It all started with a phone call. “It was a Saturday morning and I was living in Milwaukee,” recalls Grand Rapids Native Matt Steigenga. “Right away it’s, ‘Matt, this is Jerry Krause.’” ...

Matt Steigenga knows what it’s like to straddle the fence. During the day, he’s a full-blown, red-blooded Bull, butting heads in practice with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. But when the ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Matt Steigenga won't pretend to hide his excitement over Michigan State's Final Four appearance, even under the veil of a radio analyst. "I love what I do when I'm calling a game ...

DETROIT -- Matt Steigenga finally is going to the NCAA tournament's Final Four. The Grand Rapids native and former Michigan Mr. Basketball from South Christian made it only as far as the NCAA ...

On Friday, Matt Steigenga phoned Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause to see if Krause had a couple of extra tickets for Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors at the United Center. When Krause ...

Matt Steigenga, a former Grand Rapids South Christian standout, wasn’t there for the last one in 1998, but he did win a title with Michael Jordan and the Bulls the year before. “It brings back ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Even though he was around for just a couple of months as a member of the practice squad, Matt Steigenga still has a ton of great stories about his time playing with Michael ...

The skinny: Steigenga arrived in East Lansing in 1988 as Michigan's Mr. Basketball and a high school All-American — he even won the dunk contest at the McDonald's All-American game — after ...

“I am pretty close to him. I just try to see him and hang out with him when I can,” Kyle said, referring to Matt Steigenga. “I don’t really talk with him about basketball that much.

Naming things is fun. Digging beneath The Kreklow Line, I stumbled across perhaps the most magnificent NBA career of all time: that of Matt Steigenga. Total career stats: 12 minutes played ...

The last time the Spartans played here, Matt Steigenga did the jump ball honors. Steigenga sat near the MSU bench for this one, serving as a radio analyst. “You know what got me?” Steigenga ...

All-America high school forward Matt Steigenga picked the Spartans over Smith's Tar Heels in 1988, with Izzo doing the bulk of the recruiting for then-Michigan State head coach Jud Heathcote.