MILAN — Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain ...

With two exceptions, Penn State’s University Park campus is a fertile landscape of sustained innovation, productivity and achievement. The two exceptions are the desert wastelands of Rec Hall and the Bryce Jordan Center where the home basketball teams toil in a state of perpetual ...

As to the ongoing question: Does Bill Belichick deserve to be in the Hall of Fame? Does a cheater deserve to be in the Hall of Fame? The bottom line is no. Same with Tom Brady. When you have to cheat to get an edge, well, that diminishes one’s accomplishments. Vickie Woomer Altoona

LIVIGNO, Italy — Chloe Kim never said a word about it. The new halfpipe silver medalist sounded genuinely happy for the woman who beat her. But even in snowboarding — billed as the most chill of the judged sports that populate the Winter Olympic program — everything is a matter of ...

Ten years ago while living in Northern California, I participated as a volunteer for Super Bowl 50 (Broncos vs. Panthers). The San Francisco 49ers had moved to Santa Clara a couple years earlier for their home games, but the festivities and build-up to the game all took place in San ...

Sometimes seeing is not believing. As head coach Curt Cignetti transformed Indiana football into a national champion in plain sight over the last two seasons, the program’s less-than-illustrious history still raised recurring doubts regarding whether the optics were a mirage. Obscured by ...