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Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio had a mild heart attack and was hospitalized Sunday morning, shortly after calling an audacious fake field goal to beat Notre Dame in overtime.The 54-year-old Dantonio had surgery to put a stent in a blocked blood vessel leading to the heart. He's expected to remain in the hospital a few more days, and offensive coordinator Don Treadwell will lead the team during Dantonio's indefinite absence."This morning, in the very early hours, not long after the football game, Coach Dantonio began experiencing some symptoms," said Dr. Chris D'Haem, who performed the relatively common procedure to restore blood flow. "Fortunately, his heart damage is very minimal. He's going to do very well and we're very optimistic he'll have a full recovery."The Spartans defeated Notre Dame 34-31 in a game that ended just before midnight Saturday night. After Michigan State lined up for a 46-yard field goal that could have forced a second overtime, holder Aaron Bates threw a pas...
With coach Mark Dantonio recovering from a mild heart attack, Michigan State did its best to help him enjoy an stress-free weekend.There's nothing relaxing, however,...
Less than two weeks after a mild heart attack, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio is trying to ease back into his job.His players don't have that luxury.The 24th-ran...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio is out of the hospital, less than three days after having a mild heart attack.The athletic department confirmed that Dantonio was ...
The Michigan State Spartans are honoring coach Mark Dantonio by wearing the letter D on the backs of their helmets.Dantonio was hospitalized because of a heart attac...
A person with knowledge of the situation says Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio had a heart attack after his team's overtime victory against Notre Dame.The person s...
After a long, tense week of worrying about their stricken coach, the Michigan State Spartans got a welcome dose of good news as they wrapped up preparations for Nort...
Rich Rodriguez has coached in just two Michigan-Michigan State games, losing them both, and yet he can sense the next matchup is different.The 17th-ranked Spartans (...
Gary Pinkel likes to get away from a stressful day and sneak in a quick shopping trip with his granddaughters, even it's just for 15 minutes.He'll push them around i...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio had never experienced four straight games that were decided in the closing seconds. And if he never again has to go through the fr...
Michigan coach John Beilein tapped Tim Hardaway Jr. on the leg, suggesting the guard take some shots during halftime warmups after a scoreless first half.Hardaway ch...
Texas Christian dominated Michigan State's offense in the first half by bottling up Le'Veon Bell.Once the Spartans' bruising running back got going, the Horned Frogs...
The TCU Horned Frogs and the Michigan State Spartans are set to clash in the postseason on Dec. 29 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tucson, Arizona in what is now known as th...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio expects to travel with the team for this weekend's game at Michigan as he recovers from a mild heart attack and subsequent blood c...
Michigan State's Mark Dantonio was in the hospital again Saturday because of a blood clot in his leg, leaving the 24th-ranked Spartans to play without him for a seco...
from the man whose health was still on everyone's mind.Cousins threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 25 Michigan State had no trouble winning without coach...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio was released from a hospital Monday after treatment for a blood clot that was discovered less than two weeks after surgery followi...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio likes the fact that his players are openly talking about ending the school's Big Ten title drought and finally getting back to the...
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio says his relatively small class has a lot of talent.Dantonio announced the Spartans signed 18 recruits to national letters of inte...
Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio has been rewarded with a new contract that increases his yearly pay from $1.8 million to $1.83 million.The length of...