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Both coaches debut when MSU meets Toledo tonight

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Michigan State hosts Toledo tonight, marking the debut of both football coaches. Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald is getting another shot to coach with the Spartans. Mike Jacobs was hired away from Mercer after Jason Candle left to lead Connecticut. Both rosters have turned over a lot, leaning on the transfer portal to replace departed players. Game time is 8 p.m., with television coverage on FS1. Toledo stats ('25) Overall offense: 342.7 yards per game (103rd in FBS) Passing: 238.1 yards per game (57th) Rushing: 177.2 yards per game (41st) Scoring: 33.2 ...

No. 16 Wolverines host WMU Saturday

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No. 16 Michigan hosts Western Michigan on Saturday night in coach Kyle Whittingham's debut with the football Wolverines. Whittingham was hired shortly after stepping down at Utah, replacing fired and arrested coach Sherrone Moore. Western Michigan returns starting quarterback Broc Lowry ...

Sentinels, Patriots post solid victories

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MARQUETTE — Marquette swept the doubles flights and pulled out a victory in the meet’s only three-set match to post a 7-1 victory over visiting West Iron County in a high school girls tennis meet held Wednesday. “I was really happy with the resilience we had at several flights,” Sentinels head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing the meet. “Finding that ability to fight through the slumps is what we will need heading down the stretch.” He said as the fall tennis season is just about half over, with the first matches held in mid-August and the MHSAA Upper ...

NMU men’s, women’s golfers each at 4 meets this fall

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MARQUETTE — The men’s and women’s golf teams at Northern Michigan University play over a total of five dates for their fall seasons between mid-September and mid-October. Each team will play at four of the two-day meets, with both teams at three venues simultaneously. “This ...

Wildcats predicted 2nd in GLIAC cross country

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MARQUETTE — With the exhibition Wildcat Open now in the rearview mirror, the women’s cross country team at Northern Michigan University is getting ready for its regular season to begin. And the Wildcats and other teams in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference have high ...