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Penn State's 8-game winning streak snapped in loss to Illinois 
UNIVERSITY PARK — Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points, and Illinois snapped a four-game losing streak with a 62-56 victory over No. 9 Penn State on Tuesday night. Kofi Cockburn added 14 points for the Fighting Illini (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten), who led most of the way and ended Penn State’s...
No. 13 Penn State reaches 20 wins with victory over Northwestern
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State coach Patrick Chambers has watched his teams cough up enough leads late to know this squad is different. The No. 13 Nittany Lions are hanging on and closing out games. Lamar Stevens scored 23 points to lead Penn State over Northwestern, 77-61, on Saturday. Myles...
Penn State's fortunes shifted when Lamar Stevens changed NBA decision 
When Lamar Stevens changed his mind last year and decided to return to Penn State after declaring for the NBA Draft, it was a personal decision. But coach Patrick Chambers noted Thursday how it has affected the rest of the team that has risen to No. 13 in the Associated...
No. 9 Penn State men's hockey takes step forward
Penn State entered Columbus last weekend with just one win in its last six games, a stretch that was threatening to destroy the team’s place at the top of the Big Ten and was hurting its strong NCAA Tournament campaign. Throughout this stretch, Guy Gadowsky talked about many issues with...
No. 13 Penn State uses 3-point flurry to win at Purdue 
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Seth Lundy delivered a flurry of first-half scoring punches. Mike Watkins capitalized with a quick second-half knockout blow. Watkins matched a season high with 19 points, Lundy added a career-high 18 and No. 13 Penn State pulled away with a rare 88-76 victory at Purdue on...
Lamar Stevens leads No. 22 Penn State over Minnesota 
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lamar Stevens was celebrated as an elite scorer and a published author Saturday. Penn State’s do-it-all forward, who wrote a children’s book that was distributed to fans before No. 22 Penn State’s game against Minnesota, is well on his way to authoring another story. Maybe one for...
Penn State's James Franklin: 'Red tape' delaying contract extension 
Penn State coach James Franklin said Wednesday afternoon his new contract, a six-year extension agreed upon in early December, has not been signed because of some “red tape” — but should be finalized in the near future. “As you can imagine, these contracts aren’t like three pages of notes,” he...
Ohio State football back on top of Big Ten recruiting heap 
Ohio State is back on top in Big Ten recruiting, with Ryan Day wrapping up his first full signing class Wednesday with a letter of intent from the two-time Michigan high school player of the year. Michigan, Penn State and Nebraska followed the Buckeyes in the Big Ten composite rankings...
New Penn State OC Kirk Ciarrocca talks offensive philosophy 
STATE COLLEGE — A nice chunk of new Penn State offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca’s introductory news conference Wednesday touched on what the Red Land High School graduate believes. And the former Minnesota Golden Gophers coordinator also ruled out a few things. You can expect to see Ciarrocca working from the...
Penn State notebook: RB Ricky Slade enters transfer portal
Penn State running back Ricky Slade has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, according to multiple reports. The former five-star recruit from Virginia suggested before the Lions’ 53-39 win over Memphis in the Cotton Bowl that he planned to stay with the team moving forward, and yet he is now looking...
Penn State and the NFL mock draft roundups: Where could former Lions land in the pros?
The end of the NFL season means one thing: It’s officially mock draft time. A number of outlets took their first shot at predicting how this year’s selection process will play out after the Kansas City Chiefs completed a comeback to beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl...
Penn State hangs on to get rare victory at Michigan State 
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Lamar Stevens had 24 points, and Myreon Jones made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, leading No. 22 Penn State to a 75-70 win over No. 16 Michigan State on Tuesday night. The Nittany Lions (17-5, 7-5 Big Ten) have won five straight games,...
Baylor strengthens hold on No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Penn State to No. 22 
Baylor has strengthened its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Bears received 49 of 65 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to stay comfortably ahead of Gonzaga and Kansas. That was up from 44 first-place votes from the previous week, with the Bears...
College wrestling notebook: Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer carries Iowa past Penn State
When Iowa defeated Penn State, 19-17, on Friday in a wrestling match that featured the top two teams in country, it was two Franklin Regional grads that led the way. No. 1-ranked and two-time NCAA 125-pound champion Spencer Lee picked up a technical fall win for the top-ranked Hawkeyes. Lee...
No. 24 Penn St. rides 2nd-half run to Big Ten victory over Nebraska 
LINCOLN, Neb. — Myles Dread scored 14 points, Lamar Stevens and Myreon Jones had 13 apiece and No. 24 Penn State pulled away early in the second half on its way to a 76-64 win over struggling Nebraska on Saturday night. Stevens became the third 2,000-point scorer in Penn State...
Chiefs, 49ers coaches, players, execs have connections to Pittsburgh, region
Looking for a local rooting interest in Super Bowl LIV with the Pittsburgh Steelers missing the playoffs for the second year in a row and last reaching the title game nine years ago? There is no shortage of connections to the organization, the region and area colleges when the Kansas...
Lamar Stevens leads No. 24 Penn State over Indiana 
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lamar Stevens scored nine of his 17 points in the second half and grabbed nine rebounds to lead No. 24 Penn State over Indiana, 64-49, on Wednesday night. Curtis Jones Jr. scored 12 points for the Nittany Lions (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten), who won their third straight...
Former Penn State wideout Justin Shorter selects an SEC school as his new home
Justin Shorter is headed to the SEC. The former Penn State wideout announced Sunday afternoon on Twitter that he is joining the Florida Gators’ program. The 6-4, 230-pound Shorter posted a picture of himself in a Florida Gators uniform — wearing No. 6 — and attach the words “Officially Committed!”...
WPIAL products Lee, Pletcher, Joseph ranked No. 1 in initial NCAA Division I wrestling coaches poll
The NCAA released the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2019-20 wrestling season Friday, and three WPIAL wrestlers — Iowa junior Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional), Ohio State senior Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) and Penn State senior Vincenzo Joseph (Central Catholic) earned No. 1 spots. Lee and Joseph are two-time...
Hempfield grad Maddie Holmberg sets season high, wins pentathlon in New York
Hempfield grad Maddie Holmberg continues to do amazing things on the track. A Penn State senior and two-time first-team NCAA All-American turned in her best performance of the season, scoring 4,171 points in winning the pentathlon at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York City. Competing in five events, the...
How former Hempfield wrestler Jarod Verkleeren found success at Penn State in spite of Type 1 diabetes
Penn State wrestler Jarod Verkleeren won’t motion to the crowd to make noise. He doesn’t flex after a victory. And you won’t often find him yelling into the stands — all for good reason. The 149-pound wrestler was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 4. If Verkleeren...
Yetur Gross-Matos leads Penn State prospects for NFL Draft 
Penn State’s 2020 NFL Draft prospects aren’t quite as bright as they were the past two seasons, each of which ended with six players selected. But beyond the two potential early rounders, Penn State sends an intriguing group into draft contention, with several players offering late-round value. Penn State has...
Lamar Stevens scores 19 as Penn State handles Michigan 
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Lamar Stevens scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half, and Penn State was in control for most of the game in a 72-63 victory over Michigan on Wednesday night. Curtis Jones scored 18 points, and Myreon Jones added 16 for the Nittany Lions,...
Penn State men's basketball upsets No. 20 Ohio State 
STATE COLLEGE — Although foul trouble kept him on the bench for nearly 20 minutes Saturday, Penn State forward Lamar Stevens channeled his frustration to play efficient minutes. Stevens scored 14 of his 24 points in the second half, and Penn State defeated No. 20 Ohio State, 90-76, on Saturday...
DA stops short of saying investigation into Penn State football hazing allegations is closed
While insisting criminal charges aren’t warranted at this point, Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna didn’t completely close the door Thursday on his investigation into allegations of brutal hazing on Penn State’s football team. Cantorna gave that sign in a statement he released in response to a federal civil rights...


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