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Purdue eager to get after national championship dreams

Big Ten Tournament Penn State vs. Michigan, PEACOCK, 9 p.m. By Dave Campbell The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — For as powerful of a program Purdue has built, the Boilermakers have had a rather tenuous relationship with the postseason. Their last date was as painful as it gets, an ignominious defeat by undersized Farleigh Dickinson that went down as just the second time in NCAA Tournament history a No. 1 seed lost in the first round in 152 games against 16th seeds. Every year brings a fresh opportunity, though. This team still has Zach Edey, the 7-foot-4 picture of ...

Lions use spring time to test out new looks

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Tuesday was the first day of spring football practice at Penn State, which means it was also the first day of Abdul Carter’s transition to a defensive end. Last season’s First Team selection by the coaches at linebacker is making the switch to a position that was vacated by Chop Robinson and Adisa Isaac. Robinson is an expected first round pick in next month’s NFL Draft, while Isaac is a possible second day prospect. PSU coach James Franklin said the move to defensive end was a choice made by Carter rather than the ...

Mistrial declared in team doctor lawsuit

The Associated Press HARRISBURG — A mistrial was declared Monday during opening arguments of a trial in a lawsuit by a fired Penn State football team doctor, who alleged he was ousted after complaining to school officials about pressure to clear players to return from injuries. Dauphin County Court Judge Andrew Dowling declared the mistrial after the defense attorney mentioned that Penn State’s football coach, James Franklin, and Penn State Athletics had been dropped years ago from the lawsuit filed by Dr. Scott Lynch, PennLive reported. An immediate objection from Lynch’s ...

Easy victory over Wisconsin gets Lady Lions shot at Iowa

From Mirror reports MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The seventh-seeded Penn State women’s basketball team rode a fast start — and a full-team effort — to a dominant 80-56 rout of 10th-seeded Wisconsin Thursday night in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Lady Lions now advance to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals tonight to take on second-seeded Iowa at 6:30 on the Big Ten Network. Penn State booked its first trip to the quarterfinals since 2014 by controlling the Badgers from start to finish as the Lady Lions led by 12 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady ...

Health of Lions’ Starocci in the spotlight

By Andy Elder For the Mirror With defending champion Penn State the prohibitive favorite to repeat as the Big Ten tournament champion, most of the focus this week has been more on one Nittany Lion than the other nine. Two-time defending 174-pound Big Ten champion Carter Starocci, the three-time NCAA champ, suffered what appeared to be a knee injury in the last dual of the season. His status for the tournament, Saturday and Sunday at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, remains up in the air. But earlier in the week the reports sounded promising. “He’s doing pretty ...

Sports at a glance

Friday night football on Fox Fox will expand its coverage of college football with a package of Friday night games. The schedule of games, which will include matchups from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences, is likely won’t be announced until late May or early June after conferences and the networks hold their selection meetings. Friday games, which used to be confined to only the opening week of the season and day after Thanksgiving, are not out of the norm for all three conferences. The Big Ten has had a limited package since 2017, but those were on the Big Ten ...