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Penn State Football: State High’s Finn Furmanek Joins Nittany Lions as Preferred Walk-On
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State College Area High School quarterback and athlete Finn Furmanek will make the short trip up the street to join the Nittany Lions this year as a preferred walk-on. Furmanek announced the news on Twitter early Friday afternoon. “First I would like to thank my family,” he wrote. “Without their love and support throughout my…
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Penn State Football: A Decade of Recruiting Spending
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Penn State football spent $1.48 million on recruiting during the 2021-22 fiscal year, according to the athletic department’s recently released annual fiscal report. Recruiting expenses are defined in the report as: transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student- athletes and institutional personnel on official and unofficial visits, telephone call charges, postage, the value of use…
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Penn State Athletics: All-Time Highs Have Department Eyeing $1 Billion in Football Revenue Since James Franklin Hire
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Penn State athletics reported $181.2 million in revenue for the most recently completed 2021-22 fiscal year [in this case fiscal years conclude in June], according to the the department’s annual financial report released on Wednesday evening. That figure marks the the highest in the previous 12 years — all that Penn State currently makes available…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Fall to No. 1 Purdue
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Penn State men’s basketball fell 80-60 to No. 1 Purdue on the road Wednesday night in the kind of game that reestablished everything we already knew about both teams. For Penn State, it was that the Nittany Lions lack any size and accompanying skillsets to really contend with a 7-foot-4 future NBA draft choice in…
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Add Key Target on Signing Day
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Penn State football has landed more talent along the offensive line as tackle Chimdy Onoh committed to the Nittany Lions’ 2023 class on the second Signing Day of the year.The Dundalk, Maryland native hits the scales at 6-foot-5 and 270 pounds. The rest of Penn State’s 2023 class signed during the early signing period late…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Jalen Pickett Named to Wooden Award Top 20 Watch List
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Penn State senior guard Jalen Pickett has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List it was announced this week. Heading into February, Pickett is the only player in the country averaging at least 17 points (17.6) per game, eight rebounds per game (8.0) and seven assists (7.0) per…
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Penn State Football Adds Four-Star Offensive Lineman to Class of 2025
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Penn State football added its first verbal commitment to its 2025 class on Monday morning as four-star offensive tackle Jaelyne Matthews announced his commitment on Instagram. Matthews, of Toms Rivers North High School in New Jersey, recently visited Penn State this past weekend as part of the program’s final Junior Day event aimed at courting…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Routs Michigan in Record 83-61 Win
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If Penn State’s recent performance against Rutgers and close loss to Wisconsin were red flag moments for the Nittany Lions’ NCAA Tournament hopes then a Sunday afternoon’s dismantling of Michigan was a reminder that the college basketball season is long, and that the best way to respond to a bad performance is a good one.…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Face Slightly Easier Slate in Second Half of Big Ten Play
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Coming off a loss to Rutgers just a few days ago, Penn State men’s basketball sits at 13-7 on the year and 4-5 in Big Ten play at the midway point of the conference season. It has been a strange 2022-23 so far for the usually dominant Big Ten, with 10 different teams within a…
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Penn State Center Nick Dawkins and Wrestler Greg Kerkvliet Sign NIL Deal with WWE
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Penn State center Nick Dawkins and wrestler Greg Kerkvliet have signed on as part of the WWE’s third class of the Next In Line initiative, the entertainment company announced on Thursday morning. The program is designed to identify and develop potential WWE future talent. “The WWE NIL program has the potential to be transformational to…