The smile on Tom Izzo's face was priceless this morning when Jaren Jackson Jr. just casually strolled into his press conference!
"Smile 😀 more, Coach!" -
@jarenjacksonjr
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
SD4L, which was recently announced as the official NIL brand for Michigan State University and was created by meg-booster Steve St. Andre, just canceled all of its deals with football players effective immediately.
.
@MSU_Athletics
pays respects to fallen Spartans.
Tom Izzo and
@Coach_mtucker
shared at Wednesday night's vigil how difficult the past few days have been.
"It is hard to process. I think it's really hard for our student-athletes to process. It's hard for everybody to process."
.
@MSU_Football
quarterback Payton Thorne is at Sparrow Hospital today handing out toys to the children here.
He is here with
@HopCat
, his NIL partner to spread joy this holiday season.
On a Zoom with MSU football’s early enrollees and two things stick out right away. All have used “school down the road” when referencing Michigan.
QB Katin Houser said he can see Mel Tucker’s vision and can definitely see MSU winning a national title.
One way Michigan State's football team is getting through this trying time is by re-establishing a culture of faith.
@HarlonBarnett
is strong in his faith and it was a staple of the culture under
@DantonioMark
.
With MSU📝its highest ranked recruiting class since 2016 everyone wants to know what's setting
@Coach_mtucker
and his staff a part.
For one, he opens up his🏡to recruits & their families when they come to EL for an official visit.
Here's a👀at this week's
@msufcu
Coaches Show
This just keeps getting more and more out of hand tonight.
First the scuffle in the tunnel and now this?
When has it ever been right to try and touch/ mess with a coach??
With
@MSU_Basketball
shooting nearly 80% from the line right now who better to give us a tutorial on how to shoot free throws than the mastermind himself, Tom Izzo.
Super fun segment this week airing on Saturday during the
@msufcu
Coaches Show.
On ESPN just now David Pollack mentioned Michigan State (
@MSU_Football
) as one of the 'teams on upset alert' for tomorrow.
He has the Spartans knocking off No. 24 Miami.
The
@MSU_Basketball
team traded in their 🏀’s for paint 🎨 brushes this morning to show the healthcare workers at
@SparrowHospital
how much they’re appreciated.
Tom Izzo said, “It gave us a chance to thank the people who really truly are my heroes, and our families’ heroes.”
Former
#MSU
football coach Mark Dantonio is in the stands today and attending the game with
@MSU_Basketball
’s Tom Izzo.
Just two buddies excited to see
#B1GFootball
back!
.
@MSU_Football
quarterback Payton Thorne is at Sparrow Hospital today handing out toys to the children here.
He is here with
@HopCat
, his NIL partner to spread joy this holiday season.
More members of the
@MSU_Basketball
team are walking in for COVID-19 testing!
In this group are Julius Marble, Mady Sissoko, Malik Hall, and Joshua Langford.
HopCat (
@HopCatELansing
) has partnered with MSU QB Payton Thorne in a new NIL agreement.
Thorne will be the first host of its inaugural charity event (a charity of his choice). Additional perks include a new menu item created by Thorne himself. The ‘Payton Thorne Burger.'
Mel Tucker will not be appearing at the hearing and his legal team announces some new evidence.
They found Brenda Tracy was in simultaneous consensual personal relationships with Tucker and at least one other married coach contrary to what she told the investigator.
Nationwide Arena 📍
Not to jinx it or anything 🤷🏻♀️ but the last two times I covered
@MSU_Basketball
in the NCAA tourney they advanced to the Final Four.
Just had a great conversation with
@MSU_Basketball
's newest commit, Max Christie.
He said he knew Michigan State was the place for him after the OSU-MSU game at the Breslin when the Spartans won the Big Ten Title.
"The place is electric." - More with Christie tonight on
@WLNS
!
Mel Tucker’s legal team discloses another key piece of information.
One week before Brenda Tracy filed her complaint to MSU against Mel Tucker she admitted she was down to $5 dollars.
The IRS is also “after her” and she was afraid if made public it wouldn’t help her case.
The south side of Spartan Stadium is getting a facelift!
New murals are being installed prior to
@MSU_Football
’s game 🆚 Akron incorporating the program’s past, while also highlighting its future.
You’ll hear from the artist at 6 and 11 on
@WLNS
and the
@msufcu
Coaches Show!
Tom Izzo was asked about Michigan State being fined $100K for its involvement in the tunnel altercation at Michigan.
This is just a snippet.
He went on to say he does not condone what the MSU players did, but does question UM's management of the tunnel.
Reno’s East is the jolliest place in East Lansing tonight for Tom Izzo’s holiday 🎄🎁 radio show!
The entire
@MSU_Basketball
team is here.
@Coach_mtucker
is here, along with Payton Thorne and Jayden Reed.
Don’t miss this tonight at 11 on
@WLNS
!
Izzo: “I had a dream Mel beat Ohio State and he brought his whole team to halftime.”
The Spartans next game is at home on Saturday at 5 p.m. against Eastern Michigan.
BREAKING: Okemos football is forfeiting the rest of its varsity season. The school just released a statement listing safety as the primary concern.
Varsity players have sustained many injuries and players will focus the rest of their year on skill acquisition and fundamentals.
"What does he not do? He does it all. He really is a do-it-all back." -
@payton15thorne
The love 🗣️ for
@Kenneth_Walker9
was overflowing on the field following his performance and rightfully so.
No player in the 114 year history of the MSU-UM rivalry has scored 5 TD's.
Who will replace Dwayne Stephens?
Tom Izzo said he's going to more than likely have someone hired by this weekend and the three guys he's looking at are part of the
@MSU_Basketball
family.
(1/2) I can’t express how I feel in 280 characters about Kenneth Walker III not even being a finalist for the Heisman. The Heisman asks for you to vote for a player who has had a sensational season. Who essentially carries the team game in and game out. Besides OSU with an injury
Yes, we talked x's and o's and the challenges LSU presents, but since we're in the nation's capital I wanted to test Michigan State's political knowledge. This was fun. I think the guys enjoyed it too. Right,
@FosterLoyer
@henny2x
@cassiuswinston
?
Lots of laughs/fun being had this morning inside of the Duffy Daugherty Building!
@MSU_Football
teamed up with Bryce Weiler of the Beautiful Lives Project to help 80 children with disabilities come in, go through drills, and meet their favorite players.
More tonight on
@WLNS
Sources have confirmed that Michigan State's basketball team is hiring former player, Austin Thornton, to be its new video coordinator.
Thornton replaces Drew Denisco, who left in May, to join Eastern Michigan's staff. An official announcement will be coming soon.
Just like
@Coach_mtucker
did during the football season, Tom Izzo is rocking his custom made Title IX shoes for today’s Michigan-MSU game.
His feature a basketball net on the back of the heel.
1st off Thank GOD, My Parents for allowing me To Come to America,To my Parents The Bonds for Leading, Teaching & guiding Me. Thanks To Coach Mac for Being The Best HS coach I could Ask for. S/O to Coop for Pushing Me
With That I’m COMMITTED
@msu_Football
💚🤍
@southside_2win
I mean 😍 how awesome is this?!
It’s 11 a.m. and the Breslin Center is already ready for
@MSU_WBasketball
’s annual ‘Pink Game’ tonight against No. 4 Michigan
It’s going to be a great night!
"A lot of people give me credit for helping to make them, but they made me." - Mike Garland.
@MSU_Basketball
's Mike Garland has poured his heart into mentoring so many young men and now after 22 years with the Spartans it's time to pour his heart back into his family.
"We're not going to have a bubble like Orlando and spend $150 million dollars, but at the same time there could be these little pods." - Tom Izzo
Could we see
@MSU_Basketball
start playing games around Thanksgiving? Izzo sure thinks so and 👇 part of the reason why!
Mel Tucker said he is taking the loss to Washington personally especially when it comes to the secondary.
Goes on to say, “Right now I’m a horseshit football coach.”
🚨BREAKING 🚨
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed EO 2020-176 to reopen Michigan’s gyms and pools. The order also allows for organized sports practices/competitions to resume. Gyms and pools may begin to reopen on Wednesday, September 9.
If you see
@MSU_Football
coach
@Coach_mtucker
riding around campus this month in a Polaris Slingshot it's his way of building a more personal connection with recruits on their official visits.
Here's a look at what the recruit gets to experience ⤵️
Former
@MSU_Basketball
point guard Cassius Winston gets to face his hometown Detroit Pistons tonight and while he's coming off the bench, Dwane Casey knows what he brings to the table for Washington.
Take a listen⤵️
Hey 👋🏼 everyone!
I just wanted to clarify something. We are airing MSU’s 1979 and 2000 national championship games 🏀 NEXT Saturday (March 28th) starting at 7 p.m.
They will air in their entirety. Tom Izzo also reflects on these games. PLUS we went into our TV-6 archives.
This is just heartwarming to see.
MSU student John Hao, who is now paralyzed from the chest down after last week's shooting on campus, was surprised by James Harden.
MUST WATCH ⤵️
Last week, 20-year-old John Hao’s life was changed forever. He was one of the students shot at Michigan State University and was left paralyzed from the waist down. Hao is a huge fan of James Harden, and when Harden heard Hao’s story, he stepped in:
Considering he was the head football coach in OUR market, yes, I am putting this public information out there.
Her side of the story was released and this is his side.
It’s called reporting.
A huge thanks to these Spartan Dawgs 🐶 for coming into the studio to relive their favorite moments/ top plays of the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry over the years.
You can catch RJ Williamson,
@DHarris_45
, and Jalen Watts-Jackson on this Friday’s show at 7 p.m.
After every game my Dad always calls me, but tonight this call was special. The first thing he said was, “Audie. Think about this. Think about how in 2000 we watched MSU win it all in our living room. This team is so similar to that team. Now you may get to see it in person.”
Former Lansing Sexton and
@MSU_Basketball
guard Denzel Valentine (
@denzelvalentine
) is holding his free basketball camp today at the Boys & Girls Club of Lansing!
He’s got some great company as well with
@CarltonAValenti
and
@CoachFinamore
in attendance helping with drills!
MSU put together quite an advisory board/group to find its new hockey coach. Just look at these names.
1. John-Michael Liles
2. Torey Krug
3. Justin Abdelkader
4. Ryan Miller
5. Mike Porter
TODAY IS THE DAY! Michigan State’s student athletes (football, men’s and women’s basketball, and volleyball) are back on campus and arriving for their first round of COVID-19 testing!
@FosterLoyer
&
@jjhouz24
were greeted with a jubilant “Welcome back!”
Malik Hall was asked if MSU could sustain the toughness they showed today and his response:
“We’re definitely capable of doing it. I think we can sustain it. It’s time for us to make a run and I’m determined to do it.”
.
@MSU_Football
coach
@Coach_mtucker
is always looking for ways to make official visits as personal as possible for recruits and for OVs this June he’s added a tour around campus in a Polaris Slingshot to his repertoire 🏎️
Three quick takeaways from MSU football practice today:
1. Mark Dantonio said Brian Lewerke looked "sharp" in the Spartans scrimmage over the weekend.
2. Cody White backed it up by saying Lewerke has his "swagger" back.
3. Josiah Scott reminds Dantonio of Darqueze Dennard.
Fun fact about the 2000 title game.
My Dad and I watched every MSU game together that year and when MSU won it all against the Gators we LITERALLY were jumping up and down together in our living room. Absolutely glued to the TV.
Where were you when MSU beat Florida?
"To be honest, I really think this is what basketball is all about." - Joshua Langford (
@kingdomthinker7
).
@MSU_Basketball
has missed being out and giving back to the community, but that all changed today!
When all of my friends have been talking about Game of Thrones in our group chat for over 24 hours now and I haven't watched a single second of one episode:
MSU basketball just revealed a number of things they are planning to do during its first game back on campus and this is a special touch.
Eight seats will be reserved in the Izzone behind the scorer’s table in honor of the students we’ve lost and those who remain hospitalized
I think the Breslin Center is ready to retire Draymond Green’s No. 23 jersey. The Hall of History is decked out with images of Day Day during his playing days and his number is everywhere! Should be a fun night of hoops here.
Brenda Tracy’s communication shows, per the evidence, she shared information with multiple members of the media in an attempt to shape the narrative several months in advance of the investigation’s completion.
One of the ushers at Michigan just said it best, “It’s all about Big Ten love today.”
Both teams are on the floor for warmups. MSU is wearing ‘Spartan Strong’ t-shirts, the wristbands here will illuminate green and white.
To the
@PGATOUR
,
If you’re looking for a camera op I may have found your man.
His name is Tom Izzo.
Also, please disregard my atrocious golf swing. Never a dull day with this guy who was adamant he run the camera 🤣
Loyola Chicago has found its next head men’s basketball coach (to replace Porter Moser) and it’s Lansing Sexton’s very own Drew Valentine.
The reports are true. After four years as an assistant for the Ramblers he’s taking over. Just tremendous news for him and his family!
Tom Izzo and his staff put a lot of time into recruiting this young man!
Trejuan Holloman is a four-star point guard from Saint Paul, Minnesota. A major 🔑 to MSU’s 2022 class.
In all of my nine years of broadcasting I have never once had to take a sick day until today/ this week.
Unfortunately, I have tested positive for COVID-19 and thank goodness I am vaccinated 🙏🏼 because this is a nasty virus.
Please be safe out there.
"You know it brought back a lot of good memories and it's been a lot of years." - Tom Izzo
It was a historic day at the Breslin Center for
@MSU_Basketball
coach Tom Izzo.
No coach in Division I has more NCAA Tournament appearances than him, with 25.
📽️:
@BigTenNetwork
Practice at ‘The Mecca’ 😍
Michigan State had a short 15 minute open practice for media to film/ observe the Spartans in their first practice on the floor at MSG.
We’ll hear from the players and Tom Izzo shortly.
#MarchMadness
@WLNS
MSU junior running back Kenneth Walker III has been named a midseason addition to the Maxwell Award Watch List.
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football.
Kenneth Walker III making snow angels on the field following MSU's 30-27 win over Penn State is one the best things I've seen in awhile.
Spartans finish the regular season 10-2. Oh, and takes back the Land Grant Trophy.
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Grateful for another trip around the sun, but boy oh boy did God ever test my faith this past year. It was the hardest year on this earth since high school for me. So, saying goodbye 👋🏼 to the past as I excitedly, and eagerly, look forward to what’s to come.
MSU senior forward Jagger Joshua is speaking right now about the statement he issued yesterday in regard to the racial slur he received from an OSU player back on Nov. 11
He feels as though he has to stick up for himself and others in the sport who have experienced this.