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Emma Thomson's pass sailed down the left side of the field, and Katie Schoepfer took control of the ball, spun around a defender and fired a shot.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- After coaching the entirety of Penn State's win against Purdue from the press box, an achy Joe Paterno said he will decide on a week-by-week basis where he will coach.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Anthony Scirrotto, with an ice pack covering his bruised right shoulder, took a seat after Penn State's latest win.
Thousands of fans cheered and screamed at the top of their lungs after an emphatic one-handed dunk from Thaddeus Young.
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Updated October 6, 2008 4:52 AM
Football
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Swinging his helmet by his side as he walked off the field Saturday, Daryll Clark looked like a man without a care in the world -- no problems to deal with, no decisions to make.
Football
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A lone, unscathed, white helmet sat under the far end of the Penn State bench, tucked under the long metal seat.
Football
West La-fay-ette, Ind. -- Joe Paterno has Joe Tiller's number.
Women's Soccer
Emma Thomson's pass sailed down the left side of the field, and Katie Schoepfer took control of the ball, spun around a defender and fired a shot.
Men's Tennis
Ryan Gormley didn't know who he was playing in the opening round of the Georgia Tech Fall Tournament, but it didn't matter to the junior.
Women's Volleyball
With the protective tape "paw" now off her right hand, Christa Harmotto went up for a block as the ball hit her square in the arm and crashed back to the opponents' side of the net.
Women's Volleyball
Light pink hair ribbons and hot pink shoelaces flapped around with every cut, jump, block and dig in Rec Hall. Pink shirts with the Penn State seal replaced the usual blue and white warm-ups before the match.
Men's Soccer
A quick glance at the stat sheet, and one would have assumed a draw.
Women's Soccer
Every head coach in the history of Penn State women's soccer was at Jeffrey Field on Sunday, pacing the sidelines during the Penn State-Wisconsin match.
Women's Rugby
Battered and beaten, the Lady Ruggers took to the field with newfound intensity and passion on Saturday.
Field Hockey
It took the Penn State field hockey team nearly an entire half to become comfortable with its opponent's play Sunday, before it was able to score all three of its goals off of penalty corners.
Icers
Following three periods of back and forth, deadlocked hockey and a scoreless overtime period, the No. 3 Penn State ACHA Division I Icers defeated No. 4 Delaware, 5-4, in a shootout, Friday night.
Men's Rugby
Mike Doyle was happy to avoid starting 0-2 again, even in a match that wasn't up to the team's standards.
Women's Golf
After a stellar start to its fall season, the Penn State women's golf team has been steadily decreasing every week with the place of its finish at each tournament.
Men's Tennis
While all of his teammates are 1,000 miles away on the Penn State campus, senior tennis player Brendan Lynch is in Tulsa today, competing against the nation's best players.
Updated October 5, 2008 11:49 PM
Men's Cross Country
Heading into this weekend's meet, the Penn State women's cross country team was looking to prove that it could compete on a national level, while head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan saw a top-five finish as "a miracle" for the men's squad. Both teams had different goals and different results this weekend at the Bill Dellinger Invitational.
Women's Volleyball
Christa Harmotto received a golden ball before the match for her recent milestone of 1,000 career kills and then proceeded to add to her total. Updated 6:25 AM
Updated October 4, 2008 4:41 PM
Football
West Lafayette, Ind. -- Joe Paterno shook hands with Purdue head coach Joe Tiller at midfield Saturday afternoon before Paterno's No. 6 Penn State team played Tiller's Boilermakers. Updated 4:41 PM
Football
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Joe Paterno was in the coaches booth because of pain in his right leg at the start of Penn State's game against Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium. Updated 12:01 PM
Men's Soccer
Barry Gorman has seen it happen before.
Updated October 3, 2008 11:33 PM
Women's Soccer
For the second time in three games, Meghan Gill proved to be the difference-maker for the Penn State women's soccer team. Updated 11:33 PM
Football
Joe Paterno saw Joe Tiller -- then the Big Ten's newest coach -- on the field before Penn State played Purdue 11 years ago and sought answers.
Sports
Despite a "raggedy" first scrimmage as he described it, 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks joked around, laughed with reporters and even sounded the shot clock alarm every time a sweat-drenched Reggie Evans tried to answer a reporter's questions.
Women's Volleyball
This past summer, Rick Dunetz was sitting down, sifting through donations during the Grass Doubles Tournament when he came across a name that caught his eye: Russ Rose.
Football
Purdue coach Joe Tiller doesn't try to disguise the secrets of his spread offense. He's going to throw the ball, a lot, regardless of what the defense throws back at him.
Women's Soccer
After suffering a season-ending injury her freshman year, midfielder Meghan Gill finally achieved one of her lifelong goals last Friday.
Women's Cross Country
Although both the men and women's cross country teams finished in the top three in their first three races, Saturday's meet at Oregon will be the toughest test of the season for both teams thus far.
Icers
Some players prefer starting their season off by annihilating a weak opponent.
Ice Lions
The Penn State Ice Lions are looking to return to the national tournament after just missing out last season.
Football
Every athlete says it. Every coach preaches it.
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