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Penn State rallies but drops road game to MarylandVideo
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Hakim Hart scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second half, and Maryland pulled away from Penn State late to earn a 74-68 win Saturday and remain undefeated at home in Big Ten play. The Terrapins improved to 13-1 at home, with their lone...
Wisconsin men’s basketball beats Penn State in OT
UNIVERSITY PARK — Chucky Hepburn scored 19 points, and Connor Essegian added 18, the two combining for nine of Wisconsin’s 11 3-pointers in a 79-74 overtime victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. After a layup by Max Klesmit gave Wisconsin a 76-72 lead with 44 seconds remaining in overtime,...
Penn State’s Nick Singleton turning the page from debut season to ‘what’s next’
STATE COLLEGE — Nick Singleton can’t seem to shake it. Everywhere the Penn State phenom turns, he still manages to see his record-setting Rose Bowl run. Singleton’s dash through Utah’s defense, one that encapsulated his electrifying freshman season, happened five weeks ago. Friends keep sending him the highlight anyway, and...
Calijah Kancey, Joey Porter Jr. among 15 Pitt, PSU, WVU players invited to NFL Combine
The spoils of the 2022 college football season showed up for 15 Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia players in the form of invitations to the NFL Combine. The one-stop scouting mission, one of the biggest events on the NFL calendar, will be held Feb. 28 through March 6 at...
As expected, Drew Allar will be first up at QB for Penn State when spring drills begin
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s best veteran players in 2022 were also some of the top leaders on the team. No big surprise, right? At this stage of 2023, 10th-year head coach James Franklin is hoping some new leaders emerge quickly to replace Sean Clifford, PJ Mustipher, Ji’Ayir Brown, Juice...
Penn State 2023 early look: Analyzing the Lions’ defensive tackle picture without PJ Mustipher
Penn State’s 2023 defense is going to look a lot different without No. 97 in the middle of the line. PJ Mustipher is headed to the NFL after spending five productive years in State College. The Nittany Lions will miss the veteran defensive tackle. PSU returns several players who are...
Keisei Tominaga scores 30, Nebraska holds off Penn StateVideo
LINCOLN, Neb. — Keisei Tominaga scored a career-high 30 points, Jamarques Lawrence scored five key points down the stretch, and Nebraska defeated Penn State 72-63 on Sunday, giving Cornhuskers coach Fred Hoiberg his 150th career victory. The win moves Nebraska (11-13, 4-9 Big Ten) past last season’s win total and...
Freeport pitcher Rape uses showcase to catch eye of Penn State, commits to Nittany Lions
A showcase in New Jersey in July changed the landscape of Freeport sophomore Dustin Rape’s baseball career. It is where the left-handed pitcher hit 90 mph on a radar gun for the first time, and he caught the eye of some major Division-I baseball coaches, including Penn State assistant Dallas...
Penn State’s tight end picture has changed: The 2022 top 3 are now a 2023 big 2
Penn State’s tight ends were in the middle of everything that went right for the Nittany Lions’ offense in 2022. PSU’s top three at the position possessed the size and skill to be factors as blockers and receivers. The offense averaged 433.6 yards per game and scored just under 36...
Mason Gillis scores 29, No. 1 Purdue rolls past Penn State
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mason Gillis broke the Mackey Arena record by making nine 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 29 points Wednesday, leading No. 1 Purdue to an 80-60 rout over Penn State. Gillis went 10 of 14 from the field and 9 of 12 from beyond the arc....
4-star 2023 OT Chimdy Onoh commits to Penn State
On Dec. 15, a week before the early signing period, Chimdy Onoh took a risk. Onoh, for a while an under-the-radar recruit in the 2023 cycle, was verbally committed to Old Dominion since September. But as the signing period drew closer, Onoh’s stock rose as the offensive tackle was bumped...
How quickly can Penn State’s new-look wide receiver group come together in 2023?
Penn State’s top three wide receivers accounted for 1,577 yards and 11 touchdown receptions in 2022. Solid numbers, but nothing special. A year earlier, Jahan Dotson produced 1,182 yards and 12 touchdown catches in 12 games. The Nittany Lions’ improved run game impacted the 2022 pass game numbers. PSU churned...
Derry grad John Kerr makes most of regular playing time with Penn State men’s volleyballVideo
On the volleyball court, John Kerr always was an effective blocker. His 6-foot-7 frame combined with his long reach and jumping ability — he can touch 11 feet, 8 inches — made him a natural at that skill. Penn State coach Mark Pavlik knew it. During Kerr’s freshman season, the...
Jalen Pickett scores 25 points as Penn State blisters Michigan
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Jalen Pickett scored 25 points with eight rebounds and eight assists, Andrew Funk surpassed 1,500 points and Penn State raced past Michigan, 83-61, on Sunday. Seth Lundy scored 22 points for the Nittany Lions (14-7, 5-5 Big Ten Conference), who matched last season’s win total. Funk...
Penn State 2023 early look: Could the Nittany Lions boast a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the fall?
The answer to the above headline is yes. Penn State was 133 yards away from doing it in 2022. And that was with a pair of true freshmen — extremely talented true freshmen — leading the way. The Nittany Lions’ running game renaissance last season was something special to watch....
No. 1 Penn State wrestlers rally to beat No. 2 Iowa
STATE COLLEGE — As Max Dean turned Jacob Warner onto the mat in the middle of the Bryce Jordan Center, fans packed into the 16,000-seat area stood in unison. Their cheers grew louder as the seconds in the third period fell away before Dean ultimately won the 2-0 decision with...
2 Penn State athletes, 1 from Pitt land NIL deal with WWE
Two Penn State University athletes have landed Name-Image-Likeness deals with WWE through its “Next In Line” program. WWE said this is its third class of 15 college athletes to join the program. This class includes Penn State athletes, two-time NCAA All-American wrestler Greg Kerkvliet and Nick Dawkins, a lineman for...
Penn State 2023 early look: Replacing Joey Porter Jr. is a tall task but the corner room will be feisty again
As cornerback rooms go, few were better than Penn State’s in 2002. The Nittany Lions’ top four combined for 43 pass breakups, six interceptions, eight tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. The play of the PSU corners was a major reason James Franklin’s team finished second...
Derry alum John Kerr tabbed national volleyball player of the week for No. 3 Penn State
John Kerr has been a big presence at the net for the third-ranked Penn State volleyball team. On Tuesday, he picked up a big award. Kerr, a Derry graduate, was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Player of the Week. Kerr, a 6-foot-6 senior opposite hitter,...
Penn State men can’t stop Rutgers, Clifford Omoruyi
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Clifford Omoruyi had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Aundre Hyatt scored all 14 of his points in the second half and Rutgers beat Penn State, 65-45, on Tuesday night. Hyatt scored eight straight Rutgers points during a 12-2 run to extend the lead to 51-38 with 8...
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier to promote his book on Sandusky scandal in campus appearance
In the prologue to his memoir, Graham Spanier summed up his life as Penn State University president until his world came crashing down around him in November 2011. “I was all in,” he said. “And it should be no secret that I miss my job.” Not that he’s become a...
Penn State hires Virginia assistant Marques Hagans as new wide receivers coach
One week after firing Taylor Stubblefield, James Franklin and Penn State have their new wide receivers coach. Former Virginia assistant Marques Hagans will be the Nittany Lions’ new wide receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator, the program announced on Monday morning. “We are excited to add Marques to our family,”...
Transfer WR Dante Cephas bringing ‘the complete package’ to Penn State
Daequan Hardy was the star four years ago in Hershey. Now a starting nickel back at Penn State, Hardy led Penn Hills to a 2018 PIAA championship win over Manheim Central with four touchdowns, three interceptions and 340 all-purpose yards. His incredible individual effort helped secure Penn Hills’ second state...
Funk, Lundy lead Penn State past Nebraska, 76-65Video
STATE COLLEGE — Andrew Funk scored 23 points, Seth Lundy added 16 points and Penn State defeated Nebraska, 76-65, on Saturday. A layup by Camren Wynter gave Penn State a 72-59 lead with 3 minutes, 5 seconds remaining. Six straight interior points got Nebraska within 72-65 with 1:25 to go,...
Penn State 2023 early look: Olu Fashanu, Drew Shelton returning after strong season at tackle
When James Franklin became Penn State’s coach in 2014, the Nittany Lions’ offensive line was a major problem. PSU struggled to match up with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State at the line of scrimmage. But as Franklin begins his 10th season in State College, it’s clear...
