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Penn State 42, Michigan State 14 | Final: Live blog: Spartans lose to Penn State in season finale

Live blog: Spartans lose to Penn State in season finale By GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Daryll Clark was 19-for-27 for 310 yards and four touchdowns as Penn State beat Michigan State, 42-14, today in East Lansing....

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Florida 2, Detroit 1 (OT): Wings lose in OT despite 2-to-1 shot advantage

Red Wings can't make 40-20 shots-on-goal advantage count BY GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood felt fine physically in his first game after missing three with the flu. Osgood faced half as...

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Dantonio still high on big-play Martin

EAST LANSING -- Keshawn Martin appeared to be on his way to becoming a big-play threat at wide receiver last year as he increasingly earned playing time as a freshman. But the broken collarbone he suffered late last season...

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Drew Sharp: Lack of national respect for U-M, MSU is painful

Lack of national respect for U-M, MSU is painful BY DREW SHARP FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Is it almost over? That's usually a question reserved for the dentist's chair with 30 minutes of root canal remaining but only 15 minutes of...

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MSU 75, Toledo 62: Tom Izzo finds flaws in MSU's win

EAST LANSING -- Your team wins by 13 points, five starters score in double figures, and your players total 22 assists and only six turnovers. But if you're Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, that's not good enough.

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Today's guide to the U-M and MSU games

Matchup: Michigan 5-6, 1-6 Big Ten; No. 9 Ohio State 9-2, 6-1. Kickoff: Noon, Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor. Forecast: 50, with a 20% chance of rain. TV: ABC (Channel 7 in Detroit). Line: Ohio State by 11 1/2 . AT STAKE

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Time for Tigers to pursue free agents

Baseball free agency began at midnight Thursday. Over 150 players are free to sign with other clubs, and teams must set their 40-man roster today to determine which players are available for the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 10. The...

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Wings' Osgood, Maltby will play Friday

By GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Coach Mike Babcock said goaltender Chris Osgood and forward Kirk Maltby will return to the lineup Friday, when the Detroit Red Wings host the Florida Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Jimmy Howard...

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NHL: 'Intent' to blow whistle nixed Wings' goal

By GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Mike Murphy, the NHL senior vice president of hockey operations, explained Thursday why a controversial no-goal call by referee Dennis LaRue was not reviewable in the Red Wings’ 3-1...

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