The Spartan Speak podcast has returned from its annual sabbatical, and just in time, as the Michigan State football team is well into preseason practice and the season opener against Western Michigan is right around the corner. 

The Detroit Free Press's Chris Solari and the Lansing State Journal's Ryan Black take you through the latest in Spartan news. Topics:

• Tom Izzo contract extension
• MSU basketball recruiting lands Coen Carr, Xavier Booker, Gehrig Normand
• 6 MSU football preseason tidbits
• MSU football recruiting
• Listener questions - including 6 hot takes