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Former Penn State running back Keyvone Lee has a new home in the SEC. Lee, the Nittany Lions’ leading rusher in 2020 and 2021, will play at Mississippi State, according to multiple reports. He will have two years of eligibility with the Bulldogs. Lee, who entered the portal in January,...

Two weeks ago, it was revealed that Penn State will open its 2023 season under the Beaver Stadium lights against West Virginia. But it won’t be the annual White Out. Penn State’s game against Iowa on Sept. 23 will get the White Out treatment, the Nittany Lions announced Monday. The...

Tuesday’s “First Call” has quite a personal conversation about Pittsburgh Steelers history between Ben Roethlisberger and Bill Cowher. We have a positive report about one of the Steelers draft choices. The Brewers keep in line with the Pirates atop the NL Central. Duquesne is in the hunt for a big-conference...

Penn State football will open its 2023 season with a night game, the athletics department announced. The season opener will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 in Beaver Stadium against West Virginia University. According to a press release, it’s the first season opener night game since 2001. The game...

The proposed Beaver Stadium renovation project cleared its initial hurdle Thursday when the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning approved an expenditure of $70 million to pay for priority maintenance projects, winterizing and architectural and design development. The entire board is scheduled to vote...

The 2023 NFL draft concluded Saturday. Let’s not waste time. Expect to see a huge Penn State presence in the 2024 draft. James Franklin’s Nittany Lions were well-represented in this year’s event, with cornerback Joey Porter Jr., tight end Brenton Strange, center Juice Scruggs and safety Ji’Ayir Brown leading the...

Penn State wide receiver Parker Washington was overlooked through five-plus rounds of the NFL Draft, but he is considered one of the best 50/50 combatants coming out of college. The Jacksonville Jaguars realized that and chose Washington in the sixth round (185th overall) Saturday. With the 185th pick in the...

Aaron Rodgers has moved on, and Sean Clifford is moving in after the Green Bay Packers drafted the former Penn State quarterback in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. Clifford was the 149th player chosen overall. Clifford was Penn State’s starting quarterback for the past four seasons,...

When a safety gets his hands on the football as often as Ji’Ayir Brown did for Penn State, the NFL is sure to notice. The San Francisco 49ers made the investment in Brown on Friday night when they drafted him in the third round. It was the 87th pick overall...

Penn State University appears poised to move forward with the first phase of renovating Beaver Stadium, a closely watched project to extend the life of one of the nation’s largest and most familiar college football venues. University trustees, due to meet Friday, May 5 at University Park, are expected to...

As a child, Frederick Henry Scruggs refused to drink his milk, insisting to be served juice. So his father, Frederick, named him Juicy, a label that morphed into Juice in middle school, stuck through his days at Cathedral Prep High School in Erie and later at Penn State. Which was...

Tight end Brenton Strange, who was a favorite end zone target of Penn State quarterbacks over the past four seasons, was chosen by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday night in the second round of the NFL Draft. He was the 61st player chosen overall. Strange was the sixth tight end...

One thing is certain coming out of spring practice in the Big Ten: Jim Harbaugh likes his Michigan team a lot. There’s much less clarity across the rest of the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud, Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his...

A Penn State football player key to the Nittany Lions’ 2023 Big Ten title aspirations was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanors after being accused of punching a man in the face at a fraternity in State College. Penn State tight end Theo Johnson was involved in a fight in February...

New Penn State coach Mike Rhoades landed a significant addition from the NCAA transfer portal Wednesday when former Moon star Puff Johnson announced plans to enroll this year. Let’s Rock #WeAre pic.twitter.com/Af2bpiMfEv— Puff Johnson (@PuffJohnson14) April 26, 2023 Johnson, who led Moon to a PIAA championship in 2019, is transferring...

Penn State basketball is reforming its roster piece by piece after Micah Shrewsberry’s departure. Zach Hicks, a 6-foot-7 forward from Temple, will transfer to the Nittany Lions, he announced on social media on Thursday. Hicks is the third portal addition by new head coach Mike Rhoades. VCU guards Ace Baldwin...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State coach James Franklin believes major college football players will inevitably be paid and the sooner it happens the better it will be for all involved with the sport. In an interview this week with The Associated Press, Franklin said that while college sports leaders...

Earlier this week, we dove into Penn State’s offense and assessed where it stood coming out of spring ball. Now, it’s the defense’s turn. Let’s take a look at how the depth chart might look for defensive coordinator Manny Diaz days after the Blue-White game. DEFENSIVE TACKLE Starters: Hakeem Beamon,...

Spring ball is over for the Nittany Lions. Penn State wrapped up camp over the weekend with the Blue-White game, the team’s 15th and final practice. Over the last month or so, there’s been plenty of chatter about position battles and player development in Holuba Hall and at the Lasch...

With an extra year of eligibility, it was just a matter of time before Bailey Parshall took over the Penn State softball record book. That time came Tuesday in University Park. They call her “Queen B” but Parshall is more like “Queen K.” The fifth-year pitcher broke two program records,...

STATE COLLEGE — Chop Robinson sported a smile in the Beaver Stadium media room after Saturday’s Blue-White game. It was warranted after he spent the afternoon living in the White team’s backfield and chasing down whichever quarterback was in. It was also fitting for Robinson, who committed to Penn State...

STATE COLLEGE — The next time Penn State fans will be back in Beaver Stadium will be the Sept. 2 season opener against West Virginia. By then, the Nittany Lions will have gone through an offseason filled with internal hope and external expectations. We’ll find out in due time if...

The Blue-White Game is almost here. Penn State will close spring camp with its annual scrimmage at 2 p.m. Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Thousands of fans will descend on Happy Valley for the festivities and an extended look at the Nittany Lions, new and old. Here are 10 players to...