Michigan offensive lineman David Moosman said at today’s news conference that "at some point most or all of the team will be talking to compliance."Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email
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More than 1,000 women participated in the nationwide Women’s Wellness Survey, which polled their opinions on healthy living, eating, and exercise. Respondents ranked the following behaviors in terms of importance to overall health and well being...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email1. Getting enough sleep
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"The allegations are true. Nothing is fabricated or exaggerated in that story. I was there on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. or 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. depending on if guys needed treatment. You were there daylight to nighttime.Big Ten associate commissioner for compliance Chad Hawley told ESPN Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg that the conference would not conduct an independent investigation and would only be involved in an advisory capacity for any probe of this matter.
"On Sunday, it was lifting, film, dinner and practice. I usually got out around 10:20. I truly don't want to be associated with the program back there. But I am going to help benefit my teammates back there by speaking and giving testimony."
Wireless Reading Device Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailPP-G argument: There's Army-Navy, UCLA-USC, Oklahoma-Nebraska and Michigan-Ohio State. Not to mention Georgia Tech-Georgia, Miami-Florida State, Clemson-South Carolina - and, well, you get the picture.
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Wireless Reading Device Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailIt's worth clicking through to read it, but the Reader's Digest version is that LJ's father became a widower while his six children were young. He kept the family together despite the urging of family members to let them take various children to ease his burden.
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ComRadio is Penn State's Internet-based student radio station, sponsored by the College of Communications. ComRadio has been around for less than a decade, but is quickly making a name for itself nationally...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailComRadio station members have been named amongst the Top 40 collegiate broadcasters in the nation, won state awards against professional competition, and have a long list of many more accomplishments.
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Wireless Reading Device In what we anticipate will be the first of many updates on the Michigan cheating scandal, check out this video of UM Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike Barwis. It's not hard to imagine this guy wanting to work his players for more hours than are allowed by NCAA rules...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email
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Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email“It’s one of those things where you can’t say something,” one current Wolverine said. “If you say something, they’re going to say you’re a lazy person and don’t want to work hard.”
The player, who asked not to be identified for fear of repercussions from fans, said in-season Sundays at the football facility lasted from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., including a one-hour lunch. That would be an 11-hour day. The NCAA daily limit is four hours, the weekly limit 20.Predictably, RichRod denied the allegations...
The same player said required offseason workouts included three-hour lifts on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays and two hours of speed and agility on Tuesdays and Thursday. That's a total of 13 hours, with the limit at eight hours of required workouts.
This player said he would tell the Big Ten or NCAA what players were required to do and believes most of his former teammates would, as well.
“We know the practice and off-season rules, and we stay within the guidelines. We follow the rules and have always been completely committed to being compliant with all NCAA rules.”If the NCAA investigates and concludes that Michigan willfully and repeatedly broke the rules, the NCAA could find major violations. That could trigger probation, loss of scholarships, and loss of practice time. Michigan, which has won more games than any program in college football history, has never been found guilty of major violations in football.
West Virginia officials are wondering if assistant coaches aren’t all that Rich Rodriguez took with him to Michigan. They believe he may also have destroyed all or most of the paperwork files relating to every player on the current Mountaineer roster and virtually all of the activities conducted by the program over the past seven years.
Soon after returning to work after the Fiesta Bowl a little more than a week ago, the staff at the Puskar Center found that most of the files — including all of the player files — that had been stored in Rodriguez’s private office were missing. In addition, all of the players’ strength and conditioning files in the weight room were gone.
“It’s unbelievable. Everything is gone, like it never existed,’’ said a source within the athletic department, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Good, bad or indifferent, we don’t have a record of anything that has happened.’’
According to the source, the files in Rodriguez’s office that are now missing included everything from records regarding summer camps — financial and otherwise — to data on boosters, recruiting and most everything related to activities within the program during Rodriguez’s seven years at WVU.
Most disturbing, though, is the absence of all of the players’ personal files, which included, among other things, contact information, scholarship money awarded, class attendance records and records on personal conduct and community service, be it positive or negative.
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The two great sporting events in Central Pennsylvania every August are Penn State football starting their summer camp and the Little League World Series. Here's a look at the Top Ten Little League World Series alumni...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailEvery summer, Williamsport, a small Pennsylvania town, for 10 days, becomes home to hundreds of 12-year olds, their families, their fans, and most of all, baseball. It is seemingly one of the last pure things left in sports: the Little League World Series.
Ed Vosberg played a total of 10 seasons in the MLB, spanning from 1986 to 2002, for eight different teams. He had a rather mediocre professional career, posting just a 10-15 record with 13 saves and a 4.32 ERA in 266 appearances. But he can boast about a fact he shares with only one other man: Vosberg played in the LLWS championship, the College World Series final, and the MLB World Series.9. Wilson Alvarez...
And he wasn't so bad as a Little Leaguer, either. Vosberg helped to lead his Tucson, Ariz. team to the 1973 final (a 12-0 loss to Tainan City, Taiwan), pitching a one-hitter in the semifinals to defeat the team from Birmingham, Mich.
In 1992, in just his second MLB start Wilson Alvarez pitched a no-hitter for the Chicago White Sox against the Baltimore Orioles. Ten years earlier Alvarez played for the Coquivacoa Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela, in the 1982 Little League World Series. Alvarez's Venezuela team lost in the first round of the LLWS, but his career in baseball lasted for years.8. Jason Bay...
Alvarez stayed with the White Sox until 1997, earning an all-star selection along the way in 1994. In 1998 Alvarez was the first starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays history, throwing the organizations first ever pitch. Alvarez called it quits for his career in 2005, amassing a 102-92 record with 1,330 strikeouts and a 3.96 ERA.
The 2004 NL Rookie of the Year experienced baseball success 14 years earlier with his team from Trial, British Columbia, Canada. In 1990, Jason Bay helped Canada reach the semifinals before falling to eventual champions Taiwan.7. Chris Drury...
In 2004, Bay became the first Canadian to win rookie of the year honors while with the Pirates. Bay made two all-star teams with the Pirates in 2005 and 2006 before being traded to the Boston Red Sox in the Manny Ramirez deal. Bay continued his stellar play in Boston, making the 2009 all-star team.
Long before Chris Drury was the captain of the New York Rangers he was the star pitcher of his Little League team. In 1989 Drury led Trunbull, CT to the LLWS championship over Taiwan. Drury pitched a complete-game 5-hitter and drove in two runs in the championship game. Drury was such a star that he threw out the opening pitch in game 2 of 1989 World Series. That same year Drury also won the national pee wee hockey championship.6. Matt Cassel...
Drury chose to follow hockey, and he probably made the right decision. In 1998 Drury won the Hobey Baker Award while at Boston University as the NCAA player of the year. The next year Drury won the Calder Memorial Trophy with the Colorado Avalanche as the NHL's top rookie. Drury won hockey's ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup in 2001 while with the Avalanche.
For awhile it seemed like Matt Cassel’s crowning achievement was going to be his performance in the 1994 Little League World Series. He was the star of the Northridge, Calif. team dubbed "The Earthquake Kids," after a quake in their hometown earlier in the year (it actually led to Cassel’s home being condemned). He was 6-for-14 at Williamsport as the Northridge team won it all.5. Brian Sipe...
Matt Cassel has been a member of some amazing teams but it wasn’t until only recently that he made this list. Sure, he had been on the roster of the USC Trojans when they won the AP National Championship in 2003 and the BCS Championship in 2004, but he barely played. He was also a member of the 2007 Patriots that went 16-0 during the regular season. Cassel seemed content to back up Tom Brady until he was thrust into the spotlight when Brady suffered a season ending injury in the first game of the 2008 season. Cassel guided the Patriots to an 11-5 regular season and was rewarded by signing a 6-year, $40.5 million contract with the Chiefs.
Some players separate themselves from the pack at the Little League World Series and it’s clear they have a bright future in athletics. And then there is Brian Sipe. Sipe played in the 1961 Little League World Series with a team from El Cajon, CA. By his own admission he didn’t contribute much to his team winning it all:4. Pierre Turgeon...
“I was fortunate enough to be inducted into the hall of fame…But it's only because I was one of the few guys to go on and do something in professional sports - because I certainly didn't do anything in the series.”
But what he did in professional sports is quite amazing. Sipe was drafted in the 13th round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He spent the first two years in the NFL on the reserve squad. He became a consistent starter in 1976 and in 1980 he had a career year. Sipe threw for 4,132 yards and 30 touchdowns leading the Browns to the postseason for the first time in 8 seasons and was rewarded with the MVP award.
Pierre Turgeon was the first player selected in the 1987 NHL Draft. But the four-time All-Star first got media attention for leading his Canadian little league team to the World Series. Turgeon went 7-0 on the mound while leading his team to Williamsport. At the LLWS he went 5 for 9 with 5 RBIs with a 1-1 pitching record.3. Jason Varitek...
Turgeon’s baseball and hockey careers have more in common than you might think. In both he was a star and in both he could never make the finals. In the World Series the Canadians lost in the semifinals and in the NHL Turgeon twice made it to the Conference Finals but never reached the finals.
Although Turgeon hasn’t been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame yet, he did become the first native Canadian to be inducted into the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum’s Hall of Excellence in 2007.
Long before Jason Varitek was catching no-hitters for the Boston Red Sox, he was busy leading the Altamonte Springs National Little League (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) team to the 1984 Little League World Series championship game (a 6-2 loss to Seoul, South Korea).2. Boog Powell...
The three-time MLB All-Star played three positions for his LLWS team (shortstop, first base, and catcher) during the tournament in Williamsport. In seven at-bats he tallied just one hit, but did mange three walks and scored a run. 'Tek's success was only just beginning: he is one of just two players ever to play in the the LLWS final, the College World Series championship game, and the MLB World Series.
Usually in the Little League World Series the best pitcher and hitter on a team are one in the same. So it’s not terribly surprising that Boog Powell, a 6’4, about 250-pound power hitter in the majors, was the star pitcher of the 1954 Lakeland Little League team. At that time they had no restrictions on how much a kid could pitch and Boog pitched in 11 games in just a couple weeks leading his team to the quarterfinals. But fatigue finally hit him as he was shelled by the eventual champions from Schenectady, New York.1. Gary Sheffield...
But Boog probably doesn’t lose sleep over that loss because of his accomplishments at the major league level. Powell went to the World Series four times with the Baltimore Orioles from 1966-1971, winning twice in 1966 and 1970. In 1970 he won the AL MVP and homered in the first two games of the World Series against the Reds.
Gary Sheffield is in his 22nd professional season, has hit over 500 home runs and has been an All Star nine times. But he didn't become of his generation's fiercest hitters overnight. In fact, it began during his days as a Little League star.
Sheffield was not only a great hitter, but also an excellent pitcher, thanks to the tutelage of his uncle, Dwight Gooden. Led by Sheffield, and teammate and future MLB player Derek Bell, the Belmont Heights Little League All-Stars (Tampa, Fla.) made it all the way to the 1980 Little League World Series final, before falling to Taiwan, 4-3.
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Earlier today we listed this season's most interesting women's volleyball matches. Two of them just got a lot more interesting...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailOur friends at MGoBlog bring the news that #16 Michigan wiped out #3 Nebraska last night in Lincoln. We don't have the same level of animosity for other Michigan sports as we do for the Wolverine football team, so we're happy to see this victory by a Big Ten team.
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Yesterday we commented on Oklahoma's refusal to release Jake Kemerer, saying, "We could understand OU not granting the release if Kemerer had followed Robbie Waller to Lock Haven, but this is ridiculous."Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email
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Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailBig Ten football, including Penn State, is coming to area cable TV, Dwight Walters, general manager for Service Electric Cablevision, announced Friday afternoon.
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The top-ranked Penn State Women's Volleyball team extended their NCAA-record winning streak to 65 last night by pounding Miami of Ohio 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-9) at Saint Louis University's Active Ankle Challenge. It's hard for us to get excited about matches like this, but there are some interesting dates against ranked teams on the 2009 schedule...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email
Wireless Reading Device Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email"We're not going to move at all until we know what their parameters are because it doesn't make sense to do that," Catlett said. "If you get an opportunity to do an SEC-Big Ten deal, you at least wait and see what the offer will be."
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Wireless Reading Device When we posted the news about Jake Kemerer transferring from Oklahoma to Penn State, we said, "Rumors have Oklahoma refusing to release Kemerer." Penn State has clarified this situation...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailKemerer started classes at Penn State on Monday and attended a wrestling team meeting, according to Pat Donghia, assistant director in the school's athletic communications office.
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Here's the story behind Joe Paterno's rolled-up pants: Back in the late '60s, his wife, Sue, suggested he raise the cuffs so mud wouldn't get on his wool slacks while coaching...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailThat was no longer a worry once JoePa switched to his trademark khakis. "Then it became superstitious," she said. "I don't care if he rolls them up or not, I can just throw them in the washer."
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"It’s fourth and long, and so far, Armstrong Cable, Blue Ridge Cable, and Service Electric Broadband Cable have not joined the hundreds of cable companies that now carry the Big Ten Network.
"What does that mean for you? Quite simply, it means that if your cable system is Armstrong, Blue Ridge, or Service Electric Broadband Cable, you will miss Penn State’s first three football games – against Akron, Syracuse, and Temple – as well as others to be added, possibly including Big Ten clashes with Illinois (Oct. 3) and Indiana (Nov. 14).
"If an agreement is not reached very soon, only one way remains for Nittany Lion fans to guarantee getting the Big Ten Network in time to see us take the field against Akron next week. And that is to call one of the providers now carrying the network in the area: DirecTV or DISH Network.
"Even though it’s fourth and long, you can contact your cable company to let them know you want to watch your Nittany Lions. Click here and type in your zip code to get contact information for your cable company.
"If they hear from enough Penn State fans, maybe they’ll add the network in time for next week’s game and all the Penn State coverage throughout the upcoming year."
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"The short version is, we need those seven home games on the schedule every year. We're a self-sustaining athletic department, we get no money from the state or university. So we need to get those home games on the schedule to make sure the athletic department keeps running.[Clips comment: Fine, you need seven homes games. But Eastern Illinois is the EIGHTH home game. We could have played seven home games this year by signing a home-and-home with a decent team, which would have helped us get to seven home games in a later year.
"I'm not going to sit here and tell you I'm happy about Eastern Illinois on the schedule. But that's where we're at this year."
"You can't look back to then and tell me Syracuse wasn't going to be a good team. They were on a roll."
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Wireless Reading Device Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailNotice how one dog has clamped onto the Gator's snout to keep him from biting and another is preventing the tail from lashing, while the third is tearing away at the soft underbelly of the beast...
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