Columns
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10 ‘College GameDay’ Guest Pickers for Penn State vs. Oregon
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Who will be “College GameDay’s” celebrity guest picker when the ESPN college football traveling road show hits campus? The top brass at ESPN is already brainstorming and making some preliminary […]
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A Pivotal Moment for Free and Independent Journalism in PA
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Free and fearless reporting is a bedrock of a free society, and it needs your support now.
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Paterno: Ending WPSU Will Silence Important Voices and Connections
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Last Friday morning, I got in my car and turned on the radio. I was driving to the Bryce Jordan Center for that day’s Board of Trustees meetings. My mind […]
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Are We Really Just Going to Walk Away From WPSU?
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For a little light reading over the weekend, I visited the web page that breaks down Penn State’s budget allocations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The list covers 41 […]
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10: After Penn State’s Preseason, There’s No Ducking What’s Next
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OK, the party’s over. Penn State football’s preseason schedule of essentially home exhibition games against three non-Power 4 teams, and very non-powerful opponents, has ended with the Nittany Lions 3-0. […]
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Why Everyone Should Have a Library Card
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Did you know that there are places in Centre County that offer free Wi-Fi, free DVD and book entertainment to borrow, free events, free shelter from the weather, free information […]
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Column: Penn State Needs to Ride the Hot Hand, Feed Kaytron Allen Against Oregon
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In the buildup to Penn State’s Week 3 clash against Villanova at Beaver Stadium, Nittany Lion head coach James Franklin said running back Nick Singleton, a preseason first-team All-American, “was […]
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Inside/Outside State College: The Special Joy of Honor-System Stands
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Roadside stands where you can buy tasty treats, flowers and produce on the honor system offer something special in Centre County. Author Jeff Deitrich’s mother, Martha, operated one of them in Zion for more than 50 years.
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Penn State Football: What a Sports Psychologist Thinks About ‘Overthinking’
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I think in all the years I have been writing about Penn State football, I have never heard so much talk about overthinking. I could be wrong. But I don’t […]
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RIP Ken Dryden. Penn State Hockey Thanks You
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The hockey world is in mourning. Ken Dryden, the legendary Montreal Canadiens, Team Canada and Cornell University goalie, passed away Saturday at 78. He was a gentleman and a scholar, […]