At the start of the season, Michigan State undoubtedly had one of the country's most demanding schedules. Few teams, if any, have had as difficult a four-game

Free Press sports writer Chris Solari on what Michigan State football learned in a 31-10 loss at Oregon and what the Spartans must do during the bye.

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari break down MSU’s 31-10 loss at Oregon on Friday night.

The entire state of Michigan could see the Northern Lights later this week thanks to a G-4 severe geomagnetic storm watch.

A geomagnetic storm​ is expected to trigger the northern lights, or aurora borealis, around NYC and New Jersey this week.

Sky watchers could see the northern lights in Wisconsin this week after an eruption of solar material makes its way to Earth.

Tom Izzo is taking Michigan State basketball back to his alma mater, Northern Michigan, for a rare exhibition trip to Marquette on Sunday.

For the second time in three years, Rutgers will be hosting Michigan State 40 miles north of its home arena. The Scarlet Knights are set to face the Spartans at Madison Square Garden in January, marking their second consecutive matchup at the World’s Most Famous Arena.

Those were just a few highlights of Michigan State’s first overseas trip in nearly a decade. The next journey of significant distance will mark the unofficial start of the season and is one coach Tom Izzo has been itching to pull off for a long time.

Elissa Slotkin and GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers clashed repeatedly here Tuesday over who would best represent their purple state in the first debate of their hotly contested Senate race.The tone during their hourlong debate,

Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican, had bitter exchanges over abortion, war and China.

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) are tied in a new survey as they vie for retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D) seat in the upper chamber. The Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters in the Great Lakes State found the Senate candidates tied with 48 percent support apiece.