It took three days for the nation’s four powerful athletic conferences to dig in on banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college football. The hope is it offers order amid the chaos growing through legal challenges and the pursuit of loopholes to NCAA eligibility ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — D’Anton Lynn admits he had tunnel vision during his playing days at Penn State. The new Nittany Lions defensive coordinator uses the central Pennsylvania scenery to make his point. Mount Nittany, for example, juts skyward 2,077 feet about a mile east of the team’s ...
The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against this month’s unexpected surge of pro players trying to return to college. The SEC’s ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Athletic Department announced game day themes for the 2026 football season on Tuesday. This year’s White Out game against USC on Saturday, Oct. 10, will be the 19th full-stadium edition. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on “Big Ten Saturday Night” on NBC ...
It’s the time of year when football stadiums are packed on Saturday afternoons, grill smoke from pregame tailgates rise and the chase for the national championship begins. A list of things fans should know starts with the fact the season begins Saturday when North Carolina plays TCU in ...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Penn State freshman wrestler Jayden James impressed at the United World Wrestling U20 World Championships this Saturday and Sunday, taking the silver medal in the men’s freestyle 74-kilogram weight class at Sportova Hala Mladost. A native of Westwood, N.J., James booked his second career age-group world medal, pairing his silver medal finish at the 2026 U20 event with a gold medal result at the U17 World Championships a year ago at 71kg. Over the course of the 2026 freestyle campaign, James additionally boasts a first-place finish at the U20 World Team Trials ...
