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Nuggets promote former Penn State standout Calvin Booth to GMVideo
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets promoted former Penn State standout Calvin Booth to general manager. Booth, 44, is in his third season with the Nuggets after being hired as assistant GM in 2017. He succeeds Arturas Karnisovas, who left Denver in April to become the Chicago Bulls’ top decision-maker. Tim...
Penn State softball coach resigns
The Penn State athletic department will begin a nationwide search for a new softball coach after Amanda Lehotak resigned Monday. Lehotak will be pursuing other professional opportunities outside of softball, the school said. She coached the Nittany Lion softball program for the last seven seasons. She led the 2016 team...
Report: Penn State basketball coach Patrick Chambers made noose comment to player
In January 2019, amid a 0-10 Big Ten start that very nearly got Patrick Chambers fired, the Penn State men’s basketball coach had a talk with his freshman guard Rasir Bolton. He had played Bolton only six minutes in a 71-56 home loss to Michigan State after having given the...
Penn State AD: Beaver Stadium unlikely to be full – if there is a football season at all this fall
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour was about as open and forthcoming as she could be during a video conference call with media that lasted almost an hour Wednesday. But, as with just about everything else in the world over the past four months, the answers she didn’t have outnumbered...
No positives among 102 covid-19 tests of Penn State football, basketball playersVideo
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said 102 of the school’s football and basketball players have been tested for the novel coronavirus, and none has turned up positive. Six Nittany Lions teams have been permitted to report for summer workouts, beginning with football early last month. Men’s and women’s soccer...
’Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 61: Steelers’ Stefen Wisniewski kept coaches thinking on ‘high level’
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 61: Stefen Wisniewski John Vaughan never had a problem with Central Catholic offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski, just an interesting dilemma high school coaches seldom...
Penn State’s Jesse Luketa stays ready by working out with Flyers’ Claude Giroux
The biggest question on Jesse Luketa’s mind during the covid-19 quarantine wasn’t whether he could stay in shape while apart from his coaches and teammates. Back home in Ottawa (when he wasn’t connecting with his six older siblings and nieces and nephews), Penn State’s junior linebacker worked out with former...
Penn State’s Ricky Slade chooses Old Dominion as transfer destination
Running back Ricky Slade, one of the top recruits in Penn State’s class of 2018, announced his decision to transfer to Old Dominion. New beginnings ? let’s get it @ODUFootball pic.twitter.com/6w25E28dFi— RS3⛏ (@TheSlade_Era) June 26, 2020 Slade, who entered the NCAA transfer portal in February, will be reunited with former...
Penn State kicker Jordan Stout hopes to continue long-distance deliveriesVideo
Everyone at Penn State knew Jordan Stout had a strong leg. But splitting the uprights in front of 108,000 people at Beaver Stadium is a mental exercise, too. Even more than a physical challenge, perhaps. So, occasionally last season, when practice was winding down for the day, special teams coach...
James Franklin will leave family in Florida while he coaches Penn State
Penn State coach James Franklin made his most difficult decision of the season when he decided to leave his family in Florida while he coaches the team. He’ll coach the Nittany Lions apart from his family to protect his youngest daughter, Addison, from the coronavirus. Franklin revealed the news on...
Former Penn State women’s soccer standout Rodriguez ready for NWSL tournamentVideo
PORTLAND, Ore. — Raquel Rodriguez was on her way to join her new National Women’s Soccer League team when sports suddenly were shut down by the coronavirus. It wasn’t an ideal start for the Costa Rican striker with the Portland Thorns. Rodriguez, a former Penn State standout, nonetheless bonded —...
Penn State’s Jake Pinegar knows what it takes: ‘Sanitize, spray, wipe, clean’
Back home in Ankeny, Iowa, Jake Pinegar could do almost anything. He was a champion hurdler and record-setting long jumper (21 feet, 7 inches) and high jumper (6-2). All-conference three times in soccer, he also found time to play defensive back on the football team and set the school record...
Two transfers, three freshman round out Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class
Two transfers and three freshmen headline the 2020 Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class, which was announced Monday by the university. None of the additional recruits is from Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions signed Maddie Burke (Central Bucks West, Doylestown), Kaci Donovan (Owego, N.Y.), Nan Garcia (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and Leilani Kapinus...
Penn State, West Virginia scheduled to play in December hoops event in Brooklyn
Penn State and West Virginia are among the teams scheduled to play as part of a quadrupleheader basketball event Dec. 13 in Brooklyn. The Nittany Lions are to face Florida, and the Mountaineers are to play Purdue as part of the second annual Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational at Barclays...
Bulked-up RB Noah Cain primed for big sophomore season for Penn State
Noah Cain made it a point as a true freshman last year to prove to his coaches that he was mentally mature. Then, during the offseason, his body physically matured. The combination could contribute to a breakout 2020 for a player who showed plenty of promise in limited action in...
Craig Heyward, Steve Wisniewski among those on 2021 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Craig Heyward, Steve Wisniewski and Matt Cavanaugh are among those with local ties who were listed on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 that was announced Tuesday. Heyward was a 1987 consensus All-American after leading the nation in rushing yards for Pitt. The late...
Penn State’s Micah Parsons ready to ‘step out of comfort zone’ as leader, still ‘be dominant’
Since the early days of his recruitment as a highly sought-after high school prospect in Harrisburg, Micah Parsons has been known for his outgoing, gregarious personality. But now that over the span of about 18 months Parsons has moved on from being a precocious Penn State freshman to a veteran...
Former Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg trying to switch to baseball
Could former Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg be the next Tim Tebow? Like Tebow, Hackenberg is looking to make the switch from the football field to the baseball diamond after fizzling out in the NFL. “I feel like I’ve got a lot left in the tank,” Hackenberg told NBC Philadelphia....
Wide receiver Jahan Dotson embraces chance to replace lost parts at Penn State
Wide receiver Jahan Dotson may show up Monday at the first day of Penn State’s voluntary conditioning drills, armed with a bit more motivation than many of his teammates. The urge to prove everyone wrong can be a powerful force. At least, that’s the hope. “A lot of people have...
Pitt, Penn State defenders named to preseason Walter Camp All-American team
College football is still months away, but the honors are rolling in for Pitt and Penn State players. Pitt defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman and Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons were named to the Walter Camp Preseason All-American team. (Twyman and Parsons earned second-team regular-season honors in 2019.) Twyman finished the...
Cornerback Keaton Ellis followed his dream to Penn State, now looking for starting jobVideo
The first steps taken in the direction of Keaton Ellis’ dream occurred when he ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash at a Penn State camp. It was late spring, 2017. He hadn’t even started his junior year at State College High School. Later that day, when coach James Franklin invited him...
Report: NCAA will vote on early start to summer football drills
College football players recently unleashed from coronavirus quarantine might be permitted to interact with coaches at workouts as early as two days after the Fourth of July. After spring practices were either truncated or canceled by covid-19, the NCAA Division I Oversight Committee is expected to vote June 17 on...
Penn State football gets a verbal commitment… from a high school freshmanVideo
A highly regarded athlete made a verbal commitment to the Penn State football program Monday. He’s not projected to make it into a game for the Nittany Lions, though, until at least 2023. Mathias Barnwell, a high school freshman from Virginia, announced his intention to attend Penn State via a...
Penn State’s Micah Parsons betting favorite to be top defensive player drafted in ’21Video
Penn State’s Micah Parsons is projected to be one of the top linebackers in college football this coming season as a junior. He also has become a sportsbook favorite to be highly coveted in next spring’s NFL Draft. Parsons had the best betting odds of any defensive player to go...
Penn State’s return to campus begins Monday with 75 football players
The first phase of Penn State athletes returning to campus after a nearly three-month shutdown will begin Monday with 75 football players. Penn State officials released a series of protocols Thursday night that includes quarantine and testing. Those athletes who are medically cleared may participate in voluntary on-campus workouts beginning...
