GRANBURY, Texas - Hot on the heels of two successful Football Fantasy Camps organized by Global Football at the University of Notre Dame and Penn State University - the dates for the anticipated 2009 camps have been confirmed. read more

SOMERSET - Six Somerset County 4-H seamstresses will compete in the State 4-H Fashion Revue Aug. 6 in Eisenhower Auditorium at Penn State. They are Stefanie Miller, Toni Svonavec, Amy Svonavec, Mary Kimmel, Marie Eger and Rochelle Gossman. Also named a finalist is Amanda Engleka. read more

They came from all over the country. Letters and thank you notes came from around the world. Former players and parents gathered to honor a coach who has given his life to the youth of Connecticut. Frank Decker has coached young people in Fairfield County for over 25 years. read more

After facing Pitt twice in recent years, the California University women's basketball team will be going against Penn State for the first time the upcoming season. read more

Dr. Dennis Scanlon, associate professor of health policy and administration in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, has been awarded a three-year, $4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to expand an evaluation of a RWJF national initiative, "Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)." This grant is in addition to an original $3. read more

When the Olympic torch reaches Beijing Olympic Stadium on Aug. 8, Penn State's Aleesha Barber and Kevin Tan will both march in with their national team as fireworks crack and sprinkle down. read more

Patrick Schirk had his chance to make the Olympic team, but instead found himself chasing a world record- holder. The Owen J. Roberts grad and Penn State senior finished eighth in the 100-meter back final Tuesday night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials at Omaha, Neb., and failed to make th team. read more

CHAMBERSBURG -- Chambersburg Future Farmers of America recently competed in the Pennsylvania State FFA Contest at Penn State University in University Park. read more

Pat Schirk placed fifth in the morning preliminary heats of the 200-meter backstroke on Thursday morning at U.S. Olympic Trials to advance to the semifinals and then followed that up with a sixth place finish in the semifinals on Thursday night to advance to Friday night's finals in the 200 back, his second finals event he has qualified for at this year's Trials. The 200 back finals can be seen live on NBC Friday from 8-9 p.m. read more

Kelly Nelson qualified for the semifinals and then finished 16th in the semifinals of the 200-meter butterfly to highlight Penn State's swimmers on the fourth day of U.S. Olympic Trials on Wednesday. Nelson, the school and Big Ten record holder in the 200-yard butterfly, finished her morning preliminary swim in 2:12.58 and then touched the wall in 2:13.98 in her semifinal swim in the evening. read more

Kelly Nelson, a rising senior on the women's swimming team, qualified for the semifinals of the women's 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday morning by finishing 16th in the preliminary heats at U.S. Olympic Trials. The West Chester, Pa. native grabbed the final spot in tonight's semifinals with a time of 2:12.58 in the prelims. read more

The kick times and television arrangements for the remainder of Penn State's non-conference football schedule have been set bringing the total of Nittany Lion contests in which the kick time and television coverage have been announced to eight on the year. read more

The 2007 Penn State Women's Volleyball media guide (writing, editing and layout by Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Jen Armson with cover design by Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Brian Siegrist) was named the winner of USA Volleyball's Viggo O. Nelson Member Organization Communication Award. The honor is presented to the Best Collegiate Media Guide at a university with an enrollment over 25,000. The award recognizes organizations that have achieved excellence in volleyball publications and encourages others to develop high quality media guides and information packets. The 2003 Penn State women's volleyball and the 2006 men's volleyball media guides were also honored with the same award. read more

Pat Schirk, who was seeded 12th in the preliminary heats of the 100 backstroke but advanced through the prelims and semifinals to earn the final spot in the finals yesterday, finished eighth in the finals of the 100 back on Tuesday night. Schirk finished with a time of :54.96, 2.07 seconds behind winner Aaron Peirsol, who won the finals in a new world record time. read more

enn State senior wide receiver Derrick Williams and junior defensive end Maurice Evans were named to watch lists for post season awards by the Maxwell Football Club. read more

Monday evening was certainly a challenging one for the Nittany Lion track and field contingent at the US Olympic Trials at Historic Hayward Field, as several Lion athletes competed at the highest levels, but failed to advance in the competition. Finishing out competition at the 2008 Trials was Lion alum Ryan Olkowski, who finished 11th in the two-day decathlon. Olkowski scored 7633 in one of the best multi-event fields in US history, scoring personal bests in both the pole vault (15-9/4.80) and the javelin (174-0/53.03) on day two. read more

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When it comes to club grooves and Tiger-less tournaments, Tom Pernice Jr. thinks the PGA Tour is lax on the job. read more

Lara Jackson has set an American record in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. read more

Alejandro Valverde won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. read more

Top-ranked women's golfer Lorena Ochoa on Friday said she would consider following Annika Sorenstam and take on a male player. read more

Venus Williams defended her Wimbledon title on Saturday, beating sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4. read more

Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday. read more

Angels starter Kelvim Escobar has yet to log a big-league inning in 2008 because of a shoulder injury, but the 18-game winner from 2007 began the week with high hopes for a successful comeback as a minor league rehab program progressed. read more