Rich Scarcella, Town&Gown
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Goal: 70.3 Miles. Local Athletes Train for Ironman Happy Valley
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Ezra Nanes will wear two hats when the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley takes place on Sunday in Centre County. As an experienced triathlete, Nanes will compete in the race. As mayor of State College, he’s bursting with pride about seeing such an event come to the area. “It’s thrilling,” he says. “The sense…
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A Walk to Remember
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Wayne Sebastianelli had been with Adam Taliaferro from the moment he fell awkwardly to the field at Ohio Stadium and couldn’t get up. Sebastianelli, the Penn State football team doctor then and now, stayed with Taliaferro in Columbus, Ohio, until his father arrived the following day. He visited him often at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, first…
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Former Lions Take to the Air
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As a correspondent for ABC News, Penn State alum Lisa Salters covered some of the biggest stories in the second half of the twentieth century. So when ESPN higher-ups approached her about leaving ABC News and joining the all-sports network, she was incredulous. “People within ESPN knew of me, made contact, and asked me…