Sports
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Ironman Returns for 4th Year in Happy Valley. What to Know About Road Closures and More
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The Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley returns to Centre County on Sunday, June 14, and for the first time in the event’s four-year history it will serve as the North American Championship and a stop on the global Pro Series circuit. More than 1,700 amateur athletes, along with dozens more in a highly competitive professional…
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Hook: Maybe a Big Ten-SEC Super League Would Be Best for Everyone
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If you’ve been paying even the slightest bit of attention to sports news lately – outside of the current NBA and NHL Finals, that is – you’ve heard that everybody has an opinion on college athletics. The president, Congress, coaches, athletic directors and all sorts of media members have weighed in on the current state…
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Paterno: Legislation Is Needed Now for College Sports Reform and Stability
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College sports are a mess. This is the age of uncertainty and instability happening against a backdrop of a financial crisis that no school can outrun forever. Many long for the days when we read only about the glory of young men and women competing for the love of the game and for the glory…
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Paterno: These Core Issues Must Be Resolved for the Long-Term Stability of College Football
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In 2026, college football and college sports face a most uncertain future. Athletic departments are having financial difficulties, and even the largest schools are not immune. Nationally it is common to be operating business models that require “donors” to cover their “revenue sharing/labor costs” each year. Involuntary student activity fees, general funds (tuition and tax…
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Great PA News Quiz: NFL Draft Attendance, Lawmaker Wealth and NYT’s Favorite Pa.-Born Songwriter
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In this week’s quiz: Former governors weigh in on security, a buzzy new museum exhibition and the voter registration deadline for this May’s primary.
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State College’s Zeruth Set for Pro Debut With Legacy Fighting Alliance
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Central Pennsylvania Mixed Martial Arts product Xavier Zeruth steps into the cage for his first professional mixed martial arts bout in May under the banner of Legacy Fighting Alliance.
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Hook: What’s Up With the Big Ten Hockey National Title Drought?
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A little over 12 weeks ago in bitterly cold Punxsutawney – it was minus 3 degrees that morning – the seer of seers was both right and wrong. The part Punxsutawney Phil got right was his prediction of six more weeks of winter. The part he got wrong is that 12 weeks later we still…
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State College Spikes Unveil 2026 Promotional Schedule
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Despite an ongoing legal battle with Penn State over the team’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park lease, the State College Spikes will play ball for their 20th anniversary season with a wide array of promotions on deck starting in June. Bobbleheads, coffee mugs, a drone show, BuccoMania, salutes to a meme and Canada and 10…
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Paterno: Penn State Women’s Hockey Shows the Power of Ensuring Opportunities in College Sports
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Years ago, while I was coaching at Penn State, our head coach came into a staff meeting to remind us to control recruiting travel expenses. “Remember that other athletes, men and women, came to compete in their sports. They all have the same or maybe even greater drive to win as our players. They need…
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Inside/Outside State College: A Trout Fisherman’s Soul
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My dad taught me to fish when I was a small boy, out the lane from my grandparent’s house on Little Fishing Creek between Mingoville and Hublersburg.