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"Since the Big Ten Network is coming to the Philadelphia area (including South Jersey) via Comcast I thought I'd provide a press release from our good friends over at Comcast that includes some of the features that will accompany BTN's launch here on Friday. For those with Comcast's Digital Classic service BTN will be on Channel 257. Penn State's [football] opener hosting Coastal Carolina on Aug.

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BY JOHN S. NICHOLS John S. Nichols is a professor of communications at Penn State University and a member of the steering committee of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics. "Intercollegiate athletics are seriously undermining the core academic mission of many universities, and the current rash of off-field misbehavior by athletes is just one indication. "As a longtime Penn State faculty

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"... Falk points to the TV across from his desk and the item sitting above it. 'That's the bad-call brick,' he said. 'It's foam rubber. I've been known to throw it once in a while.' "As the Big Ten's associate commissioner for officiating programs and the primary supervisor for men's basketball officials, Falk spends most of the winter looking out for bad calls. He oversees every element of

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"Talor Battle was discussing the shooting ability of Penn State’s newest gunner, freshman guard Chris Babb, when something at the other end of the floor interrupted him in mid-sentence: Chris Babb, drilling a 3-pointer. “Yeah, he’s been hitting the jump shot,” Battle said. "Their exhibition trip to Canada four weeks away, the Nittany Lions are spending their afternoons playing full-court,

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From the Collegian: "Five days a week, Geary Claxton steps out of the car after an 11-mile drive and walks through the doors of Jim Ronai's Competitive Edge in nearby Shelton, Conn. "He will stretch for 20 minutes, prepping his muscles for the two to three hour workout that will follow. "Claxton will grasp the barbell and bust out Olympic lifts as perspiration soaks his shirt. Then, he'll drop

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., July 30, 2008 - Nittany Lion coach Ed DeChellis announced a 13-game non-conference slate and five exhibition games, including a four-game Labor Day weekend trip to Canada, that will begin his sixth season at the Penn State helm and the 113th season of Nittany Lion basketball. The Nittany Lions will face two 2008 NCAA Tournament teams in the Bryce Jordan Center, make another

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., July 29, 2008 - Former Nittany Lion basketball standout Jan-hendrik Jagla will compete in men's basketball at the 2008 Olympic Games when he suits up with the German National Team in Beijing, China. He will join NBA standouts Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks and Chris Kaman of the Los Angeles Clippers as one of 12 members of team Deutschland.

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Red Land boys' basketball standout Jermaine Marshall, a two-time Patriot-News Big 15 selection, will travel Friday to Penn State to give a verbal committment to join the Nittany Lions after his senior season. Marshall, a 6-5 wing, just completed his junior season in which he averaged 19.1 points per game and had 18 3-pointers as he led the Patriots to a 22-7 finish in the first round of the

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Thanks to all the forum members who contributed!

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Penn State men's hoops nabs important recruit "It was a heartbreaking day for the Penn State men's basketball team on the court as they finished their season with a 1-point loss against Illinois on a lay-up by Illini guard Chester Frazier with :04 left. But the Lions got a very welcome consolation prize off the court as what could be an important recruit made a verbal commitment to PSU with the

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Herald & Review | Columnists: Hard to ignore job done at Penn State: "CHAMPAIGN - Those of us who vote for the men's Big Ten basketball awards were asked to rank three Coach of the Year candidates. "Purdue's Matt Painter, who leaned so heavily on freshmen, got my No. 1 vote. "Bo Ryan, who led Wisconsin to the championship, was No. 2. "No. 3 might surprise you, but I found it easy to vote for

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Brooks, young Lions emerge- PennLive.com: "STATE COLLEGE - Jeff Brooks' mother, Phyllis, is a registered nurse who works in a convalescent home in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. As the Penn State freshman forward tells it, she is not one to mince words anyway. "But in a Friday conversation with her son at the end of what's been a disappointing season for him, she asked a pointed question, the

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Home schooled on ChicagoSports.com: "CHAMPAIGN -- Losing close games at home has become a habit for formerly mighty Illinois. "And winning both at home and on the road has become a habit for formerly downtrodden Penn State."

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Taking a Whack Against Comcast: "Sometimes truly American virtues arise in outlaws who -- by dint of heroic but questionable endeavors -- display the mettle of the national character. "For instance: The Dillinger Gang, robbing banks (and destroying mortgages) when banks were foreclosing on the poor. Stephanie St. Clair, matron of the numbers racket during the Harlem Renaissance, striking a (

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"FOS sources have confirmed that the Nittany Lion basketball team has picked up its first verbal commitment for the 2008 recruiting class. Billy Oliver from Chatham High School in Chatham, NJ, verballed to Penn State this week after visiting during the Notre Dame football game. At 6'8' and 205 pounds, Oliver can play both the small forward and power forward positions."

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"Two things grab your attention when you meet Jeff Brooks."First is that NBA body. Brooks, Penn State's freshman forward, stands 6-foot-8 and, according to his doctor back home in Louisville, Ky., could eventually get to 6-10. His reach, it seems, is endless, his movements light and easy."The other thing you notice isn't as immediately obvious. But as the minutes pass Tuesday afternoon in the

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South Bend Tribune: "Emily Phillips believes she has a lot in common with Coquese Washington. "That turns out to be a very good thing for Washington, the new Penn State women's basketball coach. "Phillips, a senior point guard at South Bend Washington, is the first recruit for Washington. She informed the Nittany Lions' coach of her decision Monday, making a verbal commitment to play at Penn

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