Per Jon Rothstein, Michigan State will play Oakland on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Detroit.

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In my opinion, Willie was the best of my generation. He was a five-tool player, ran the bases well, was a great outfielder, and had tremendous power.

Believe it or not, we didn't hear much about Hank Aaron other than the power. Of course, earlier generations had Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, and Ted Williams.

Hopefully this is the list of all MSU athletes and a couple of coaches competing as athletes that I could gather from different websites, esp the MSU Athletics site. If you know of anyone whom I missed please let me know and I will add them. Interesting that swimming, a sport cancelled recently has the most medalists.
GOLD
1928...Frederick P. Alderman...track sprint relay
1952...Clark C. Scholes...swimming
1960...Doug Blubaugh...wrestling (was coaching at MSU at the time)
1960...Eugene W. Giaza...hockey
1960...Weldon H. Olson...hockey
1968...Linda Gustavson...swimming
1968...Harry Kendrick...baseball (demonstration sport)
1968...Marvin Wright...baseball
1968...Kenneth M. Walsh...swimming
1992...Earvin Johnson...basketball
2000...Sevatheda Fynes...track sprint relay
2000...Steve Smith...basketball
2016...Draymond Green...basketball
2016...Emily Regan...rowing 8s
2021...Draymond Green...basketball
SILVER
1956...Kevin Gosper...Track Relays
1956...David Lean...Track relays
1956...Weldon Olson...hockey
1964...Gary Dilley...swimming
1968...Donald R. Behm...wrestling
1968...Linda Gustavson...swimming
1968...Pamela Kruse...swimming
1968...Kenneth M. Walsh...swimming
1984...Judi Brown...track hurdles
1994...Dwayne Norris...hockey
1996...Sevatheda Fynes...track sprint relays
2002...Mike York...hockey
2010...Ryan Miller...hockey
BRONZE
1948...Leland G. Merrill...wrestling
1964...Marcia Jones Smoke...kayak
1976...Stan Dziedzic...wrestling

Again, there may be more. I seem to remember someone from the crew team medaling a couple of olympics ago.

Michigan State 2025 TE commit Emmett Bork recaps his official visit and explained why MSU is the right place for him.

“I think I made the perfect decision. I really don’t see myself fitting in anywhere else besides Michigan State.“

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A look at some of the biggest names across the country:

Nebraska Regent suggests selling spaces for urns at Memorial Stadium as fundraising mechanism to pay for stadium renovations. If you thought corporate naming rights for conferences was bad, this one might just send you running for the crematorium as a die hard fan...

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Michigan State has added three-star tight end Jayden Savoury to its 2025 recruiting class.

Savoury joins Emmett Bork as the two tight ends in the class.

Savoury is the ninth commit in the class and fourth player to commit this month.

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Former Wolverine Coach Les Miles is suing LSU, claiming that vacated wins put him below the Hall of Fame threshold.

In 2023, LSU vacated 37 wins because of recruiting violations.

The vacated wins dropped Miles' overall record from 145-73, a winning percentage of .665, to 108-73, a winning percentage of .597.

Coaches must have a career-winning percentage of .600 in at least 100 games to qualify for selection to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Miles played at Michigan (1972-1975) and coached for the Wolverines from 1987-1994

Michigan State has added transfer long snapper Jack Wentz as a preferred walk-on.

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Class of 2028 quarterback Donald Tabron II, who will be a freshman at Cass Tech in Detroit this fall, has had his chance to impress the Michigan State coaching staff already.

Tabron received a scholarship offer from Michigan State on Monday and he discussed his offer with Spartans Illustrated.

“It means a lot being offered by MSU,” Tabron told Spartans Illustrated. “I really enjoyed my conversations with the new coaching staff.”

More on Tabron and some advice he received from head coach Jonathan Smith:

Hi Ryan,

Good stuff as usual

Any news on these three and the LB from Pittsburgh?

The Warriors will host former Michigan State forward Malik Hall for a workout today.

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Yes, obviously the 2023 football season wasn't great for the Spartans and the men's basketball season didn't live up to many people's expectations.

However, there were still some great moments dating back to last fall.

My personal favorite was the Michigan vs. Michigan State Big Ten Championship Game in hockey.

First of all, the crowd was absolutely electric. It was one of the best environments I've ever been in for a sporting event period.

It was a fantastic game as well, back and forth. Went to overtime.

And then Patrick Geary ripped a shot from the blue line, it ringed the post and went in.

The crowd went nuts. On the ice, sticks, helmets, gloves went flying in the air as they rushed toward Geary to celebrate.

It was a moment I'll remember for a long time.

Let's hear some of your favorite moments...

In April, Michigan State decathlete Heath Baldwin set a new personal best of 8470 at the Mt. SAC Relays. That is the best score by any American decathlete in 2024 and the fifth best score in the world so far this year. It was a Big Ten record and was the seventh best score in the history of the NCAA.

The score also met the Olympic standard - and the timing is just right for Baldwin, with the Paris 2024 Olympics looming.

More on Baldwin's journey below as he will compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials starting on June 21:

What do you think the toughest game on the 2024 schedule is?

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McCorkle was on an official visit this weekend to Michigan State.

He will take an official visit to Iowa next weekend.

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Jayden Savoury details his commitment to the Spartans with @Greg Smith of Rivals.

I saw a thread discussing the (apparent) lack of 'insider' scoop and it has me thinking about my state of mind on my beloved Spartans. I think it it mostly the time of year, but it's partially this 'new world' of college football has just worn me down to a consistent 'meh'. I know I'll be 'living and dying' with every play come gametime and will instantly get up to speed with the deluge of new names....gotta 'luv' anyone wearing 'the Green'!. I'm just hopeful most of our transfers are 'diamonds' that just needed a 2nd (third?) opportunity and not just scraping up NIL $$.

Class of 2026 three-star cornerback Jalon Copeland discusses his relationship with Michigan State cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin and his recent offer from the Spartans.

“Coach Meat has been recruiting me since I was a freshman,” Copeland told Spartans Illustrated. “We talk everyday now, and he wants me there with him.”

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Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!!!! Beautiful weekend!!! What's y'all's plans?

Hitting Padres @ Mets game today, gonna be a beautiful day in New York. Then afterward, me and the kid are gonna do Lazzara's Pizza on 38th Street. Tomorrow family hike at Delaware Water Gap in the morning then family picnic in the afternoon. Probably gonna have wiffle ball HR derby and a few pops.

Whatcha got going?

One of the handful of 2025 official visitors on campus last weekend for Michigan State was 6-foot-2 wide receiver Charles Taplin out of Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Texas. Following the trip, Taplin was ready to become a Spartan.

After building strong relationships with head coach Jonathan Smith, wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins and offensive graduate assistant coach Cordale Grundy, Taplin announced his commitment to the Spartans on Friday.

Spartans Illustrated spoke with the three-star prospect to discuss his decision to commit to Michigan State and get more details on his recent official visit to East Lansing.

"First, they treated me and family with amazing hospitality, and second, I trust that Coach Hawkins will develop me as a wide receiver," Taplin told Spartans Illustrated about why he chose to commit to Michigan State. "Also, their pro-style offense will prepare me well for the league (NFL.) What stood out to me about their program was the coaches were very family-oriented."

More from @Dylan Callaghan-Croley and me:

In-state tight end target Jayden Savoury (three-star) will announce his commitment on Monday.

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It’s been awhile since anything major has been “revealed” here and although the other sports coverage has been fantastic, it sorta feels like the “insider” info has been scarce. @DavidHarns has been relatively quiet so I’m wondering if the new staff has closed ranks and made that type of information difficult to come by….TOS’s seem to be steady with their CB’s as well so it doesn’t seem that the recruit side of things has changed much. Just inside the program. Thoughts?