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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 ...

Hoops du Jour

Women: Penn State vs. Iowa BIG TEN TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Tipoff: 6:30 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis, MN Records: Penn State (19-11, 9-9 in Big Ten); Iowa (24-6, 15-3 in Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Network Notable: Iowa beat Penn State at home, 111-93, on Feb. 8. … Caitlin Clark, the NCAA all-time leading scorer, is the only woman to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four straight years. … Penn State hasn’t made it to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals since 2013. … The Lady Lions lost, 63-61, in the quarterfinals to Michigan last season. … Iowa played in ...

Lady Lion win gets a date with Iowa

By Dave Campbell The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The full allotment of tickets for the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament was sold nearly two weeks ago, assuring the attendance total will more than double the event record set last year. These teams aren’t about to be awestruck by large and loud crowds. From Iowa to Maryland, with Indiana and Ohio State in between, the conference has continued to stage well-attended games in a trend that suggests it has staying power long after Caitlin Clark — now the career scoring leader among all major college players — launches ...