September 2021
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Penn State Football: Five Things to Watch as the Nittany Lions Face Auburn
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Penn State and Auburn take the field Saturday evening at Beaver Stadium for the annual White Out game in what will be the Nittany Lions’ first home contest against an SEC team since 2011, when Penn State hosted Alabama. Over that span the Nittany Lions have won a Big Ten title and made a run…
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Centre County Adds 49 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 5,198 New Positives
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Updated at 4:15 p.m. on Sept. 17 with new hospitalization data from Mount Nittany Medical Center. Centre County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 18,626, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 16,871 are confirmed and 1,755 are probable. Pennsylvania added 5,198 positives to increase the…
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Penn State Football: Auburn Prepares for Noise, Nittany Lions Prepare for Recruits
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Auburn football has certainty seen its fair share of big game environments. The Tigers are part of one of the great rivalries in college football after all. But anything new in sports presents a unique challenge. Sure, Auburn has been to Alabama and LSU. It has heard loud crowds across the SEC and seen wild…
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Previewing Week 4 of Centre County High School Football
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Philipsburg-Osceola picked up its first win of the season last Friday in a close one over Huntingdon, while State College and Bald Eagle Area both won for the second time. Penns Valley and Bellefonte, however, both lost to Mountain League rivals. This week, SC gets into Mid Penn play, P-O and PV tangle, BEA heads…
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Bo Nickal Set to Make MMA Debut
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Penn State wrestling legend Bo Nickal is ready for his mixed martial arts debut. Nickal announced Thursday he’ll take part in his first professional MMA fight next week, matching up against David Conley on Friday, Sept. 24. The fight will stream exclusively on FITE, a platform that regularly broadcasts professional wrestling and MMA matches. His debut…
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Penn State Football: James Franklin’s Answer
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Would James Franklin leave Penn State for USC? James prefers to keep his thoughts on that matter within his family. His football family – players, assistant coaches, key staffers. Certainly, his wife Fumi knows what he is thinking. And is definite helping to formulate those thoughts. But Franklin is not telling the 107,000 other members…
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Chris Fowler: Penn State White Out ‘A Stroke Of Genius’
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ESPN play-by-play announcer Chris Fowler is back calling Penn State’s White Out game alongside Kirk Herbstreit for the sixth consecutive year. The pair were on scene for Penn State’s massive upset over then-No. 2 Ohio State back in 2016, and they’ve returned to call the Nittany Lions’ biggest home game of the season every year…
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Commissioners Talk State of the County
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On a warm September day, the crowd for the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County’s annual State of the County Luncheon was glad to gather together outside to hear an update from the county commissioners. It helped that the event was held in a covered pavilion at the Rolling Rails Lodge in Port…
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Centre County Adds 55 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 5,786 New Positives
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Centre County reported 55 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday to bring its total to 18,577, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 16,831 are confirmed and 1,746 are probable. Pennsylvania added 5,786 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,365,049. The new cases were the commonwealth’s most since April 13 and marked…
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Penn State Football: Sean Clifford, Penn State Offense Expecting Positive Growth to Continue Entering White Out
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No. 10 Penn State football’s offense didn’t have the most inspiring start to its 2021 campaign. Against a stout Wisconsin defense at Camp Randall Stadium, Mike Yurcich’s unit offered just 43 yards, one first down, and zero points in the first half. Since halftime of the season opener, however, the group has shown only signs…