A month into taking over as Michigan State’s new athletic director, J Batt is still getting settled in East Lansing while also hitting the road. Meeting with players, coaches and staff on campus is ...

Michigan State Spartans Athletic Director J Batt spoke at Big Ten Media Days on expanding the playoffs in the Big Ten and more.

J Batt speaks Wednesday, June 4, 2025, after being introduced as Michigan State University's new athletic director. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ...

MSU hockey, for a long time one of the great entertainment bargains in our community, is a little less so, as season-ticket ...

Michigan State AD J Batt talks at Big Ten media days in Las Vegas, July 24, 2025.

Jonathan Smith is quiet. So what? Michigan State football players respect him — see Nick Marsh — and will do the talking on the field in 2025.

Michigan State athletic director J Batt held court at the Big Ten Football Media Days in Las Vegas to discuss additional revenue sources such as potential naming rights to Spartan Stadium.

Michigan State athletic director J Batt has been on the job more than a month and he is already working on bringing in new donors and more revenue to supplant the athletic department's growing budget.