:44 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.776207 ]]>AP PhotoMichigan State senior Drew Naymick, right, and coach Tom Izzo embrace after Naymick left his final home game during the second half of Sunday's 103-74 win over Indiana. Izzo defended his team's record during his weekly press conference Tuesday....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/03/izzo_goes_einsteinic_on_msu_cr.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/lCMCzbo-jHM/hubbub_over_izzos_big_ten_netw.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:11:27 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.743478 ]]>MADISON, Wis. -- Depending on who you listen to, Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo is getting praised or criticized for voicing his frustration over the fledgling Big Ten Network's limited reach....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/hubbub_over_izzos_big_ten_netw.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/18H2WFzF-gQ/indianas_decision_michigan_sta.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:00:23 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.730637 ]]>EAST LANSING -- The curious case of Indiana basketball is more evidence that sports never lacks for nasty fastballs loaded up with irony. Oh, there are plenty of curves and change-ups too, like Villanova making 79 percent of its shots...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/indianas_decision_michigan_sta.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/VIN34B9rZ4Q/msus_mike_kebler_has_it_better.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:49:15 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.728089 ]]>EAST LANSING -- From a public relations standpoint, few athletes have it better than the No. 2 quarterback of the Detroit Lions, the Red Wings' backup goalie or the 13th man on the Michigan State basketball team's bench. In years...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/msus_mike_kebler_has_it_better.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/OlN_xYC3ZNQ/michigan_state_looking_to_put.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:28:28 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.720475 ]]>EAST LANSING -- Without passion, a love affair becomes a like affair....http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/michigan_state_looking_to_put.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/gQYVcLfCt9s/rodriguez_revisited.htmlFootballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:50:26 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.715694 ]]>EAST LANSING -- Wow, it appears no good deed goes unpunished around these parts. I'm letting this blog serve as a follow-up explanation to everybody who didn't quite get the gist of what I intended to express about new Michigan...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/rodriguez_revisited.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/YIV_znhflxQ/magic_visits_with_spartans_aft.htmlBasketballBreaking Newssgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:06:45 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.715243 ]]>EAST LANSING -- It wouldn't be the first time Earvin Johnson has come to Michigan State's rescue. Of course Magic pulled the Spartans out of the fire on numerous occasions as a player from 1977-79, but he has also waved...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/magic_visits_with_spartans_aft.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spartansinsider/~3/0y7CNZ_zeXk/the_trouble_with_michigan_stat.htmlBasketballsgrinczel@boothnewspapers.com (Steve Grinczel)Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:35:10 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/spartansinsider//1338.714659 ]]>EAST LANSING -- Had Michigan State just lost at league-leading Purdue and at Indiana -- in one of the most super-charged arenas I've ever been in -- to drop to 10-2, Spartan fans wouldn't be ducking for cover to avoid...http://blog.mlive.com/spartansinsider/2008/02/the_trouble_with_michigan_stat.htmlnonadult