UNIVERSITY PARK — Same script, different day. Just as the Nittany Lions’ offense failed in their other big game earlier this season at Ohio State, Penn State was equally inept Saturday afternoon against No. 2 Michigan. The Wolverines — despite not having their head coach, Jim Harbaugh, ...
Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — The Big Ten Conference banned Jim Harbaugh from coaching at Michigan’s three remaining regular-season games on Friday, defying a warning from the second-ranked Wolverines in an extraordinary confrontation over a sign-stealing scheme that has rocked college football. The school was disciplined less than 24 hours before kickoff at No. 9 Penn State in the Wolverines’ toughest matchup of the season. Michigan (9-0) has a shot to win a third straight Big Ten title and the school’s first national championship since ...
Men: SFU at Santa Clara SATURDAY Tipoff: 7 p.m., Leavey Center, Santa Clara, Calif. Records: Saint Francis (0-2); Santa Clara (1-0) TV: ESPN-Plus Live stats: Available at sidearmsports.com. Link on SFU’s schedule at sfuathletics.com Notables: Tonight will be the first-ever meeting between the programs. Santa Clara enters tonight coming off its season-opening win, 77-69, over Utah Tech on Wednesday. David Elliot led the Broncos with 24 points while Aric Demings added 17 points. … Saint Francis started 0-2 in each of the three seasons it advanced to the NEC Championship ...
From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary had 20 points, Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 18 off the bench and Qudus Wahab added a double-double to help Penn State pull away in the second half to beat Lehigh 74-65 on Friday night. Clary sank 8 of 14 shots with two 3-pointers for the Nittany Lions (2-0), but he also had seven of the team’s 15 turnovers. Baldwin hit two 3-pointers and had three steals. Wahab finished with 11 points and a career-high 18 rebounds. Keith Higgins Jr. scored nine points to help Lehigh (0-2) take a 38-33 lead, but Clary scored the final five points ...
By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — As their teammates filed out of practice earlier this week, Penn State defensive ends Adisa Isaac, Chop Robinson and Dani Dennis-Sutton lingered at the far end of the facility. The ninth-ranked Nittany Lions’ most disruptive defenders stutter-stepped and bull-rushed their way around and through assistant coaches, putting in extra work before their biggest game of the season. Penn State, boasting the country’s second-ranked defense, seeks to upstage Michigan’s top-ranked defense when the No. 2 Wolverines (9-0, 6-0 ...
By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press The football program at the University of Michigan, among the favorites to play for the national championship, has become embroiled in an alleged sign-stealing scheme that involved impermissible, in-person scouting of opponents going back as long as three seasons. Both the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference, of which Michigan is a member, have been looking into the claims for nearly three weeks while the second-ranked Wolverines (9-0) continue their season. Coach Jim Harbaugh has denied any knowledge of any kind of improper scouting scheme in his ...
