College Football Playoffs

The status of Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter is the most notable question mark ahead of the Nittany Lions’ Orange Bowl contest against Notre Dame on Thursday. Carter injured his left arm on the first drive of the second quarter of Penn State’s 31-14 win over Boise State this past Tuesday. On Saturday, James…

Notre Dame’s starting running back Jeremiyah Love sustained a knee injury in a 23-10 win over Georgia in Thursday’s Sugar Bowl. Love, who also tweaked his knee at USC on Nov. 30 and dealt with an illness in the week leading to a first-round College Football Playoff win over Indiana, took just six carries for…

The confetti has cleared the turf of New Orleans’ Superdome as Notre Dame adjusts its focus toward the Orange Bowl, where it will face Penn State on Thursday. The national championship game is suddenly only a win away for two blue-blood programs which have, for years, fallen just short in the College Football Playoff era. …

The story of Penn State’s season has been its relentless ability to beat the teams it was anticipated to beat. But the two games the Nittany Lions were viewed as underdogs, against Ohio State and Oregon, ultimately served as the team’s only losses. James Franklin will be tasked with overcoming that trend against Notre Dame…

There was always a path. At the start of the year, it was nearly inconceivable. By the end of the regular season, it was somewhat favorable. Regardless of how it was perceived, there was always a path for Penn State to reach the national championship. The Nittany Lions are just a win away. They’ll face…

The Orange Bowl stage is set. Penn State will face Notre Dame, a program that outlasted Georgia for a 23-10 victory in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday and will look to return to the national championship for the first time in over a decade. The Nittany Lions, a rookie in the College Football Playoff, will…

Penn State’s 31-14 win over Boise State on Tuesday at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, was a night filled with historic achievements and season superlatives. Improving to 8-0 all-time in the Fiesta Bowl, the Nittany Lions won their second College Football Playoff game and advanced to the CFP semifinals for the first time. They’ll…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jake LaMotta took so many punches he earned himself a middleweight boxing championship and a movie about his life. He was known as “The Bronx Bull,” and he was sent to the canvas just once in 106 fights. LaMotta’s face would swell as his lips cracked with blood, but rarely did his…