UNIVERSITY PARK — SeniorDaneen Zugand redshirt juniorLauren Allowayhave been named co-captains for the Penn State field hockey team for the coming season.

MONCTON, Canada — Penn State’s Casimir Loxsom capped his strong 2010 season by capturing the silver medal in the 800-meters at the IAAF World Junior Championships on Sunday.

The opportunity to conduct the state baseball and softball finals at modern ballparks on the same campus proved too difficult for the PIAA to resist.

Another of Penn State’s traditional opponents is returning to the 2012 football schedule.

He was in the gym each morning at 6:30. Class from 8:30 to 2. Workouts in the afternoon, practice in the early evening, study hall from 7:30 to 9:30. Tre Bowman's first year after high school was not spent at a major college basketball program — or at any college, for that matter.

The front-runner to be Penn State's next top linebacker had a pensive look as he watched his teammates go through a grueling workout.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Fifty-seven Penn State student- athletes representing 21 Nittany Lion sports teams earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar awards, which honor student-athletes who have earned a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher during the previous academic year.

Penn State men's basketball coach Ed DeChellis has received far more criticism for the non-conference schedules his team has put together in recent years than he has for any game-time coaching decision.

Penn State picked up its second football commitment in the last week Wednesday when Jordan Kerner, a defensive lineman from Fairview, chose the Nittany Lions over Iowa.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State and Syracuse will renew an old football rivalry and play at a new stadium.

Aside from a misplayed routine fly ball to center field, the Williamsport Crosscutters didn't manage a base hit off State College Spikes pitching from the second inning through the seventh inning.

In the third inning the State College Spikes were still looking for their first hit--and they found it, courtesy of the bottom third of the lineup.

Penn State's defense lost its top three linebackers, all of which are headed to NFL training camps this summer.

The mentor stands six-foot-one, is right-handed and played primarily third base.

The departures of cornerbacks A.J. Wallace and Knowledge Timmons aren't huge blows to a secondary that returns four players with significant playing experience.

In Monday night's seventh inning, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers did something no team had done against the State College Spikes since Friday.

The last time the Nittany Lions' special teams unit stepped foot inside Beaver Stadium, there were a lot of questions.

The State College Spikes weren't happy after getting swept in a two-game home series against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers last week.

After a 75 minute rain delay, the State college Spikes finally took the field in a grueling game that would last well over three hours Friday night.

When Mel Rojas Jr. and Gift Ngoepe hit back-to-back doubles and Adalberto Santos singled to start the bottom of the first inning, it was a sign of things to come for the State College Spikes.

Colton Cain and Kevin Decker combined for six innings of two-run baseball to aid the State College Spikes in their 8-4 win over the Auburn Doubledays.

Walker Gourley stepped to the plate with runners on first and third and just one out, looking to help fuel a second State College comeback.

On a night when offense was hard to come by for the Spikes, starting pitcher Quinton Miller was at the top of his game against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Mel Rojas Jr. was honest when asked about his first few games as a professional baseball player: He thought it would be harder.

During the past four games, the State College Spikes have alternated a great hitting performance with a sub-par one.

The State College Spikes bullpen did all it could to give its team a chance to win Tuesday night.

When then-Penn State women's gymnastics coach Judi Avener was looking for an assistant in 1989, her search came down to two candidates.

The State College Spikes were 9-2 after scoring first in games and 7-1 in one-run contests prior to Sunday.

Two years ago in Chile, Christine Nairn was an up-and-coming playmaker in the Unites States Soccer youth system. Despite her relative inexperience, Nairn planted herself in the U-20 team's midfield and helped lead the U.S. to a World Cup.

System quizzes QBs on coverages, plays, blitzes and more.

His Heisman, along with Southern Cal's 2005 national championship, mean nothing now

Former Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli is expected to be admitted to one of three graduate programs at the University of Mississippi, which should make him eligible to play as early as this season, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.

Boise State University President Bob Kustra says his remarks about a bitter football rivalry with the University of Idaho, in which he called Vandal culture "nasty" and "inebriated," came out harsher than he intended.

Texas is building its running game after the departure of Colt McCoy.

Oklahoma State safety Victor Johnson will face a possession of a controlled substance charge in addition to an accusation of obstructing a police officer leveled against him after his weekend arrest.

Lane Kiffin is surprised that the Titans are suing him and USC over the hiring of Kennedy Pola.

USC grants release to linebacker Glen Stanley

Former Oklahoma State star Bob Fenimore, who was the top pick in the 1947 NFL draft, has died in Stillwater. He was 84.

Former Oakland Raiders defensive back Jack Tatum has died, Tatum's alma mater Ohio State reported Tuesday.

Kyle Parker was back on Clemson campus reconnecting with football teammates he hadn't worked with since the spring.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said Tuesday that when the league expands to 12 teams, there is "a strong bias" toward the conference maintaining a nine-game league schedule.

Iowa State defensive back David Sims has been charged with unauthorized use of a credit card.

Mark Nelson has resigned as an assistant football coach at East Carolina after the school learned of possible NCAA violations concerning his observation of voluntary summer workouts.

The Pac-10 will become the Pac-12 as soon as Colorado and Utah officially join the league.

Ohio State University says former football star Maurice Clarett has been granted re-entry to pursue his degree after he spent more than three years in prison.

Steve Kragthorpe has resigned as Texas A&M's wide receivers coach to deal with unspecified family medical issues, the school said Monday.