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Penn State beats Wagner
Guard Tim Frazier makes return to court as Lions open season with victory

Tim Frazier is back, even if Penn State's shooting percentage in its season opener didn't quite show it.

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11/10/2013 - 02:47
Adam Bittner
The Butler's Job
Even before John Butler was promoted from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator over the winter, players across Penn State’s defense spoke glowingly about his impact on the unit.

They’d often mention him spontaneously, too, not just in responding with boilerplate answers when asked about him directly.

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11/09/2013 - 16:59
Adam Bittner
Penn State falls to Minnesota 24-10
Penn State's offense struggled, going 1-for-9 on third down, and the Nittany Lions fell to 2-3 in the Big Ten after losing to Minnesota 24-10 on Saturday in Minneapolis.

With less than seven minutes remaining in regulation, Penn State had an opportunity to cut its deficit in half.

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11/09/2013 - 16:11
Eric Shultz
Penn State Basketball: Welcome Back
The third year of a college basketball coach’s tenure at a school is typically when fans start looking for results. With a few of his own recruiting classes in the program, he has enough ownership that a lot of opinions about his ability begin to form, for better or worse.

At Penn State, where winning tradition is harder to come by and recruiting expectations are low, that pressure isn’t as intense.

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11/07/2013 - 09:51
Adam Bittner
Penn State clips Illinois in overtime
Bill Belton ran for 201 yards, Allen Robinson caught 11 passes for 165 yards and Penn State needed overtime to edge Illinois 24-17, running the Illini's Big 10 losing streak to 18.

At Penn State's previous home game, fans at Beaver Stadium had to hold their collective breath through four dramatic overtime periods with Michigan before the Nittany Lions walked away victors.

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11/02/2013 - 15:49
Eric Shultz
Ohio State throttles Penn State 63-14
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more as the Buckeyes rolled up nearly 700 yards of offense in a 63-14 trouncing of Penn State in Columbus Saturday night.

Penn State had no answers for rival Ohio State on the football field Saturday, suffering one of the worst losses in school history in a 63-14 blowout.

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10/26/2013 - 23:38
Cody Benjamin
Penn State outlasts Michigan in four overtimes
Penn State had never played a four overtime game and hadn't beaten a ranked opponent under coach Bill O'Brien. After doing both in a four-plus hour marathon Saturday at Beaver Stadium, they haven't lost to Michigan in 2,212 days and counting.

The Nittany Lions (4-2) mounted a thrilling fourth-quarter rally in front of a sold-out, white-clad crowd of 107,884, tying the game with just under a minute left, before prevailing 43-40 after fou

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10/13/2013 - 00:42
Adam Bittner
Penn State falls to Indiana 44-24
Indiana scored three touchdowns in a 3:40 span early in the fourth quarter to pull away from Penn State en route to pasting the Nittany Lions 44-24 in Bloomington on Saturday afternoon.

Penn State's dominance of Indiana is over.

The Hoosiers racked up 486 yards of offense to throttle the Nittany Lions, 44-24, on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington.

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10/05/2013 - 15:47
Adam Bittner
Not About Joe
The Freeh Report was never about Joe Paterno. The conclusions former FBI director Louis Freeh came to about the deceased Penn State coach's involvement in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case have certainly been the most discussed and debated elements of the report.

But the report wasn't commissioned by the university's Board of Trustees for those conclusions.

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09/24/2013 - 15:31
Adam Bittner
Making the Adjustments
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien's in-game adjustments have the Lions out-maneuvering their opposition this season.

Late in Joe Paterno's career, his teams were often criticized for not "adjusting" in the second half of games, particularly those they lost.

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09/24/2013 - 13:39
Adam Bittner
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Asked and Answered
The NFL is about to have an openly gay player in its ranks. Missouri defensive end Michael Sam—the 2014 Southern Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year—is projected to be selected in the later rounds of this May's NFL Draft.
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Six Stars of Selection Sunday
In the ever-changing world of today's college basketball, the race for the national championship is as wide open and fluid as ever. As the NCAA Tournament nears, however, these are the teams to watch.
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Short Spring Break
With March Madness on the horizon, a couple of factors have kept Pitt fans optimistic for a potential run in the NCAA Tournament. The emergence of go-to scorer Lamar Patterson has been noted the most.
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March: Pens Games to Watch
The Penguins are back from Sochi and back in action with a full slate of games throughout the month of March. With defensemen Kris Letang and Paul Martin expected to miss most of the action, the team will depend on a young blue line.
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MLB Power Ratings
The Cardinals and the Tigers are the teams to beat this season, but the Yankees spent a ton of money trying to play catch-up, while the Nats starting pitching may be the best in baseball.
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Still Filling Holes
It’s been a long time since the Pirates’ starting lineup was decided early in spring training, and the team has their share of holes again this season.
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Roster Breakdown
After the most successful season in 20 years, Pirates fans began anticipating the 2014 opener shortly after the loss to the Cardinals in the NLDS.
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National League Central Preview
Dusty Baker, Carlos Beltran and A.J. Burnett have left the National League Central, but Ryan Braun returns. St. Louis and Pittsburgh boast top-flight young pitching that should make the 2014 race another competitive one.
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