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Penn State gets commitments from three prospects in a busy afternoon
Penn State received verbal commitments from three prospects within an hour’s time Friday afternoon. Four-star safety Jaylen Reed of Detroit posted on Twitter his intention to enroll Thursday night. Then, four-star safety Zakee Wheatley of Severn, Md., and four-star cornerback Kalen King of Cass Technical in Detroit committed Friday afternoon,...
Penn State coaches will seek big plays, leadership from Clairton’s Lamont Wade
Whether Lamont Wade was at Clairton or Penn State, one or two doses of a good thing wasn’t enough. While leading Clairton to the WPIAL Class 1A championship in 2016, he returned interceptions for touchdowns in three consecutive playoff games. The last of the picks turned into an 83-yard score...
New Penn State OC Kirk Ciarrocca learns to ‘adapt, overcome’
The only time Kirk Ciarrocca had an opportunity to watch Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford throw a football, he didn’t pay close attention. Penn State’s first-year offensive coordinator was fixated on Minnesota’s Tanner Morgan, who completed 18 of 20 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-26 victory...
Penn State linebacker Cam Brown confident he fits in today’s NFLVideo
Cam Brown saw how the NFL was changing when he entered college four years ago. The Penn State linebacker noticed the influence high-powered spread systems had. NFL teams are employing quick, rangy linebackers to contend with more skilled tight ends who line up split wide and running backs who can...
Penn State AD: Football season could be played in ‘nontraditional’ spot on calendarVideo
Based on the resolute attitude of athletic director Sandy Barbour and the financial realities of the situation, it seems, at the moment, somewhat unlikely the Penn State football season will be canceled entirely. Based on the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic gripping the country, it seems unlikely the season will...
Penn State 1st-year coordinator faces difficulties without spring practice
The time between practice sessions might be longer for Penn State than other programs. Penn State wasn’t scheduled to start spring practice until March 18. The coronavirus shutdown started six days before that, and it has progressed into its third week with no end in sight. The last time Penn...
Former Penn State national champion wrestler Frank Molinaro retiresVideo
Former Penn State national champ, volunteer assistant coach and 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro announced his retirement from wrestling Tuesday on FloWrestling Radio Live. Molinaro planned to “go for broke” to make his second Olympic Team this year. If he made it, he’d retire at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. If he...
Penn State defensive meetings dig into more than football
If you wonder what college football coaches are doing to pass the time these days, Brent Pry is one guy keeping himself busy. And it’s not all football for Penn State’s defensive coordinator. “For us, there is a lot of Zoom (conference calls) going on (with staff, players and extended...
Time at Penn State helps track and field standout Holmberg prepare for futureVideo
Maddie Holmberg was staring at a premature end to her decorated track and field career at Penn State. The Hempfield grad was in her final semester of athletic eligibility when the spread of covid-19 wiped out spring sports season. She was coming off an indoor season in which she won...
How is Penn State football continuing to recruit amid coronavirus pandemic?Video
Penn State landed its third verbal commitment in the Class of 2021 on Thursday when four-star offensive lineman Landon Tengwall picked the Lions over Notre Dame. It was the latest sign recruiting is continuing across the college football landscape, even if universities have moved classes online while spring practices have...
Isolated college coaches, players deal with change in recruiting landscape
When it’s time to get serious about next football season, Ethan Carr will get down on the floor and do a series of push-ups and sit-ups, followed by some challenging pull-ups. Then, he might open the front door and run through the mostly deserted streets of Harrison City. It is...
Penn State receives commitment from coveted 2021 offensive line prospect
Penn State landed an important verbal commitment Thursday when four-star offensive tackle Landon Tengwall announced on a Twitter video his plans to enroll next year. Tengwall, a member of the Class of 2021 at Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md., is rated one of the best offensive linemen in...
Penn State’s James Franklin deals with coronavirus reality
The problems presented by the shutdown of the football program at Penn State stretch all the way from James Franklin’s condo, back to campus and onto the front lawns of every player who is home at a time when he expected to be at practice. Still, they pale in comparison...
Penn State WR KJ Hamler does best to prepare for NFL DraftVideo
Among the initiatives taken by the NFL at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic was eliminating in-house visits by draft prospects. That decision, coupled by most college programs canceling their pro day workouts because of the outbreak, has limited the opportunities for players to impress scouts and coaches heading into...
Penn State finishes 8th in final college hockey poll
The Penn State hockey team will never know how the most promising season in program history would have turned out on the ice. The Big Ten and NCAA tournaments have, of course, been canceled. On paper, though, the Nittany Lions finished as the eighth-best team in the country. Penn State...
Penn State’s Lamar Stevens, WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe honored by NABC
Four players — one each from Penn State, West Virginia, Duquesne and Robert Morris — were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I all-district teams. Penn State’s Lamar Stevens and West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe were named first team District 7 and 8, respectively. Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers and...
Patrick Chambers ’emotional’ about Penn State’s lost NCAA opportunity
Patrick Chambers passes his days without basketball like most working Americans. He has been on several conference calls with his Penn State coaching staff, university colleagues and administrators. In his free time, he reads and plays cards and board games with his children. An especially favored activity, he said, is...
Sabres agree to 2-year deal with Penn State captain Brandon BiroVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres agreed to an entry-level contract with undrafted forward Brandon Biro of Penn State. The two-year deal was announced Wednesday. The 22-year-old Biro helped lead the Nittany Lions to a Big Ten-best 12-8-4 record while serving as the captain for his senior season. The Nittany...
Michael Irvin says Bill O’Brien compared DeAndre Hopkins to Aaron HernandezVideo
The Houston Texans agreed to a trade Monday that will send star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and a draft pick to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for running back David Johnson and two more draft picks. It’s a move that raised plenty of eyebrows. Why would the Texans deal a...
Penn State, James Franklin seek to dismiss former player’s hazing lawsuit, calling it an ‘implausible theory’
Penn State and football coach James Franklin are asking a Pennsylvania court to dismiss a hazing lawsuit filed by former player Isaiah Humphries, saying it consists of an “implausible theory.” Franklin and Penn State filed their motion to dismiss Monday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania,...
First Call: NFL players mock former Penn State coach Bill O’Brien for DeAndre Hopkins trade
Monday was full of major NFL moves on the first day of free agency. Here’s a look at some of the ones that happened late at night that you may have missed. And if you did, I don’t blame you. Based on all the coronavirus news, I would’ve hidden under...
NCAA cancels men’s, women’s basketball tournaments
March Madness came to a screeching halt before a bracket could even be filled out. The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented...
Big Ten, Penn State scrap all sports through the end of academic year
Penn State has canceled all spring sports, including the April 18 Blue-White football game, due to coronavirus outbreak. In a release disseminated early Thursday afternoon, Penn State announced it had postponed all football-related activities — practice, recruiting and media availability — indefinitely. That included pro day workouts for NFL-bound players,...
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The most powerful conferences in college sports canceled their men’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the coronavirus, putting in doubt this month’s NCAA Tournament — one of the biggest events on the American sports calendar. Within minutes of each other, the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern...
Penn State hoping to bounce back in Big Ten TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo thought he had seen everything during his 25-year tenure. Then came this season, in which three teams with six Big Ten losses shared the league’s regular-season crown and as many as 11 remain hopeful of making the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field. Izzo doesn’t...
