The Michigan State Spartans played the University of North Carolina Tar Heels in the first ever college basketball game on a United State military vessel. With President Barack Obama in attendance, the teams competed on Friday, November 11, 2011, in the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70) stationed at Naval Base Coronado near San Diego, Calif. for Veterans Day. The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans 67-55.

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The Michigan State Spartans played the University of North Carolina Tar Heels in the first ever college basketball game on a United State military vessel. With President Barack Obama in attendance, the teams competed on Friday, November 11, 2011, in the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70) stationed at Naval Base Coronado near San Diego, Calif. for Veterans Day. The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans 67-55.

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Josh Radtke is a Michigan based freelance photographer and visual media specialist who is following the footsteps of his late grandfather who died in an accident while on assignment.

He has worked at The State News, the student newspaper at Michigan State University, for over three years and at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, AZ as a Pulliam Fellow. Josh has covered a wide range of assignments as a photographer from breaking news and features to the Capital One Bowl and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

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Josh has been recognized for his efforts by Associated Collegiate Press, Michigan Press Photographers Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Michigan Press Association.

He calls Brighton, MI home and is projected to graduate from Michigan State University in May 2012. While attending school, Josh currently resides in East Lansing, MI.

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