Tommy Stevens seems keenly aware of the questions or concerns some fans may have about him, and Penn State’s projected starting quarterback tried to rebut a couple of the narratives Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after practice, Stevens addressed issues about him being able to stay ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State and Vice President of Athletics Sandy Barbour have selected Carolyn Kieger as the sixth coach of the women’s basketball program. Kieger, a 2019 Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Award semifinalist, guided Marquette University to the top of the Big East ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Bo Nickal has been a show-stopper for the Penn State wrestling team ever since he first stepped on the mat in a blue and white singlet on Nov. 13, 2015. In that match he rolled up a 21-6 technical fall in front of a sold-out Rec Hall. Over the next four years, he ...
PITTSBURGH — The 18,950 fans that crammed into PPG Paints Arena on Saturday night came for a show, but instead, saw a coronation. Penn State had already clinched the team title — its fourth straight and eighth in the last nine years — before the finals of the 2019 NCAA Division I ...
PITTSBURGH — For the second year in a row, one man has stood in the way of Hayden Hidlay’s championship dreams — Penn State’s two-time defending 157-pound champion, Jason Nolf. Hidlay pushed Nolf to the limit before ultimately succumbing, 3-2, Friday night in PPG Paints Arena in the ...
PITTSBURGH — If Penn State’s Bo Nickal and Jason Nolf are nervous about trying to advance to a fourth straight NCAA final and win a third straight championship, they sure didn’t show it Wednesday. Those two Nittany Lions addressed the media, along with fellow No. 1 seeds Yianni ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — For Shakur Rasheed and Anthony Cassar, the lead up to the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships has come full circle from preparing for last year’s tournament. It’s also 180 degrees different. This time last year, Rasheed was prepping for his first NCAA tournament as the ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Out of sync and struggling for most of the game, Amir Coffey insisted he never really found his rhythm. It was hard to tell the way he dominated at the end. Coffey scored 10 of his 22 points in the final minute, and Minnesota rallied for a 77-72 overtime victory over Penn ...
When Hayden Hidlay made his spectacular run to the 157-pound final at the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships, he did it as a No. 1 seed. If he wants to duplicate that run, or take one step up to the top of the podium in 2019, his path will be a bit steeper. The NCAA released seeds and brackets ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Tommy Stevens, Penn State’s expected starting quarterback, will be handled cautiously this spring and, depending on his progress, might be questionable for the Blue-White Game. Stevens did not play in six of the Lions’ 13 games last season and did not make the trip to ...