UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach James Franklin wants to make the first quarterback battle his team has had in four years a competition until the season opener. While it’s understandable and maybe even honorable to keep it open, Drew Allar was the favorite to win the job over Beau ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — One question that may have popped in a lot of minds on Saturday is how Penn State football is divided for the Blue-White Game. From a distance, it may look like the first two players at every position on the depth chart go against everybody else, but it isn’t quite that simple. PSU coach James Franklin said that’s how he used to do it in the past, but it wasn’t the case this season. He tried to make the two teams as evenly matched as possible. Franklin noted at running back the Blue team had both starters in Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, but there are ...
Penn State made its first roster addition under new head coach Mike Rhoades on Sunday, and it’s a player who is already familiar with Rhoades’ system. Reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Adrian “Ace” Baldwin Jr. announced his decision to transfer to the Nittany Lions from VCU on ...
By Chris Masse cmasse@sungazette.com Adversity has knocked down Trey Potts multiple times. Each time, he has come back stronger and kept moving forward. The road has been bumpy, but the former Williamsport all-state running back has stayed the course. And now that road has led Potts ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Thursday was Opening Day in baseball, which is a day of optimism for its fans. It’s fitting that Penn State also chose Thursday afternoon to introduce new basketball coach Mike Rhoades. After his press conference, there should be a lot of optimism among PSU hoops fans, as was evident by the Legion of Blue student section that was on hand at the Bryce Jordan Center. Rhoades, a Pennsylvania native from Mahanoy City, knocked one out of the park in his first public appearance as Penn State’s head man after arriving from Virginia Commonwealth this week. Rhoades ...
From Mirror, wire reports LOS ANGELES – Penn State men’s basketball senior guard Jalen Pickett has been named a 2023 John R. Wooden Award All-American, as announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on ESPN2 Thursday evening. Pickett is the first Penn State player to ever earn Wooden Award All-America honors. He was already chosen as a Consensus All-American (AP, NABC, USBWA and Sporting News) earlier this month. Pickett is Penn State’s first All-American in nearly 70 years. Pickett’s list of national accolades also includes landing on the Oscar Robertson Trophy Late ...
