Ben Jones
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Penn State Athletics: Michigan Pause Set to Alter Nittany Lion Basketball and Hockey Schedules
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Michigan Athletics announced late Saturday night that the entire department will undergo a two-week pause of all team activities and competitions, a decision that will impact at least two Penn State teams. “Under a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) decision made Saturday (Jan. 23), the University of Michigan Athletic Department will immediately…
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Penn State Basketball Wins Second-Straight with 81-78 Victory over Northwestern
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Penn State picked up its second-straight win on Saturday, holding off a feisty Northwestern squad at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Nittany Lions were paced by Izaiah Brockington’s 21 points on an effective 6-for-13 shooting from the floor while Penn State went 20-for-26 from the line as a team. In truth, a back-and-forth game could…
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Penn State Hockey Beat No. 12 Wisconsin 5-4 For Series Split
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Penn State hockey upended No. 12 Wisconsin hockey with a 5-4 victory on Friday night for a series split as the Nittany Lions found their offense, picking up their fourth win in five games. Penn State is now 8-8 on the year and 6-8 in Big Ten play. It was a Penn State-heavy first period…
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Penn State Basketball: Two Upcoming Games Rescheduled, One More Postponed
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As the Big Ten continues to shuffle and reschedule previously postponed games due to COVID-19, Penn State will now face No. 7 Michigan next Wednesday instead of No. 10 Wisconsin. Penn State’s meeting with Nebraska in Lincoln on January 30 has also been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Cornhusker program. That postponement was…
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Penn State Basketball: Nittany Lions Beat Rutgers 75-67
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There’s a fair debate to be had about how much “didn’t win but almost won” counts towards the merits of being a quality basketball team. Winning is – after all – the whole point of playing. If you’re losing you must not be very good. So on the one hand, Penn State basketball has not…
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Penn State Hockey: Penalties Doom Nittany Lions in 4-1 Loss To Wisconsin
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Sporting events often require a certain amount of nuance to unpack. Things are rarely black and white, or at least rarely as straightforward as you might imagine. But then there are the games when everything is pretty clear cut. Take for example, Penn State hockeys’ 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in Thursday night, a game that…
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Penn State Football: Former Head Coach Bill O’Brien Formally Announced As Alabama Offensive Coordinator
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Former Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien was officially named Alabama’s offensive coordinator on Thursday night. The move had been previously reported but had not yet been announced by the Crimson Tide program. “We are pleased and happy to be able to add Bill O’Brien to our coaching staff,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said…
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Penn State Hockey: As Caufield Comes To Town, The 10 Best Players Pegula Ice Arena Has Seen
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With Penn State hockey set to face Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday night, the Nittany Lions will not only have a chance to make it five-straight wins at home, but also a chance to beat Cole Caufield, the Badgers’ explosive and extremely talented forward. On paper, if Caufield isn’t the best player in college hockey…
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Penn State Athletics Reports 16 Positive COVID Tests Following Most Recent Round of Testing
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Penn State Athletics’ latest round of testing data gives some insight into the scope of a COVID-19 outbreak that caused the postponement of four men’s basketball games and the start of Penn State’s wrestling season. For the period of January 9-15, Penn State Athletics conducted 1,590 COVID-19 tests of students with 16 positive test results. The testing…
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Penn State Basketball: Nittany Lions Lose to No. 22 Illinois, as the Past Year Starts to Take Its Toll
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Texting with someone inside the Penn State men’s basketball program the word “tired” has come up on more than one occasion. It is a rarity that these things are ever spoken out loud. Coaches and support staffs are often equipped with this strange sense of defiance to the concept of being tired. You don’t admit…