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STATE COLLEGE — Penn State moved quickly to hire its new special teams coordinator to replace the departed Joe Lorig. Less then 24 hours after Lorig was officially hired by Oregon, Penn State hired Stacy Collins to Lorig’s old post of special teams coordinator/outside linebackers/nickels coach. Collins comes to the...

Penn State (6-5, 1-2) vs. Northwestern (8-3, 1-1) Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois; 9 p.m. Wednesday Bottom line: Two forwards will be on display as Seth Lundy and Penn State will face Pete Nance and Northwestern. The junior Lundy has scored 21 percent of the team’s points this season and is...

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State left tackle Rasheed Walker declared for the 2022 NFL Draft on Monday as Nittany Lions roster churn continues after the season ended in the Outback Bowl on Saturday. “It’s only crazy until you do it,” Walker wrote in a social media post. “This has been...

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State special teams coordinator/outside linebackers/nickels coach Joe Lorig has been hired as the special teams coordinator and nickels coach at Oregon, the Ducks announced Monday. Lorig spent the past three seasons on coach James Franklin’s staff where he was also the nickels corner coach. The Athletic...

Yes, 7-6 is bad. But 11-11 is worse. Penn State is a .500 program dating to the start of the 2020 season. That Lions squad started 0-5 and battled back to win four consecutive games and earn a 4-5 mark. The 2021 season played out in opposite fashion. After a...

TAMPA, Fla. — James Franklin and Sam Pittman are concentrating on the players who actually will be on the field for Penn State and No. 22 Arkansas in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day. That’s no disrespect to the talented collection of players who opted to prepare for the...

TAMPA, Fla. — For James Franklin, the 10-year contract extension he agreed to with Penn State last month was another step toward his goal of elevating the Nittany Lions program to be among the elite in college football. In Franklin’s view, that means a year-round commitment to the program from...

TAMPA — Penn State is traveling into uncharted waters on both sides of the ball as it prepares for Saturday’s Outback Bowl against No. 21 Arkansas. The team will have at least five absences on defense and two on offense as it tries to cobble together cohesive units. The Nittany...

TAMPA, Fla. — During his sparkling Penn State career — and especially over the past two seasons — Jahan Dotson was a gravitational player for the Nittany Lions offense. No matter where the wide receiver lined up, that’s where the opposing defense had its focus, and it presented other cracks...

Penn State redshirt defensive end Arnold Ebiketie announced his decision to opt out of Saturday’s Outback Bowl against Arkansas on Tuesday afternoon on Twitter. “To my Penn State family, my time here has been an incredible testament to the places your dreams can take you if you’re willing to work...

Christmas came a little early for the Penn State offense Friday evening when Western Kentucky transfer Mitchell Tinsley announced he is joining the Nittany Lions. Tinsley is a 6-foot-1, 205-pound wide receiver who will use his final year of eligibility at Penn State. In 2021, Tinsley caught 87 passes for...

Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. announced Saturday that he’ll return to the Nittany Lions in 2022. In the Christmas morning message on social media, Porter wrote, “At this time in my life, staying in college and completing my college degree is important to me and my family. After much...

We’re firmly entrenched in bowl season now as college football took a break for Christmas Day. And that means we’re one week away from Penn State getting its turn in the postseason against No. 22 Arkansas in the Outback Bowl. The matchup is still scheduled for noon on Jan. 1...

The Penn State roster for 2022 is slowly coming into shape with transfers, early entrants to the NFL Draft and other veterans electing to take advantage of extra eligibility all making announcements ahead of the Outback Bowl matchup with No. 22 Arkansas on Jan. 1. On Thursday, Nittany Lions redshirt...

STATE COLLEGE — Russ Rose retired Thursday as Penn State’s women’s volleyball coach, ending a 43-year run that featured seven NCAA titles, 109 straight wins from 2007-10 and the Division I career victory record. The 68-year-old Rose will remain in an advisory role within the athletic department. Katie Schumacher-Cawley will...

Manny Diaz set the tone quickly when he first had a chance to speak to the Penn State defense for the first time. The new Nittany Lion defensive coordinator was all business. “He came into the meeting, slick hair back, chest poking out and stuff like that,” senior safety Ji’Ayir...

Penn State football will be without another of its starting linebackers in the Outback Bowl and the 2022 season. Redshirt senior linebacker Ellis Brooks announced Monday evening that he will be opting out of the bowl game and entering the 2022 NFL Draft. He made the announcement via his personal...

Penn State football signed most of its 2022 recruiting class Wednesday and now attention is turning to its 2023 class. The Nittany Lions and head coach James Franklin picked up a commitment from 2023 three-star offensive lineman Joshua Miller Monday morning. Miller announced the commitment via his personal Twitter account....

One week ago, Penn State veteran quarterback Sean Clifford announced he would return for a sixth season with the Nittany Lions. Assuming good health, Clifford will head into the offseason primed to be a four-year starter, something rarely seen in college football. Clifford and his teammates still have one game...

STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State men’s basketball team’s matchup at VCU scheduled for Saturday has been canceled because of positive covid-19 results within the Nittany Lions program, the university announced Thursday. The game will not be rescheduled, and the status of future games will be determined at a later...

STATE COLLEGE — Manny Diaz called the week he began as the head coach at Miami (Fla.) and ended as the defensive coordinator at Penn State a “whirlwind,” but even while losing his dream job, moving up the East Coast and beginning a new, unexpected chapter in his life, Diaz...