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Penn State Football: NFL Pro Day Photo Gallery
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Penn State football hosted its annual Pro Day at Holuba Hall on Friday with 32 NFL teams in attendance to see former Nittany Lions look to leave their mark in the minds of scouts, general managers and coaches prior to next month’s draft. In total 13 former Nittany Lions tested over the course of the…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Fall in Final Seconds to Indiana in Second Round of Big Ten Tournament
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MINNEAPOLIS – Puff Johnson skipped down the court, face buried in his jersey just moments after his would-have-been game winner clanged off the front iron, Penn State falling 61-59 to Indiana in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers took a two-point lead with just five seconds to go thanks to Anthony…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Rolls Past Michigan in Opening Round of Big Ten Tournament
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MINNEAPOLIS – On paper Penn State men’s basketball was always the better team, which is why it was no real surprise when the Nittany Lions walked away with a 66-57 victory over Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday night. While Penn State (now at 16-16 on the year) found…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Talks Carter Switch to Defensive End
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With Tuesday marking the first day of spring practice for Penn State football’s upcoming 2024 season, coach James Franklin offered up some thoughts regarding the position switch of Penn State linebacker turned defensive end Abdul Carter. The news was quietly announced as part of a roster update made in February, which listed Carter at his…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Ace Baldwin Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
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Penn State men’s basketball guard Ace Baldwin Jr. was named the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year Tuesday. In his first year at Penn State after transferring in from VCU, Baldwin continued to showcase a defensive acumen that featured an average of 2.71 steals per game, on track to be the most by a…
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Penn State Beats Maryland, Adds Solid Note in Final Regular Season Game of Mike Rhoades’ First Year
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Penn State men’s basketball rolled past Maryland 85-69 on Sunday night to finish off the regular season in convincing fashion. In many respects this wasn’t a game worth an intimate dissection as the Nittany Lions played well in the first half, survived a late Maryland surge and still took a modest 36-32 lead into halftime.…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey’s Season Comes to Close as Nittany Lions Fall 3-2 in Last-Minute Heartbreaker to Minnesota
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MINNEAPOLIS. – In spite of outshooting the Gophers 35-7 in the final two periods of play, Penn State men’s hockey fell 3-2 to Minnesota on Saturday afternoon as the Gophers scored the winning goal with 1:08 left in regulation. The loss ends the Nittany Lions season, falling 2-0 to Minnesota in a best-of-three series in…
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Nittany Lions Fall 5-1 in First Game of Best-of-Three Series Against Minnesota in Big Ten Tournament
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MINNEAPOLIS – For a program that has long taken pride in its ability to get pucks on net, the Nittany Lions may have known that Friday night wasn’t to be as Penn State managed just one shot on goal in the second period en route to an eventual 5-1 loss in the opening game of…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Rhoades Talks Potential Return of Baldwin Jr. and Johnson
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Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades didn’t offer up much insight regarding the futures of Ace Baldwin Jr. and Puff Johnson on Thursday as both players were featured on a graphic ahead of Sunday’s Senior Day despite having one year of eligibility remaining. “Anytime you could stay older, that always helps, no matter what…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey: Still Program Building, Gadowsky Looks Ahead Prior to Big Ten Tournament
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MINNEAPOLIS — If you were going to boil it down to two numbers: earlier this season Penn State men’s hockey passed the 400 game mark as a modern Division I program as Minnesota’s men’s hockey rounded the corner toward 3,200 games played in the program’s 100+ year history. Maybe it’s obvious that one of the…