Organization News Archive

Feb. 19, 2018 EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State’s annual Green-White spring game, presented by McLaren Health Plan, has been scheduled for Saturday, April 7 at 5 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on BTN and BTN2Go. Additional details regarding the spring game and youth clinic will be released at a later...

Feb. 6, 2018 EAST LANSING, Mich. – Former Michigan State center Brian Allen has been invited to the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, scheduled for Feb. 27-March 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The NFL Scouting Combine (National Invitational Camp) is organized and operated by National Football Scouting, Inc. More than 600 NFL personnel, including head coaches, general...

Please keep former spartan George Azar in your thoughts and prayers. George has been hospitalized for over 40 days with a serious form of cancer and will undergo major surgery tomorrow. George was an excellent player from 1959-1962 under Duffy Daugherty.  MSUFPA has been provided with George’s phone number and we encourage you to call and wish...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Meet the Spartans will be held Wednesday, August 23 at Spartan Stadium. It will be your first opportunity to pick up the official 2017 football poster. Stay tuned for more information.

May 30, 2017 EAST LANSING, Mich. – Former Michigan State All-Americans Dean Look and Andre Rison have been selected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017. The announcement was made on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday evening prior to the Detroit Tigers telecast. Look and Rison will be the 22nd and 23rd...

EAST LANSING — Michigan State announced on Thursday its five newest inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame: Bob Apisa (football), Joe Baum (soccer), Bob Cassleman (track & field), Kristin Haynie (basketball) and Dr. Clarence Underwood (administration). One of just 15 players in program history to earn first-team All-America honors twice, fullback Apisa played an instrumental role in helping the...

SYLVANIA, Ohio (13abc Action News) – A new business is headed to Downtown Sylvania in the space formerly occupied by Treo. Inside the Five Brewing company will be located at 5703 Main Street and plans to open its doors in Spring of 2018. According to a release Brandon Fields along with his wife Katie Fields...

DEXTER, MI — Surrounded by wooden oak barrels, plastic hoses and a lingering hint of wet-basement staleness, Tony Grant is giddy. Making beer – especially the sour variety – is an exact science, and the former Michigan State football player is talking about fermentation, bacteria and natural carbonation. “We just let Mother Nature do her thing. We...

The 1998 recruiting class at Michigan State reads like a fantasy football draft. Future pros Antonio Gates, Julian Peterson, Josh Thornhill, Ulish Booker, Jace Sayler, Josh Shaw and Little John Flowers were all new additions in Nick Saban’s fourth season in East Lansing. Eleven-year, All-Pro NFL receiver Plaxico Burress, who went on to catch 64...

June 21, 2017 BIG TEN CONFERENCE MEDAL OF HONOR (Presented to a male and female student-athlete at each conference institution for outstanding athletic and academic achievement) MALE WINNER: Josiah Price (football) Josiah Price was one of the most accomplished tight ends in Spartan football history, both on and off the field. He finished his career...