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Sims pleads guilty

Suspended MSU tight end Dion Sims pleaded guilty today to one felony count of receiving and concealing stolen property.

Reminder: Chat at 10 a.m.

Come to the lsj.com home page and click to chat at 10 Eastern. In the meantime, here's the latest on Jon Misch and a look at penalties, including a memorable one from two years ago.

Lucas doing it all; Dantonio reax; Toon back

Korie Lucious' arthroscopic surgery fits right in with the parade of offseason injuries for the MSU men's basketball team, but it's nothing but good news  for Kalin Lucas as fall practice approaches.

Lucious has knee surgery

An offseason of injury continues for MSU basketball, with Korie Lucious undergoing successful arthroscopic surgery Tuesday for a small meniscus tear in his left knee. His timetable for a return is set at two to six weeks. Midnight Madness is two weeks from Friday and the season opener is six weeks from Friday, Nov. 12 vs. Eastern Michigan.

Mark Dantonio is back

On the way back, anyway. As detailed here, Dantonio came to MSU's presser today and expects to be in the coaching box for Saturday's game against Wisconsin.

MSU POW streak alive

For the fourth time in four weeks, an MSU player has received a weekly Big Ten honor. This time it's Greg Jones, sharing Defensive Player of the Week for his two-pick afternoon against Northern Colorado.

Treadwell briefing, Manning to White

In East Lansing, nothing much to report from Don Treadwell's quick Sunday night session. Mark Dantonio remains "day to day," Treadwell said, and we'll find out about his level of involvement for the Wisconsin game after he meets with doctors early in the week.

The good, the bad, the Austin Peay

How about Austin Peay vs.  Northern Colorado? At least we can forget about this day and not speak of it again and watch MSU and Wisconsin play in a week in an actual football game.

Look for the "D"

It's on the backs of the Spartans' helmets today, in honor of Mark Dantonio. MSU's fourth captain today is Kevin Pickelman, by the way, and honorary captain is Tico Duckett. Enjoy the game, talk to you afterward.

The Fonzi of punters

Happy 22nd birthday to Aaron Bates, who is, in the words of roommate Kirk Cousins, "raising punter awareness" as a senior captain/trick play specialist for MSU.