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Current Sports | June 25, 2021 | MSU Olympic Heartbreak, Pippen Unleashed, MSU On NIL Era

Leah O'Connor
MSU Athletics

An update on the former and current Michigan State University athletes who are trying to make the Tokyo Olympics. Also, MSU helping with the NIL era and former NBA great Scottie Pippen is stirring up some controversy.

On today's Current Sports with Al Martin we tell how one of the greatest MSU track and field athletes of all-time came up just short of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Two other Spartans are still in the running this weekend to make that dream come true. Also, Michigan State athletics is providing a way to help athletes during the NIL (name, image, and likeness) era that is soon to come. Find out how. And former NBA great Scottie Pippen is sparking up controversy, attacking former and current NBA stars. That, and more, on this Fri-yay edition of Current Sports!

Episode 1808

Al Martin is the host of Beyond the Score, a new series coming to WKAR in the fall of 2024. Al is also sports reporter for WKAR news.
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