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  • Jan 27, 2018

    Redick, a man on the move, enlivens a lost art

    If moving without the ball is a lost art in the NBA, Sixers guard JJ Redick is Rembrandt with a jump shot. He runs no fewer than 2.52 miles a game, according to SportVU — approximately all of them at a full sprint, and approximately none of them in a straight line. A defender will dog Redick’s every step as he…

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  • Jan 27, 2018

    Hunger of the wolf drives Covington

    In the first of a two-part story, Gordie Jones takes an in-depth look at the journey of Sixers forward Robert Covington. The care and feeding of Robert Covington’s jump shot begins about an hour before each 76ers game, when the fifth-year forward takes to the court with assistant coach Lloyd Pierce. With Pierce alternately feeding him passes as they...

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  • Nov 26, 2017

    Penn State crushes Maryland to finish regular season ‘a bittersweet 10-2'

    BOX SCORE COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Penn State’s regular season closed Saturday with a 66-3 embarrassment of Maryland (see observations). The Nittany Lions are 10-2, with a high-profile bowl game ahead. They have outscored their last three opponents, 157-53, and all 12 by a whopping 499-186 margin. Yet none of that can obscure a certain sense of unfulfillment — that a…

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  • Nov 25, 2017

    No. 10 Penn State cruises by Maryland in final regular season game

    BOX SCORE COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Trace McSorley threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 10 Penn State closed out its regular season Saturday afternoon with a 66-3 rout of Maryland. McSorley threw touchdown passes of two and nine yards to tight end Mike Gesicki, and ran five yards for a score, all in the first half. In all,…

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  • Nov 24, 2017

    No. 10 Penn State-Maryland: Nittany Lions' last chance to build résumé

    No. 10 Penn State (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten) vs. Maryland (4-7, 2-6 Big Ten)Byrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandSaturday, 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network Scouting Penn StateThe No. 10 Nittany Lions beat Nebraska, 56-44, last week as Saquon Barkley generated 224 all-purpose yards, 157 of them coming on the ground. Barkley, who ran for three scores, exceeded the 1,000-yard mark for the…

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  • Nov 19, 2017

    Hunt for clues about Saquon Barkley's future at Penn State is on

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For months now, everyone has been seeking clues as to what Saquon Barkley’s intentions beyond this season might be, and the detective work continued Saturday. Is Penn State’s prized junior running back headed to the NFL after this season? Is he even going to play in the Nittany Lions’ bowl game? The latter question was answered...

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  • Nov 19, 2017

    No. 10 Penn State coasts to win over Nebraska

    BOX SCORE STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Saquon Barkley collected 224 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns as No. 10 Penn State battered Nebraska, 56-44, Saturday afternoon in its final home game of the season. Barkley, slowed in recent weeks after a strong start to the season, rushed 17 times for 158 yards and three scores, and caught six passes for 66 yards,…

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  • Nov 18, 2017

    No. 10 Penn State vs. Nebraska: Staying in hunt for New Year's Day bowl

    No. 10 Penn State (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten) vs. Nebraska (4-6, 3-4 Big Ten)Beaver Stadium, State College, PennsylvaniaSaturday, 4 p.m., FS1 Scouting Penn StateThe 10th-ranked Nittany Lions drubbed Rutgers, 35-6, last week, as Trace McSorley threw for two touchdowns and ran for one. Saquon Barkley also rushed for two scores, but was limited to a season-low 35 yards on 14…

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  • Nov 12, 2017

    After gut-punch losses, No. 14 Penn State overcomes slow start to beat Rutgers

    BOX SCORE STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Hangovers? That was apparently something for the folks in the Beaver Stadium parking lots to worry about. Penn State coach James Franklin wasn’t interested in discussing whether his team might have been in the throes of one Saturday afternoon, when it started slowly and then slogged to a workmanlike 35-6 homecoming victory over Rutgers...

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  • Nov 11, 2017

    No. 14 Penn State-Rutgers observations: Nittany Lions snap 2-game losing streak

    BOX SCORE STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Trace McSorley passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 14 Penn State drubbed Rutgers, 35-6, Saturday afternoon. With the Scarlet Knights focusing their defensive attention on running back Saquon Barkley, McSorley hit 16 of 21 passes for 214 yards, and ran 13 times for 44 yards, as the Nittany Lions (8-2, 5-2…

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