It’s not easy filling Sparty’s big shoes. But for the students who spent time playing the beloved MSU mascot, the memories only get richer as time passes. On Sept. 16, 1989 Michigan State fans filled ...

EAST LANSING — It's been 60 years since Cyrus Stewart walked into Spartan Stadium as Sparty, but he bears physical proof that he was one of the very first students at Michigan State University to ...

New MSU grad Connor Williams held a special secret for four years of college, but now he wants the world to know. He was one of the students who portrayed Sparty. Connor Williams proudly walked across ...

Those privileged enough to sweat under the Michigan State University mascot's foam rubber skin see the world with a different set of eyes. Fiery. More theatrical. Greener than the rest. Even after ...

(WLNS) – It’s a top secret Michigan State tradition: the “Sparty” try outs. Only a lucky few students get the chance to wear the Sparty suit and represent the school at sporting events and other ...

EAST LANSING – Citing safety concerns, Michigan State University officials have decided that people who wear the Sparty mascot costume can no longer participate in parades. Emily Guerrant, an MSU ...

Oregon's mascot is iconic in college athletics, and 'The Duck' is making his way across Big Ten country in a viral social media setting. Most recently, The Duck was in Indiana, and while there, made a ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Near the intersection of Red Cedar Road, Kalamazoo Street and Chestnut Road, as an idle Spartan Stadium resides in the background, a green streetlight illuminates a group of ...

EAST LANSING — A new licensed, limited edition bobblehead has Michigan State’s Sparty “kissing the court,” just in time for the Spartans' March Madness debut. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and ...

When you think of the term "Sparty" and are a Michigan State fan, does that bother you? Mike Valenti isn't offended by it, but personally I am. I feel when a Michigan fan calls a Spartan fan "Sparty" ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Long before there was Sparty the bulky mascot, there was Sparty the papier-mache head. A fiberglass noggin followed. Then Michigan State University got legit. In 1989, a full-body foam ...