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Penn State Football: Spring Practice Proving Big As Offensive Line Finds Stride
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The more things change, the more some things stay the same, and for another season Penn State will look to solidify its offensive line after offseason departures to the NFL and a transfer portal entry leave the Nittany Lions partially in flux in the trenches. To set the table for the situation, Penn State will…
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Penn State Basketball: Fisher Hired as Associate Head Coach
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Penn State men’s basketball has hired Adam Fisher as associate head coach, the program announced on Monday. Fisher is the first announced staff hire under new head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Fisher previously joined Penn State’s staff in 2011 under then new head coach Pat Chambers as video coordinator and was promoted to director of player…
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Penn State Football: Jahan Dotson Chasing His Dream, Mindful of the Journey and Sacrifices That Led to This Moment
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Jahan Waltè Dotson was born on March 22, 2000 in a Newark, New Jersey hospital so overcrowded that his mother Robin had to give birth to him in an examining room. There isn’t much about the blur of that day Robin really remembers. Although she remembers the pain — that’s hard to forget. But everything…
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Penn State Basketball: Trio of High Profile Prospects Makes for Interesting Summer on Recruiting Trail for Shrewsberry
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The Micah Shrewsberry era at Penn State has a chance to start off on an interesting note following the news on Sunday that now former Purdue commit and four-star Philadelphia area guard Jameel Brown will reopen his recruitment. Brown, rated Pennsylvania’s third-best prospect in the 2022 class and the 134th best player in the nation…
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Penn State Football: Acclimation Key for New Staff Members as Much as New Players
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As Penn State football heads into the 2021 season there are plenty of questions that will need to be answered and plenty of storylines to follow as the Nittany Lions look to bounce back from an underwhelming 2020 campaign. Of course most of these things will unfold on the field, that’s where the game is…
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Penn State Football: Five Storylines As Spring Practice Starts
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Coming off a well documented 0-5 start turned 4-0 finish, Penn State football is looking to get its balance once again heading into the 2021-22 season and close the book on a strange and underwhelming moment in the program’s history. The good news: the Nittany Lions welcome plenty of talent back to campus and are…
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Penn State Basketball: Transfer Portal Tracker
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Penn State basketball was almost certainly headed towards a rebuilding phase under new head coach Micah Shrewsberry and that movement began late Monday night into Tuesday morning as four Nittany Lions with a likely fifth – if not more – entered the transfer portal. Senior big men John Harrar and Trent Buttrick lead the way…
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Penn State Hockey: Nittany Lions Fall 4-3 in Overtime To Wisconsin as Season Comes to Close
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Penn State hockey fell 4-3 in overtime to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on Monday evening to end the Nittany Lions’ turbulent, strange and unpredictable year. The nature of the season is not entirely unique – Penn State was impacted by the oddities of a pandemic just like everyone else – albeit a…
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Penn State Basketball: Shrewsberry Announced as Head Coach
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Penn State Athletics officially announced the hiring of Purdue assistant Micah Shrewsberry as its next men’s basketball coach on Monday night. Penn State’s Board of Trustees Subcommittee on Compensation approved Shrewsberry’s terms of employment on Monday evening prior to the announcement, though the terms have not been disclosed. Monday’s news comes less than 24 hours…
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Penn State Football: Optimism for Running Back Noah Cain to Return to Action This Spring
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Penn State is hopeful that running back Noah Cain will be healthy enough to return for at least the second half of spring ball according to coach James Franklin. “We think probably the second half of spring ball we’ll get some work out of him,” Franklin said on Monday. “It’s hard to predict how much…