LORETTO — Humility and gratitude filled the air Saturday afternoon at Saint Francis. Until then, the jerseys of just three men’s basketball players — Maurice Stokes, Norm Van Lier and Kevin Porter — were retired and hung on the wall at the DeGol Arena. “It’s definitely humbling ...
Friday was a wild day at Penn State and capped a wild coaching search. It concluded with the landing of a new football coach — Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, who informed his team at a meeting in Ames on Friday night. Numerous national media outlets that closely cover college football ...
Some nitpicking as the Nittany Lions draw the curtain on a lost season: Penn State’s coaching search should be coming to a close. With the regular season ending Saturday at Rutgers, and the early recruiting signing period beginning Wednesday (through Friday), it’s quite possible James ...
LORETTO — Health reasons precluded Kevin Porter from being present for the night in his honor, but a couple dozen players from Saint Francis’ Golden Era did their best to represent him. “Kevin was our guy,” former teammate and close friend Art Hunter said Thursday afternoon during a ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Jim Knowles arrives as the nation’s highest paid assistant coach at $9.3 million — $3.1 annually for three years — but he was quick to point out Tuesday that he grew to this pinnacle from humble roots. The Nittany Lions’ new defensive coordinator was a ...
By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com When it comes to recruiting, James Franklin rarely takes a backseat. He proved that again Sunday when he lured Ohio State’s defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, to Penn State. Of course, money helped. Franklin has often talked about being ...