Penn State category, Page 77

STATE COLLEGE — When Pat Chambers needs his best player to pick up the pace on defense, he doesn’t need to ask. Lamar Stevens just does his thing. Penn State’s leading scorer scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half, grabbed 11 rebounds and added five blocks and...

Highlands’ athlete Johnny Crise made his college decision Tuesday and accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football at Penn State. I’m staying home!! #WeAre @TylerBowen @DannKabalaPSU @coachjfranklin pic.twitter.com/LSmydwcaNd— Johnny Crise (@Crise_20) December 10, 2019 Until this past summer, Crise planned to play basketball at the collegiate level. But after...

Old Dominion hired Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne as its head coach Monday. Rahne has been offensive coordinator at Penn State the last two seasons and on coach James Franklin’s staffs with the Nittany Lions and Vanderbilt since 2011. The 39-year-old former Cornell quarterback never has been a head...

PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz is trying to lead the Philadelphia Eagles on a late run through the final quarter of the NFL season to make the first playoff appearance of his NFL career. Eli Manning is stepping back into the starting role for the New York Giants after a 10-game...

Extended an inviation to a high-profile bowl with a storied history, it probably wouldn’t have been polite for Penn State coach James Franklin to grouse about being passed over by the Rose Bowl on Sunday. So he didn’t. Franklin put on a perfectly happy face while discussing No. 10 Penn...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Penn State pulled within eight points of Ohio State just 8 minutes into the second half, and it looked like the game was on. The Buckeyes had other plans. Kaleb Wesson scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds for his ninth career double-double, and No. 6 Ohio...

Penn State senior Maddie Holmberg kicked off the indoor track and field season in impressive fashion. The 2015 Hempfield grad won the pentathlon at the Bison Opener at Bucknell on Friday. Maddie Holmberg begins the indoor season by winning the pentathlon event with 4075 points!#WeAre #PSUTF pic.twitter.com/M5tC1b5RxY— Penn State Track...

After seeing his name connected to jobs ranging from Southern California to Florida State, James Franklin is staying put at Penn State. The 47-year-old coach agreed to a six-year contract extension Friday that will keep him in State College through 2025. Terms of the deal were not immediately available but...

Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and junior defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos earned first-team all-Big Ten honors Tuesday in voting by conference football coaches and a media panel. Gross-Matos also announced he would skip his senior season and enter the 2020 NFL Draft. Parsons was named conference linebacker of the year...

A tearful Journey Brown buried his head into the shoulder of his position coach after his first touchdown Saturday. And, after his third and final score, he looked up to the sky and blew a kiss. This performance, he told the Big Ten Network, was for his teenage cousin, Paige...

STATE COLLEGE — Getting knocked out of the biggest game of the season was tough for Sean Clifford. Standing on the sideline and watching Penn State’s playoff dreams go up in smoke was even harder. If the Penn State quarterback has to sit again, he’s prepared to do everything in...

NEW YORK — It is one of the oldest adages in sports: Good players win games. Just ask Mississippi coach Kermit Davis. Breein Tyree scored 18 points to lead Ole Miss to a 74-72 come-from-behind victory over Penn State in the first game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays...

Florida State reportedly has been in contact with Penn State coach James Franklin, and there is “mutual interest between the two parties” as the Seminoles continue their coaching search. 247Sports.com’s Brendan Sonnone reported the communication between the Seminoles and Franklin, who is considered one of the top FSU targets —...

On his radio show earlier this season, Penn State coach James Franklin described the competing emotional states of his Sundays. “My favorite thing about being coach at Penn State is the 107,000 fans after a win,” he said. “My least favorite thing is the 600,000 fans after a loss.” Penn...

Mississippi (4-1) vs. Penn State (5-0) Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York; 5 p.m. Wednesday BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi and Penn State are set to square off in an NIT Season Tip-Off game at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Penn State won against Yale, 58-56, in its most recent game, and Mississippi fell 87-86...

Penn State wideout Justin Shorter reportedly entered the transfer portal, although coach James Franklin did not confirm those reports Tuesday afternoon. Citing an unnamed source, Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel reported at 1:15 p.m. that Shorter had entered the portal. About 10 minutes later, Franklin was asked about that report during...

The Butkus Award is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker, and Penn State sophomore Micah Parsons is one of six finalists for this year’s honor. The finalists were announced Monday, and Wisconsin’s Zack Baun, Texas Tech’s Jordyn Brooks, Clemson’s Isaiah Simmons, California’s Evan Weaver and Wyoming’s Logan Wilson...

For the first time in many weeks, the Penn State football program is staring at a breather in Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions’ schedule has been rugged dating to the beginning of October, featuring dates with Purdue, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio State. The fact PSU...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Chase Young needed help from a police officer to get through the crowd of fans that poured onto the field after Ohio State beat Penn State at the Horseshoe. Otherwise, Young spent Saturday doing pretty much whatever he wanted for the Buckeyes. The defensive end returned from...

COLUMBUS, OHIO — No. 8 Penn State came up a few plays short of No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday at Ohio Stadium. The reality is, the Nittany Lions are probably a few players short of matching the Buckeyes’ talent, too. Coach James Franklin’s team always will battle though, and...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Penn State coach James Franklin said starting quarterback Sean Clifford could have re-entered Saturday’s 28-17 loss at Ohio State. The team decided, however, it needed a quarterback who could fully function, which the redshirt sophomore apparently couldn’t do and also has struggled to do for a few...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Myles Dread hit a 3-pointer with just under a minute to go to lift Penn State over Yale, 58-56, on Saturday and remain undefeated. Dread finished with 13 points, and Izaiah Brockington scored 15 for the Nittany Lions (5-0) in a game Penn State trailed for all...