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Michigan State clips Penn State as Nittany Lions miss shot at buzzerVideo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Aaron Henry scored 20 points, and Joey Hauser added 11 off the bench to help lead Michigan State to a 60-58 win over Penn State on Tuesday night. Marcus Bingham made a pair of free throws for Michigan State with 78 seconds left to cap the...
Big Ten moves men’s tournament from Chicago to Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that its men’s basketball tournament will move from Chicago to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the site of this year’s Final Four. The tournament will be played March 10-14 just a few blocks away from Bankers Life Fieldhouse where the women’s tourney...
Penn State holds off cold-shooting Maryland for Big Ten winVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Izaiah Brockington had 13 points, John Harrar added nine points and 12 rebounds, and Penn State beat Maryland, 55-50, on Friday night. Jamari Wheeler added 11 points for the Nittany Lions (7-8, 4-7 Big Ten), including a pair of free throws that capped the scoring with 23...
Penn State football gets blistered on Twitter for Super Bowl tweet
The offseason is proving to be every bit as brutal for the Penn State football program as the 2020 season was. Only this time, instead of an 0-5 start and a 4-5 finish, this pain is self-inflicted — by the program’s own Twitter account. The official Penn State football Twitter...
Big Ten alters Penn State football schedule for 2021
The Penn State football team learned its 2021 schedule Friday … for the second time. Big Ten officials made adjustments to the original schedule, which was released after the completion of the 2020 season. The Big Ten needed to accommodate six games that adjusted locations as a result of changes...
Penn State football names new TE coach; Terry Smith gets new title
Penn State has named Ty Howle its new tight ends coach, the program announced Friday morning. Howle, who served as an offensive analyst for the Nittany Lions last season and was a four-year letterwinner as an offensive lineman with the program from 2009-13, will take over the position for recently...
Maryland hopes top-20 recruiting class brings improvement in Big TenVideo
The Maryland athletic department slogan is “Fear The Turtle.” In seven seasons in the Big Ten, its football team has scared no one. That might be about to change judging by the recruiting work done by coach Mike Locksley and his staff. Locksley signed four four-star prospects in December and...
Penn State football lands another 4-star commit
Davon Townley Jr., a defensive lineman from North Community High School in Minneapolis, Minn., has joined the 2021 Penn State football recruiting class. Townley Jr., who signed Wednesday morning to kick off the start of the national letter of intent regular signing period for Division I and II football, is...
No. 19 Wisconsin slams Penn State, returns to winning ways
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin made the most of its immediate opportunity to avenge a rare loss to Penn State. Freshman Jonathan Davis scored a career-high 17 points and the 19th-ranked Badgers resumed their dominance of the Nittany Lions with a 72-56 victory on Tuesday night. Wisconsin’s 13-game winning streak over...
New Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich talks philosophy
Penn State coach James Franklin brought in Mike Yurcich to rev up the Nittany Lions’ offense, which struggled at times in 2020. Yurcich, Franklin’s fifth offensive coordinator in his eight seasons with the Lions, has an impressive resume. He coached at Texas last season and at Ohio State and Oklahoma...
Big Ten football recruiting rankings: Where does Penn State stand entering 2nd signing day for Class of 2021?
The advent of the early signing period for college football in December has taken much of the drama out of the annual national signing day in February, which used to be a day filled with much drama and fanfare. Now