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    Kurt Busch to Race 1100 Miles Memorial Day Weekend

    Competing in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race hasn’t been a goal until recently, Kurt Busch acknowledges, primarily because he never envisioned it was attainable. Today, Busch is looking forward to soaking in the Memorial Day weekend pre-race pageantry and solemnity as he prepares to drive the sleek and powerful  Andretti Autosport-prepared Honda race car for 500 grueling miles in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion will join the Andretti Autosport driver lineup for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25. He’ll also seek to become the fourth driver to “do the…

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    43-Yard Extra Point?

    Back in January, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was exploring the possibility of someday eliminating extra points. “The extra point is almost automatic. I believe we had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd,” Goodell said at the time. “So it’s a very small fraction of the play, and you want to add excitement with every play.” One way to add excitement to the extra point is to make the kick longer and that’s exactly what the competition committee is discussing. According to NFL.com, the league is in the very early stages of a discussion that could lead…

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    Steelers and Worilds Long Term Deal?

    It was something of a surprise when the Steelers, hours before Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline,used the transition tag on outside linebacker Jason Worilds. It was even more surprising, less than 24 hours later, that Worilds signed his transition tag offer of $9.754 million, according to CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora. This development is noteworthy for several reasons. First, it means that Worilds can’t consider offers from other clubs (under the transition tag, any team could offer him a contract and the Steelers would have seven days to match) — and La Canfora writes that Worilds was a “primary target” for the Eagles….

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    Avant Released by Eagles

    Ever since the Eagles took Jason Avant with a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft, he’s been a steady (but never great) receiver for Philadelphia, averaging 37.1 catches, 456 yards and 1.5 touchdowns per year. He’s been touted for his leadership and his blocking ability and his stable presence. But on Tuesday, the Eagles released him, 11 days before they owed him a $1 million roster bonus. Overall, the team will save $3.25 million on the 2014 salary cap. But here’s what Avant meant to the Eagles. As philly.com wrote last month, “Speaking of leaders, the Eagles are expected to lose one in Jason…

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    Cooper and Kelce Sign with Eagles

    A day after locking down left tackle Jason Peters to a large contract that will keep him with the Eagles for the rest of his career, Chip Kelly and Howie Roseman secured another pair of in-house players for the long haul. Philly announced Thursday deals for wideout Riley Cooper and center Jason Kelce. Cooper, who was reportedly close to a deal Wednesday, landed a five-year contract that is worth a reported $25 million according to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. That means this offseason is already better than last for the wideout, who made national headlines when he was caught using a racial slur on camera at a Kenny Chesney concert….

Penn State and more

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National Letter of Intent Day – Filled

Feb 5, 2014

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The board is complete! (photo courtesy of GoPSUSports.com) (GoPSUSports.com) Penn State head coach James Franklin announced the Nittany Lions’ 2014 recruiting class on today during a Signing Day celebration in the Lasch Football Building. Penn State welcomed 20 student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent to join the football program. They join five Nittany Lions who enrolled in classes in January. Penn State’s Class of 2014 hail from 12 different states, spanning from Pennsylvania to Florida to Alabama and California. The Nittany Lions had three signees from New Jersey and Pennsylvania and two signees from Alabama, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Eleven offensive…

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PSU OT Win Over #24 OSU

Jan 30, 2014

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Courtesy of AP/GoPSUSports.com VIDEO: Watch D.J. Newbill Sink the Game-Winner at Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - D.J. Newbill didn’t know that Ohio State had Penn State’s number. Newbill hit a pull-up jumper over Aaron Craft with 2 seconds left in overtime, lifting Penn State to a 71-70 victory over No. 24 Ohio State on Wednesday night and ending years of futility against the Buckeyes. “There were 11 seconds left, we were down by one. I just cleared out one side of the floor,” Newbill said. “I knew they were going to try to stop me from going to the right because they’d…

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Franklin Announces Coaching Staff

Jan 24, 2014

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State head football coach James Franklin today announced the members of his first coaching staff, bringing together a unit with extensive collegiate experience, familiarity and strong recruiting ties to the Mid-Atlantic, South and Northeast regions of the United States. Franklin’s staff includes seven members of his former staff at Vanderbilt that were instrumental in the Commodores achieving unprecedented success the past two years, a coach who worked with Franklin at Maryland and Vanderbilt and one of the Penn State’s greatest all-time receivers, who was a highly-successful high school coach in western Pennsylvania. The 2014 Penn State football coaching…

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Kurt Busch to Race 1100 Miles Memorial Day Weekend

Competing in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race hasn’t been a goal until recently, Kurt Busch acknowledges, primarily because he never envisioned it was attainable. Today, Busch is looking forward to soaking in the Memorial Day weekend pre-race pageantry and solemnity as he prepares to drive the sleek and powerful  Andretti Autosport-prepared Honda race car for 500 grueling miles in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion will join the Andretti Autosport driver lineup for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25. He’ll also seek to become the fourth driver to “do the…

NFL-LOGO-Tilted

43-Yard Extra Point?

Back in January, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was exploring the possibility of someday eliminating extra points. “The extra point is almost automatic. I believe we had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd,” Goodell said at the time. “So it’s a very small fraction of the play, and you want to add excitement with every play.” One way to add excitement to the extra point is to make the kick longer and that’s exactly what the competition committee is discussing. According to NFL.com, the league is in the very early stages of a discussion that could lead…

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Steelers and Worilds Long Term Deal?

It was something of a surprise when the Steelers, hours before Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline,used the transition tag on outside linebacker Jason Worilds. It was even more surprising, less than 24 hours later, that Worilds signed his transition tag offer of $9.754 million, according to CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora. This development is noteworthy for several reasons. First, it means that Worilds can’t consider offers from other clubs (under the transition tag, any team could offer him a contract and the Steelers would have seven days to match) — and La Canfora writes that Worilds was a “primary target” for the Eagles….

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Avant Released by Eagles

Ever since the Eagles took Jason Avant with a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft, he’s been a steady (but never great) receiver for Philadelphia, averaging 37.1 catches, 456 yards and 1.5 touchdowns per year. He’s been touted for his leadership and his blocking ability and his stable presence. But on Tuesday, the Eagles released him, 11 days before they owed him a $1 million roster bonus. Overall, the team will save $3.25 million on the 2014 salary cap. But here’s what Avant meant to the Eagles. As philly.com wrote last month, “Speaking of leaders, the Eagles are expected to lose one in Jason…