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    Raiders Trade Pryor to Seahawks

    By Ryan Willson, CBSSports.com – The Raiders have traded quarterback Terrelle Pryor to the Seahawks in exchange for a 2014 seventh-round pick, the team announced. ProFootballTalk.com adds that the 49ers were also in the running for Pryor’s services. Oakland reportedly would have released Pryor, a supplemental third-round pick in 2011, if it didn’t find a trade partner. Raiders coach Dennis Allen wasted little time naming Schaub his starter, and a short time later, Pryor reportedly asked to be traded. And now, a day before Oakland begins its off-season program, Pryor gets his wish. In three NFL seasons, Pryor started 10 games, completed 56 percent of his passes for…

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    The NCAA Hardship Waver Change

    The NCAA’s Leadership Council is making waves this week. The biggest headline from its annual meeting was the elimination on all food limits for players. Next up? An alteration in transfer guidelines. This isn’t a massive revision, but rather a tweak coaches have lobbied for in the past couple of years. And the rule change is not official yet. The amendment to current transfer rules has to do with hardship waivers and an ensuing sixth year of eligibility. The NCAA announced on Friday that hardship waivers — something players now apply for with regularity upon transferring from one place to another;…

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    4/10 Listen to PSU head football coach James Franklin

    PSU head football coach James Franklin

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    Where do college bball arenas rank?

    After four years, the rankings of best college basketball arenas are out.  Can you guess where Sojka Pavilion ranks? How about the Bryce Jordan Center? Check the list out here. 

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    DeSean Jackson to Washington

    The DeSean Jackson free agency tour ended up being a short one. After only one visit with one team, Jackson has decided where he’s playing next season. The former Eagles receiver agreed to terms on a deal with the Redskins. According to ESPN.com, Jackson’s deal with the team is for three years. Jackson flew into Washington on Monday and had dinner with Redskins general manager Bruce Allen. After eating, Jackson spent the rest of Monday night hanging out with DeAngelo Hall and Pierre Garcon. All of the courting worked because by Tuesday night, Jackson decided he was going to stick around. After the deal was agreed to, Hall was one…

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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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PSU Hockey Player Donates Bone Marrow

Jan 24, 2014

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State men’s hockey forward David Glen (Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) will undergo a bone marrow donation procedure after learning he was a match through Be The Match, a National Marrow Donation Program. The assistant captain participated in the Be The Match-facilitated Match4Kim Drive, which was held in support of Penn State men’s lacrosse player’s Drew Roper’s mother, on campus November 2012. Glen will begin the peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation process Friday, Jan. 24 when he travels to Geisinger-Bloomsburg (Pa.) Hospital. Glen does not know the identity of who will receive the donation. According to Be The Match,…

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Raiders Trade Pryor to Seahawks

By Ryan Willson, CBSSports.com – The Raiders have traded quarterback Terrelle Pryor to the Seahawks in exchange for a 2014 seventh-round pick, the team announced. ProFootballTalk.com adds that the 49ers were also in the running for Pryor’s services. Oakland reportedly would have released Pryor, a supplemental third-round pick in 2011, if it didn’t find a trade partner. Raiders coach Dennis Allen wasted little time naming Schaub his starter, and a short time later, Pryor reportedly asked to be traded. And now, a day before Oakland begins its off-season program, Pryor gets his wish. In three NFL seasons, Pryor started 10 games, completed 56 percent of his passes for…

Butler v Pittsburgh

The NCAA Hardship Waver Change

The NCAA’s Leadership Council is making waves this week. The biggest headline from its annual meeting was the elimination on all food limits for players. Next up? An alteration in transfer guidelines. This isn’t a massive revision, but rather a tweak coaches have lobbied for in the past couple of years. And the rule change is not official yet. The amendment to current transfer rules has to do with hardship waivers and an ensuing sixth year of eligibility. The NCAA announced on Friday that hardship waivers — something players now apply for with regularity upon transferring from one place to another;…

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Where do college bball arenas rank?

After four years, the rankings of best college basketball arenas are out.  Can you guess where Sojka Pavilion ranks? How about the Bryce Jordan Center? Check the list out here. 

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DeSean Jackson to Washington

The DeSean Jackson free agency tour ended up being a short one. After only one visit with one team, Jackson has decided where he’s playing next season. The former Eagles receiver agreed to terms on a deal with the Redskins. According to ESPN.com, Jackson’s deal with the team is for three years. Jackson flew into Washington on Monday and had dinner with Redskins general manager Bruce Allen. After eating, Jackson spent the rest of Monday night hanging out with DeAngelo Hall and Pierre Garcon. All of the courting worked because by Tuesday night, Jackson decided he was going to stick around. After the deal was agreed to, Hall was one…