MSU athletes involved in weekend fight
By Jacob Carpenter (Last updated: 10/20/08 8:53pm)A fight involving MSU athletes at a Center Street house sent one MSU athlete to the hospital Sunday morning.
East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said “three, possibly four victims” suffered injuries during a fight involving “multiple” suspects at about 1 a.m. Sunday at a house on the 100 block of Center Street. Some of the suspects involved are members of the MSU athletics program, Daley said.
“We’re still trying to determine who got assaulted and who did the assaulting,” Daley said.
Daley said one unidentified individual left a house party at the residence and later returned with several other suspects, instigating multiple fights throughout the house.
One victim was sent to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital with undisclosed injuries and remained hospitalized Monday evening, Daley said. WLNS TV-6 reported that the individual hospitalized was sophomore A.J. Sturges, a defenseman for the MSU hockey team. A hospital spokesperson said Monday evening that Sturges was in fair condition.
Sturges’ father, John, declined to comment on the reported incident when contacted Monday night.
Daley said police are in the process of interviewing witnesses and victims who might have been injured at the scene but left without receiving treatment.
Charges stemming from the fight have not been filed and would not be filed until the end of the week or early next week, Daley said.
MSU athletics officials released a statement Monday, saying, “We are aware of an off-campus incident that occurred early Sunday morning. The MSU Athletics Department is cooperating fully with East Lansing Police in its open investigation.”
MSU Associate Athletics Director for Communications John Lewandowski said it was too early to comment additionally on the incident because the investigation is still ongoing.
Originally Published: 10/20/08 8:53pm
Smokey
10/20/08 10:13pmDantonio! Get your dogs in line!
Here’s what happened:
Some drunk MSU hockey players were running there big mouths (I know many of them, they all talk more trash then Mike Hart) about how they have won a National Title more recently in Hockey then Football has. About how it was pathetic what happened against OSU.
So one of the football players (luckily I was not there for this) took exception and got about 8 of his boys and came back and it was 9 football players vs.
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Jeff
10/21/08 12:04amI don’t know what’s more disturbing, that some unfortunate incident like this occurs, or that someone posts on here beating his chest about the event.
Spartan
10/21/08 12:38amIt is horrifying that someone like ‘Smokey’ would use this as an opportunity to rant like an idiot. Someone is in the hospital and others are injured. To be more concerned about whether or not starters were involved is beyond comprehension. It is time for varsity athletes to join the real world of real consequences. Those responsible for the violence need to be punished both by the university and the police, and this Spartan will be cheering for justice, not some meaningless football game.
Smokey is a moron
10/21/08 8:02amSorry Jacob, it seems like you didn’t have to report on this unfortunate incident, Smokey did it for you with his arrogant stupidity. There’s no excuse for any of this happening, no matter who is at fault – bottom line. But let’s let the police sort it out and get some details before we go around assuming things.
Kelleydog
10/21/08 8:35amRest assured………. the investigation will not be resolved
until AFTER Saturday night.
Athletes
10/21/08 11:14amIt is really unfortunate that athletes, leaders at this institution, cannot support one another.
Beat Michigan
10/21/08 2:27pmThat’s why I hate hockey players. They think they are on top of the world.
BOB
10/21/08 2:39pmThe case at Michigan involved one 5’ 9” football player and one hockey player. Here we are talking about NINE (9) football players vs FOUR (4) hockey players. Sort of like the old joke of how many football players does it take to whip one hockey player.
Sad, sad, sad. We finally start getting some positive attention in football and then we have to screw it up like this!
Sad
10/22/08 8:18amNo wonder I don’t follow most sports, especially school athletics. What happened in society that makes athletes lack the self confidence that would prevent them from both poking fun at another sport as well as take offence at said poking fun? It truly is sad that these players were from THE SAME SCHOOL! I can understand competition between rival schools, but to compete within yourselves is just sad.
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BelAirZ
10/22/08 11:49amI really hope that “Smokey” is not a student at State. The poor bastard can’t even write in complete sentences or spell correctly.
MUCK FISHIGAN!!
10/22/08 11:38pmOk look, really…..Things happen to people when u have a little alcohol in you..I mean comeone, who can say they havent got drunk, and wanted to fight…HAHAH but yea im on the football team, and FUCK All of you who are dissing us, just because we outnumbered the hockey players..And it was at the hockey house, so it shows me out of all the hockey players there, only four fought…Where was everyone else?? and We Are Spartans, we are UNITED, WE ARE ONE!!! so we stick together no matter what happens..So Fuck The WORLD, no Better Yet FUCK MICHIGAN, because thats who ass we really focused on BEating…Peace Out!!
Bow Down Little Brother
10/23/08 12:20pmWow, Muck Fishigan. Terribly creative. I thought Smokey was an idiot, but you take the cake. The fact the football player couldn’t handle the fact that MSU’s football program is a joke, then had to get his friends to fight the hockey players says a lot about your teams character. Out numbering the hockey players 2 to 1 really showed how awesome the football team is. You haven’t beat anybody. Better take advantage of U of M on this down year because you won’t have much of a chance in the coming years.