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First Call: Duquesne lineman gets a kick out of Seahawks minicamp, RMU & PSU in lacrosse tourney
In Monday’s “First Call,” a Duquesne Duke has a memorable moment at Seahawks camp. Also: the NCAA Lacrosse tournament will have a local flavor, a NHL game seven, and rumors about the NFL taking the combine on the road. The more you can do When you’re a rookie free agent...
Derry’s Chelsea Bisi earns offensive honor for Penn State softball team
Penn State freshman Chelsea Bisi was named the softball team’s Offensive Player of the Year. The Derry graduate, who had two doubles Saturday against Indiana, hit .319 with 46 hits, 10 doubles, 13 home runs and a team-high 37 RBIs. Congratulations to our team award winners! ?Offensive POY: @chelseabisi25?Defensive POY:...
First Call: What will Baltimore do with Trace McSorley?, Gronk’s acting, a monster homer
In Thursday’s “First Call,” Gronk’s acting debut. What the future holds for Trace McSorley in Baltimore. A bad break in Cleveland. And a bad fate for the Islanders? McSorley mash-up So, what are the Baltimore Ravens going to do with former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley? It sounds like …...
Penn State, West Virginia, Pitt teams recognized for academic progress
A total of 11 teams at Penn State, Pitt and West Virginia earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for outstanding academic progress based on scores from the 2014-15 through 2017-18 school years. The awards are presented annually to teams finishing among the top 10 percent of their respective sport. Among the...
Penn State lands 4-star offensive line recruit
Penn State added a big piece to its 2020 recruiting class Monday, getting a verbal commitment from four-star offensive line prospect Aaryn (A.J.) Parks. Parks, who attends National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Md., became the fifth offensive lineman to commit to the Nittany Lions and is the highest-ranked of...
Penn State’s Bo Nickal wins U.S. Open title
Penn State senior Bo Nickal won five consecutive matches on his way to winning the 92 kg U.S. Open National Championship in Las Vegas. He defeated 2018 197-pound NCAA champion Mike Macchiavello in the semifinals and then beat Hayden Zillmer, 13-3, in the finals. Nickal, who recently became a three-time...
Ex-Penn State RBs Miles Sanders, Saquon Barkley friendly rivals again
Miles Sanders patiently waited his turn behind Saquon Barkley for two years instead of transferring out of Penn State to a football program that could have used his considerable skills right away. That’s just the kind of player and person Sanders is. “Coming out of high school, I was a...
Ravens think Penn State’s Trace McSorley ‘could have a big role’
Penn State’s Trace McSorley sensed a quick kinship with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. They met two years ago at the Maxwell Awards, will be working together soon and have been similarly adamant about playing quarterback after college. The Ravens on Saturday drafted McSorley in the sixth round, specifically calling...
Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley picked by Ravens in the 6th round
Throughout his career, Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley was a winner on many levels, starting four state championship games in Virginia and earning MVP honors in the Big Ten title game in 2016. But the captain of the Nittany Lions fell into the sixth round of the draft, the 197th...
Witness in NCAA basketball corruption trial says he paid Pitt, Penn State players
A continuing trial into corruption in NCAA basketball took a turn into college football Tuesday, when a former Pittsburgh financial adviser said he paid players from several major football programs, including Pitt and Penn State. Marty Blazer, an informant for federal investigators into their probe of payments made to college...
With Tommy Stevens gone, here’s what Sean Clifford brings as Penn State’s probable QB starter
Tommy Stevens is out, and Sean Clifford is in. Stevens — Trace McSorley’s longtime backup and for years the record-holder’s presumed successor — is in the transfer portal and will leave Penn State. Stevens’ father informed the Centre Daily Times late Thursday afternoon that No. 2’s time in Happy Valley...
Parkland’s Dawkins chooses Penn State
After receiving more than two dozen Division I offers, Parkland junior offensive lineman Nicholas Dawkins has chosen to continue his football pursuits at Penn State. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound guard made his decision final Monday afternoon and announced it on his Twitter page. Dawkins tweeted, “Mom I’m staying home!!”, and that...
Penn State to host 3rd straight NCAA hockey regional in 2020
Penn State will be the host school for the Midwest Hockey Regional for the third consecutive year on March 28-29, 2020, at PPL Center in Allentown, the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee announced Friday. The winner from the four teams will advance to the 2020 Frozen Four in...
First call: Miles Sanders to Steelers?; Tiger wrecks bookies; Lightning nearly fried
In “First Call” Monday, there’s a chance the Steelers could draft Miles Sanders. Le’Veon Bell continues to illustrate Twitter schizophrenia. Tiger Woods killed bookies. The Lightning are about to fall just as hard as the Penguins. Sounds good to me USA Today’s Draft Wire site updated its five-round mock draft....
Tommy Stevens prepared to step in as Penn State’s starting QB
STATE COLLEGE — Tommy Stevens knows all about waiting his turn, so the fact that Penn State’s prospective starting quarterback couldn’t do much during spring practice was nothing new. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating for the dual-threat signal-caller who sat out most of spring ball, recovering from December...
Penn State’s Trace McSorley could face long wait at NFL DraftVideo
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories heading into the NFL Draft on April 25-27. Today’s installment focuses on quarterbacks. It was setting up so perfectly for Trace McSorley. By returning for his senior season at Penn State, McSorley would avoid being lumped into the quarterback-heavy...
Penn State’s Tommy Stevens discusses Heisman hopes, future
Tommy Stevens shrugged and laughed as he looked down at his right foot. Tap, tap, tap, tap. The quarterback’s shoe wouldn’t stop bouncing off the Lasch Building carpet. It was an eager tick, one that persisted as the Nittany Lion looked through his Twitter feed. One of Stevens’ recent retweets...
Penn State podcast: Catching up with Paris Palmer
“The Obligatory PSU Pregame Show” stars former Penn State defensive tackle (1992-96) Brandon Noble, beloved campus icon Mike “The Mailman” Herr and other cast members Kevin Horne and Chris Buchignani. This week, however, the crew is joined by a special guest: former Penn State offensive lineman Paris Palmer. To open...
Penn State’s Lamar Stevens declares for NBA Draft, could return
Penn State junior men’s basketball star Lamar Stevens will test the professional waters, announcing Tuesday he was declaring for the NBA Draft. Stevens can opt to withdraw from the draft and return to Penn State by the NBA’s May 29 deadline. A win-win situation for one of the best ever...
Hempfield grad Verkleeran jokes he’s leaving Penn State’s wrestling program
On April 1, Penn State redshirt freshman Jarod Verkleeren announced on Twitter that he was leaving the wrestling program to pursue a World/Olympic dream. Well, before Penn State fans get worried, Verkleeren isn’t going anywhere. It was an April Fool’s joke. After much thought and talking it over with my...
Jonas Brothers surprise fans with concert at Penn State bar
The Jonas Brothers dropped in on fans in State College on Friday night with a little help from Penn State football head coach James Franklin. The three brothers, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas, who exploded on the scene in 2005 on the Disney Channel, recently released two new...
Freshmen Bisi, Parshall at home with Penn State softball
The accelerated progression of a pair of local freshman softball players at Penn State has been a combined effort. Chelsea Bisi watches Bailey Parshall pitch with the same southpaw flair she displayed so often at Belle Vernon. Parshall, in turn, looks on as Bisi hits gap shots and swats high...
Penn State podcast: Bracket busters, Beaver Stadium memories and Blue-White preview
On this week’s show, Kevin helps teach the cast what a $250 bottle of beer tastes like (spoiler: not worth $250!), and the guys dig into a bracket-busting upsets in the Penn State Creamery’s Flavor Madness Tournament. Bracket-themed contests abound, as Champs in downtown State College battles to be named...
Penn State hires Marquette’s Carolyn Kieger as women’s basketball coach
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State hired Carolyn Kieger as its women’s basketball coach Wednesday after she led Marquette to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Kieger, a 2006 Marquette graduate, was 99-64 in five seasons with the Golden Eagles. The team reached the round of 32 the past two seasons, falling 78-76...
Penn State wrestler Bo Nickal wins Hodge trophy
Bo knows how it feels to get named the top collegiate wrestler in the country. Penn State’s Bo Nickal won the WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy on Monday, becoming the third consecutive Penn State wrestler to win the award, which goes to the top college wrestler. Nickal beat out...
