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(Written By: Frank Schwab) State College, PA – By staying and being one of the faces of Penn State’s surprising post-sanctions 2012 season, quarterback Matt McGloin earned a special spot in Nittany Lions history. He also earned a pretty unusual and somewhat random honor that will give him a permanent place at Penn State. On Penn State’s Worthington Scranton campus, the new baseball field will be named Matt McGloin Field according to OnwardState.com. While the honor seems out of the blue, there are some ties. He went to West Scranton…

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(courtesy of The Associated Press) Written by: Genaro C. Armas STATE COLLEGE, PA – Penn State has released a document sought by some of its critics detailing the agreement with former FBI director Louis Freeh to investigate the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a review that cost the school about $8.1 million. Including the bill to pay Freeh, Penn State’s total costs associated with the scandal topped $41 million as of the end of December, the university disclosed Monday on a website. The monthly financial update provided more itemization…

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Park Ridge, IL – The Big Ten men’s basketball All-Conference teams and individual award winners were announced on Monday, with Michigan’s Trey Burke earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors from the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan claimed Coach of the Year laurels from both groups, while Michigan State’s Gary Harris picked up Freshman of the Year accolades from the coaches and media. Indiana’s Victor Oladipo was named the Defensive Player of the Year, while teammate Will Sheehey was voted the Sixth Man…

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LYNCHBURG, VA – The Saint Francis U women’s lacrosse team battled back from five down, but fell to the Liberty Flames on Monday, 9-5. The Flames (3-2) struck first, but the Red Flash (2-3) followed with two quick goals from Olivia Pittman and Megan Ross. Liberty closed out the half on a 5-0 scoring streak and took a 6-2 lead into the locker room. Katie Schaaf scored for SFU to open the second half, she put one past the goalie at the 23:38 mark of the period. The Flames scored…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – Fresh off one of the best all-around season in the PSAC in a long time, Clarion University sophomore Hannah Heeter has been named a first-team PSAC West women’s basketball all-conference selection. Heeter, the lone sophomore to make first team in either the PSAC West or PSAC East, is the only PSAC player to average a double-double this season (14.4 points per game and 13.3 rebounds per game) and one of just two in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region to be averaging a double-double. She is…

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EDINBORO, Pa. – The pre-seeds for the 38th annual Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Championships have been announced. The 2013 EWL Championships are set for Saturday (March 9) at Edinboro’s McComb Fieldhouse. Seven of Lock Haven’s 10 athletes received pre-seeds, including Bobby Rehm (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor), who was tabbed the top-seed at 125. Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) and Fred Garcia (Donora, Pa./Ringgold) are seeded No. 2 at 141 and 184, respectively. No. 16 Pittsburgh seeks its third straight EWL title before moving on to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) next year. …

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PARK RIDGE, IL – The 2013 Big Ten Wrestling Championships are set for this Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, at Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois. The event gets underway at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, with the preliminary and quarterfinal matches taking place in Session I. Session II begins at 5 p.m., as semifinals and the opening rounds of wrestlebacks conclude the day’s action. Consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches get underway at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, while first-, third- and fifth-place matches begin at 1:30…

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PLANO, TX – Big Ten college hoops fans nationwide get an ultimate boost on their mobile device from Learfield Sports with the introduction of “Big Ten Connect” – the first-of-its-kind mobile app for the Big Ten Conference and believed to be the first ever standalone conference tournament app.             Big Ten Connect – a Learfield Sports Digital product – designed to enhance the fan experience during the 2013 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, March 14-17 – is now available for Android and iPhone smartphones.  The app features live radio broadcasts…

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Loretto, PA – The Saint Francis University womens basketball team will host Central Connecticut State for a Northeast Conference Quarterfinal matchup. SETTING THE STAGE Saint Francis and Central Connecticut will face-off in a unique match-up, they just met on Monday in the regular season finale. The Northeast Conference Quarterfinal match-up brings the #5 Blue Devils to Loretto to face the #4 Red Flash after CCSU took down SFU 76-71 in Connecticut. Saint Francis is 39-7 all-time in NEC postseason play, including a staggering 23-1 all-time record inside DeGol Arena in…

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Bucknell freshman catcher Jon Mayer keyed a three-run fourth inning with a two-run double, but No. 19 Virginia scored in six of its eight offensive innings to defeat the Bison baseball team 12-4 Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field. Seven different Bison had a hit in the game, led by extra-base hits from Mayer and Corey Furman. Virginia (10-0) scored its 12 runs on 15 hits. Branden Cogswell, Colin Harrington and Derek Fisher posted three hits apiece, while Harrington, Joe McCarthy and Kenny Towns drove in two runs…

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