Sports
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Paterno: A New Season, 60 Years Later
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In just over a week, Penn State will take the football field with a new head football coach when Matt Campbell starts his first season on the Nittany Lion sideline. It is a time of renewed hope and optimism in an era of massive uncertainty in college football. Sixty years ago, the new head football…
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Big Ten, SEC Add Long-Missing Support to College Sports Bill and Revive Its Chances in the Senate
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The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral. School presidents from both conferences voted to back the bill after receiving last-minute concessions over…
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Big Ten: No League Championship Game if College Football Moves to a 24-Team Playoff
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The Big Ten Conference would do away with its championship game if college football adopts a 24-team playoff.
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State Games of America to Bring Thousands of Athletes to Centre County
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Centre County will welcome more than 8,000 athletes from across the country starting this week for an Olympics-style multi-sport festival. The State Games of America will be held Friday, July 24, through Sunday, Aug. 2, with participants from 40 states competing in more than 30 sports — ranging from hockey to MMA to track and…
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Hook: Reflections on an Intriguing and Expensive World Cup
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According to media reports, the FIFA World Cup final is the most-watched sporting event in the world, and although as I write this the viewership numbers have not been released for this past Sunday’s final match between Spain and Argentina, the belief is more than 1.5 billion people on the planet likely watched. Now, many…
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United Adds Nonstop Madison-State College Flights for Wisconsin-Penn State Football Game
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United Airlines is adding a nonstop flight between Madison, Wisconsin, and State College for Penn State’s home football game against Wisconsin in September, giving Badgers fans a direct travel option for one of the season’s marquee Big Ten matchups. The airline will operate a flight from Dane County Regional Airport to State College Regional Airport…
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Paterno: In 2026, Signing Players Is In. Recruiting Is Out
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This is that time of year when there are still several weeks until actual football games are played. Excitement for, and anxiety over, the upcoming season is building. While we wait for games, the constant zig-zag of 17- and 18-year-olds making up their minds about where they want to go to college has always held…
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Belgium Beats U.S. 4-1 to Reach World Cup Quarterfinals, Taking Advantage of Defensive Lapses
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American hopes for a deep World Cup run at home ended when Charles De Ketelaere scored twice and assisted on another goal, helping Belgium expose the U.S. defensive liabilities in a 4-1 win Monday night that earned a quarterfinal berth.
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NCAA Panel Approves New Eligibility Rules Giving Division I Athletes 5 Years to Play 5 Seasons
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Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. The Division I Cabinet approved the…
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What Would Joe Paterno Have Thought of the Protect College Sports Act? History Is Instructive
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It is natural for those who’ve lost a father to think about them as Father’s Day approaches. Over the past several days, I’ve found myself thinking about my father and his life. Today would’ve been one of intense interest for him. The United States Senate Commerce Committee will be marking up the Protect College Sports…