The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously ...
From staff reports The Big Ten announced this afternoon that any competition during the fall sports season will only take place against conference opponents, which would alter the Penn State football schedule along with any men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's ...
From staff reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball coach Patrick Chambers came under fire on Monday after a comment he made to a former player in January of 2019 became public. Rasir Bolton, a freshman standout for the Nittany Lions during the 2018-19 season took to Twitter ...
UNIVERSITY PARK —While some college football teams have reported double-figure results of players testing positive for the coronavirus, it’s been so far, so good for Penn State. Athletic Director Sandy Barbour met the media via Zoom on Wednesday and said of the 102 student-athletes ...
From staff reports The Penn State men’s basketball team will play Florida on Sunday, Dec. 13 at Barclays Center in the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational. The game between the Nittany Lions and Gators is part of a quadruple-header with Purdue vs. West Virginia, Stanford vs. Georgia Tech ...
From staff reports Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, Syracuse defensive end Dwight Freeney and Kansas State running back Darren Sproles will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. The National Football Foundation on Tuesday announced the 78 players and ...
From staff reports ROSEMONT, Ill. - Junior Cole Hults and senior Nate Sucese continue to roll in the postseason honors after earning First-Team All-Big Ten accolades as announced by the league office on Monday morning. The pair highlight five Nittany Lions to land on 2019-20 All-Conference ...
As the coronavirus casts a pall of uncertainty over the sports world, James Franklin is keeping an open mind on how the potential 2020 football season may take shape. “I’m a believer in science and listening to the experts,” he told a zoom call of Penn State reporters on Wednesday. ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two former Penn State football players didn’t have to wait long to see their names called, as defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos and wide receiver KJ Hamler were each selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday night. The 6-foot-5, 266-pound ...
UNIVERSITY PARK —Penn State didn’t get to play its annual Blue-White Game as scheduled Saturday because of the coronavirus, but the football program did release a spring depth chart. Actually, it released two depth charts within a span of a few hours, with the second providing two big ...