Michael Markoch: Current Sports Beat Reporter

Most college students land at school their freshman year and stay at the same institution until they graduate. But for some Michigan State students, their journey started at another college, and they found their way to East Lansing later.

Eating right matters, especially for Spartan varsity athletes. However, being in college doesn’t always lend itself to smart and healthy meals. Until now.

Going on the road to cover a basketball team in a big tournament is a singular experience, as MSU Journalism students Sarah Smith and Michael Markoch discovered.

The in-game cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was stunning, but not unprecedented. MSU’s athletic medicine doctors and trainers know it could happen at the collegiate level too, so they are ready.