“You must be pretty happy the bowl ban got lifted,” said the man working the photo counter at Costco this morning. My son was wearing his tiny, well-loved Penn State hat. I knew this comment would come. I was expecting...

The women’s volleyball team went 1-1 at the Big Ten/ Pac 12 Challenge in Palo Alto, Calif. this past weekend. Friday night the team fell short to No. 2 Stanford but finished the weekend strong on Saturday with a win...

Penn State women’s volleyball kicked off their season this weekend by hosting the Penn State Classic in Rec Hall. The team finished the weekend with a record of 3-0, all clean sweeps against TCU, Iona and William and Mary. The...

Instead of a volcano, we got a roller coaster of an opener. We cheered. We jeered. We repeated the announcer’s asinine quip “they’ve only made one play” as a refrain after each big play. One of us had to take...

The next Mitchell Report is due to be released very soon. Last year at this time (September 6, 2013 to be exact), George Mitchell issued his (then) update on the successes/ways in which Penn State was complying with the mandated...

The inherent premise of Oliver Stone’s football drama Any Given Sunday was an aging, set-in-his-ways, my-way-or-the-highway coach whose persona clashed with the young upstart quarterback. During his pregame speech in the locker room before the final game, Al Pacino/Tony D’Amato...

Ladies and gentlemen, we are less than a week away! Our students have returned to campus. The Nittany Lion is practicing his pushups. We’re all dying to know if there have been any major uniform changes. So much excitement is...

I know that I could have done more before today. I could have skipped that cookie, read that book, worked out more, took better care of my teeth or whatever else I typically regret. There are bigger life events that...