Published November 21, 2008, 2:51 AM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Stanley Pringle hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points, and Penn State matched a school record for long-range baskets in a game Thursday night in an 89-64 win over Hartford in the Philly Hoop Group Classic.

Penn State (2-0) shot 15-for-25 from beyond the arc, matching the record it set ag...

Published November 21, 2008, 1:18 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS

STATE COLLEGE - This just in: Ohio State-Michigan is Saturday, and it's not only not the biggest game in the country, it's not the biggest game in the Big Ten Conference. Not even close. "It's progressing," Michigan State quarterback Brian Hoyer said Tuesday. "Hopefully it will ......

Published November 21, 2008, 12:37 AM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - For sale: two decade-old school buses painted blue, with layers of fingerprints buffed off the exterior; can withstand heavy loads.

Penn State is selling four buses used to tranport the Nittany Lions from the football building to Beaver Stadium, vehicles that were replaced this season with...

Published November 21, 2008, 12:10 AM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Win or lose this weekend, the 17 seniors playing their last home game for No. 7 Penn State have left an indelible imprint on the program.

Derrick Williams and his fellow seniors committed about four or more years ago to a school that had been reeling from four losing seasons in five years....

Published November 19, 2008, 12:01 PM EST

by PAUL FRANZ, MIKE GROSS and ERIC STARK

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Sunday News sports writers Mike Gross and Eric Stark discuss Penn State's strategy for Saturday's game against Michigan State and their hopes of a national title....

Published November 18, 2008, 3:58 AM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The New Jersey Institute of Technology suffered its 35th straight loss, the most of any Division I team, falling to Penn State 74-47 on Monday in the Philly Hoop Group Classic.

The Highlanders' 35th straight defeat passed the previous NCAA Division I record for consecutive losses set by Sa...

Published November 17, 2008, 12:02 AM EST

by PETE KAUFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Gold, they decided, is just way better.The Penn Manor field hockey team traded in a year's worth of silver medals for their first gold Saturday, blasting Hershey 5-0 in the PIAA Class AAA championship game for the first state title for the program.For most of the Comets' eig......

Published November 17, 2008, 12:01 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The denouement of Penn State's season — whether it will be remembered as good or great — begins Saturday at Beaver Stadium.Penn State plays Michigan State (3:30 p.m. on ABC regionally) in what is essentially a Big Ten Conference championship game....

Published November 16, 2008, 9:31 PM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Tyra Grant scored 17 points and Penn State snapped a school-record 12-game losing streak with a 56-42 win over South Carolina on Sunday, spoiling the Gamecocks debut of coach Dawn Staley.

Penn State finished last season with the record losing skid that began on Jan. 24.

Brianne O'Ro...

Published November 16, 2008, 12:21 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor

STATE COLLEGE - It's supposed to work like this: The Nittany Lion mascot, followed by the cheerleaders, leads the football team in, charging on to the field before games. There you have your color and pageantry of collegiate football. Except that Saturday, the Lion was 25 yards beyond everybody, as if......