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McKeon, Roberts earn Big Ten Sportsmanship Award

Penn State

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Penn State student-athletes Mark McKeon of men's lacrosse and Katelyn Roberts of women's ice hockey were among the 36 honorees named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2025-26 academic year, as announced by the conference office Thursday. The pair were chosen from a group of 31 Penn State students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship. One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners ...

Flying Squirrels edge Curve, 5-3

Local Sports

CURVE, Pa. – The Curve fell 5-3 to the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. RHP Peyton Stumbo tossed a career-high six innings in the start with five punchouts. He surrendered three solo homers and four runs overall on seven hits. Titus Dumitru drove in the game’s first run with an RBI single to plate Duce Gourson. Gourson reached on a hit by pitch and stole two bases before being removed from the game after giving the Curve a 1-0 lead. Altoona went scoreless in their next four innings of offense as Richmond jumped out to a 4-1 lead. The Curve ...

Verlander plans to retire after this season

Local Sports

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander plans to call it a career later this year. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP will retire after this season with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander made the announcement on ...

Altoona topples Richmond, 8-5

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CURVE, Pa. – The Curve evened the series with the Flying Squirrels, taking down Richmond, 8-5, on Wednesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona’s offense jumped all over Richmond starter Yunior Marte, tagging him for eight runs in 3.2 innings. Shalin Polanco’s two-run double capped off a four-run second inning for the Curve and Lonnie White Jr. slammed his eighth home run in a Curve uniform to push the lead in the fourth. Keiner Delgado and Duce Gourson each had run-scoring knocks in the fourth inning to chase Richmond’s starter from the game. Eight of Altoona’s ...

Spikes drop Black Bears, 5-4

Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK – Nyan Hayes homered to tie the game in the seventh inning, then led off the bottom of the ninth with a triple to set up Trent Turner’s walk-off single to give the State College Spikes a 5-4 win over the West Virginia Black Bears on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Hayes, who completed his collegiate career at Oregon State this spring after 45 RBI’s over 53 games at Grambling in 2025, took a 1-2 pitch from West Virginia (0-1 2nd Half) reliever Cameron Padgett into the Pepsi Picnic Pavilion for a three-run shot to even the game at 4-4 in the ...

Penn State and Pitt to renew rivalry at Palestra

Penn State

PHILADELPHIA – The Penn State men's basketball team will return to one of college basketball’s most iconic stages when the Nittany Lions take on Pitt on Sunday, Nov. 8, inside Philadelphia's historic Palestra. The matchup will celebrate the Palestra's 100th anniversary while renewing an in-state rivalry for the 150th all-time meeting between Penn State and Pitt. "Games like this are what college basketball is all about: great history, passionate fan bases and high-level competition,” said Peter and Ann Tombros Endowed Head Coach Mike Rhoades. “The Palestra is one of the most ...