Sports
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State College Spikes Unveil 2026 Promotional Schedule
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Despite an ongoing legal battle with Penn State over the team’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park lease, the State College Spikes will play ball for their 20th anniversary season with a wide array of promotions on deck starting in June. Bobbleheads, coffee mugs, a drone show, BuccoMania, salutes to a meme and Canada and 10…
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Paterno: Penn State Women’s Hockey Shows the Power of Ensuring Opportunities in College Sports
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Years ago, while I was coaching at Penn State, our head coach came into a staff meeting to remind us to control recruiting travel expenses. “Remember that other athletes, men and women, came to compete in their sports. They all have the same or maybe even greater drive to win as our players. They need…
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Inside/Outside State College: A Trout Fisherman’s Soul
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My dad taught me to fish when I was a small boy, out the lane from my grandparent’s house on Little Fishing Creek between Mingoville and Hublersburg.
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Hook: The NCAA Doesn’t Need the Government to Fix Its Problems
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“I’m with the government and I’m here to help.” I began more than a few marketing presentations with that sentence early in my career. Because everyone immediately understood the humor, sarcasm and irony in that statement. In addition, the humor eased the tension of what the potential customer and I both knew: They had a…
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How To Guide Young Ballplayers? Here’s Wisdom from Dodger Dad John Edman
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Our Happy Valley air may be chilly and our ground may be soggy, yet local kids know that baseball is in the on-deck circle. But will the 2026 baseball season yield fun for the kids? Will their skills improve? Will their lives be enhanced? Or will they experience fear and frustration? The answers to those…
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Penn State Sues to Evict Spikes From Medlar Field
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Penn State filed a lawsuit this week seeking to evict the State College Spikes from Medlar Field at Lubrano Park after the university said the minor league baseball team failed to renew its lease for the ballpark by the required deadline last fall. A university spokesman characterized the filing as a necessary legal step and…
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State College YMCA AquaLions Win CenKey Swim League Championship
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The State College Area YMCA AquaLions captured the CenKey Swim League title after the 2026 championship competition on Saturday and Sunday. Hosted by the State College Y, the championships welcomed 501 youth swimmers from 10 teams across central Pennsylvania. The AquaLions, represented by 118 swimmers, emerged victorious with a team score of 2,783 to advance…
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‘See Her Win’ Girls Sports Festival to Be Held at Penn State
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A new girls-only, multi-sport festival is coming to Centre County this spring. “See Her Win” will debut Memorial Day weekend at Penn State, according to the Happy Valley Sports and Entertainment Alliance. The HVSEA is hosting the event with Teammates for Life, the women’s sports initiative founded by longtime Penn State field hockey coach Char…
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The (Almost) Greatest Feel-Good Story in Sports History
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The Indiana Hoosiers are the 2026 College Football Playoff national champions. Let that sink in for a moment. I can just hear Michael J. Fox’s voice as Marty McFly from “Back to the Future” sarcastically laughing out loud, “The Hoosiers? National champions in football? Yeah, like that’s ever going to happen.” It’s a Cinderella story…
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Hook: After Southern Dominance, Why Northern Schools Are on Top of College Football
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For the majority of the 21st century, the south has ruled major college football. With the exception of Ohio State in ‘02 and ‘14, up until 2023, the northernmost school to win a national championship this century was Oklahoma in 2000. As a geographical comparison for those of us in the east, Norman, Oklahoma –…