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Penn State Football: Good Recruiting Takes on Many Forms as Coaches Hit Trail Again This Summer
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Penn State football will be back to a bit of normalcy following the announcement earlier this week that the program will once again be hosting summer camps for prospects in the coming months. Looking to rebound from a solid but slightly underwhelming 2021 recruiting class that finished No. 22 nationally according to the the 247…
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Penn State Football: Sutherland And Brown Both Competing At Safety
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Penn State safety Jonathan Sutherland has seen just about everything over the past four seasons of his career. He has seen winning and losing, quarterbacks come and go, coaches come and go and everything in between. It’s all normal for Sutherland at this point, a player who comes across as quiet and reserved but commands…
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Penn State Basketball: Lamar Stevens Signs Four-Year, Non-Guaranteed Deal With Cavs Per Reports
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Former Penn State men’s basketball forward Lamar Stevens has signed a four-year non-guaranteed deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers according to multiple reports. The story was first reported by The Athletic while details were later reported by Cleveland.com Stevens, who was previously signed to a two-way deal [which traditionally limits the amount of time a player…
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Penn State Football: Washington Arrived, Now He’s Focused on What’s Next
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It’s natural to be intrigued by the phenomena that is Penn State receiver Parker Washington. As a freshman he made 36 catches over the span of nine games for 489 yards and six touchdowns and perhaps more importantly to the point, he made it look easy. And in the hellscape that was 2020, watching Parker…
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Penn State Basketball: Shrewsberry Continues To Round Out Staff With Three Hires
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Penn State men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry continued to fill out his coaching staff on Monday following the announcement of three hires. The first, the addition of assistant Mike Farrelly as well as former Nittany Lions Talor Battle and Nick Colella who will join the staff as an Assistant to the Head Coach and Chief…
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Penn State Basketball Looking to Fill Out Rest of Staff
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Penn State men’s basketball continues to search for all its various positions under new head coach Micah Shrewsberry as the program has started to list openings on the university’s job boards. As expected, Shrewsberry is currently searching for a new Director of Recruiting and Director of Player Development. Those roles were previously held by longtime…
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Penn State Football: Like Teammates, Walker Focused on Details
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Like so many of his teammates, left tackle Rasheed Walker didn’t want to leave on a bad note. If nothing else, he knew he had more to offer Penn State before he headed off to the next level. “I have a few personal goals that I am still trying to reach,” Walker said earlier this…
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Penn State Football: Offense Looking for Balance of Traits Under Yurcich
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For better or worse when you boil it all down Penn State football has gone through four offensive coordinators in five years. It’s just a fact of life kickstarted by Joe Moorhead’s departure, Ricky Rahne’s own rising stock and now the hiring of Mike Yurcich following the otherwise underwhelming COVID impacted tenure of Kirk Ciarrocca.…
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Penn State Basketball Adds Second Assistant To Staff
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Micah Shrewsberry has hired David “Aki” Collins to his staff as an assistant coach the program announced on Wednesday. Colins most recently spent the past season as the director of basketball operations at New Mexico after previously spending five seasons with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder as an amateur scout. “From the time we first worked…
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Penn State Football: Smith to Will, Hoping to Unlock the Next Step
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Penn State linebacker Brandon Smith (who is either a junior or a sophomore depending on how you’re counting thanks to NCAA COVID rulings) is set to play far more Will linebacker this upcoming season and with it, hoping to see his promising young career continue to take off in the right direction. “We just dropped…