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Penn State wins first NCAA volleyball title in 14 years By Associated Press 8:04 PM CDT, May 3, 2008 IRVINE, Calif. - Top-ranked Penn State won its first NCAA men's volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying for a 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 victory over second-ranked Pepperdine on Saturday night. Matt Anderson had 29 kills for the Nittany Lions (30-1), who beat UCLA in 1994 for their last NCAA men's volleyball title. Anderson, the national co-player of the year, was selected the NCAA tournament's most valuable player. Teammate Luke Murray added a career-high 12 digs, tied a season best with 63...

Thon dancers get a lift from smiles of young patients By Chris Rosenblum crosenbl@centredailiy.com UNIVERSITY PARK -- As long as children squirted him with cold water and bounced rubber balls off his head, Ted Dougenik could put up with his aching arches. Dougenik, a Penn State sophomore, was one of 711 dancers shuffling, swaying and just trying to stay awake during the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon on Saturday in Rec Hall. But trying to boogie for 48 hours became easier once gleeful children and their families arrived and started mingling. "When the kids came, really, I forgot the...

Former PSU player Baugh dies Wednesday, August 25, 2004 From staff reports Former Penn State wide receiver Kevin Baugh was killed early Sunday morning in Massachusetts. Baugh, 42, a Long Island schoolboy star and a member of Penn State's 1982 national championship team, may have died over an apparent drug dispute, police and friends told Newsday. According to the Newsday story, Baugh was beaten to death with a tire iron near his apartment in Chicopee, Mass., around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Police have arrested three men and a juvenile and have charged them in the incident. PSU assistant athletic director Jeff...

No ordinary JoePa Sunday, July 18, 2004 BY BOB FLOUNDERS Of The Patriot-News What we think we know about Joe Paterno should be enough. He is college football's most recognizable face and arguably its greatest ambassador. He has made central Pennsylvania his home for 54 years and 607 games. He is Brooklyn born and proud of it. He is 170 or so pounds of defiance on game day. He has made white socks and rolled-up sleeves a fashion statement. And during his 39-year tenure as Penn State head coach, he has won. Won huge. Paterno's slate reads 339 victories against...

Paterno Gets Four-Year Contract Extension DAN LEWERENZ Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Despite three losing seasons in the last four years, Joe Paterno got a four-year contract extension from Penn State on Thursday that will take him past his 80th birthday. Penn State went 3-9 last season, the worst record in Paterno's 39 seasons as head coach of the Nittany Lions. It was just the fourth losing season since Paterno joined the coaching staff in 1950. Penn State didn't win a road game for the first time since the 1936 season, and finished below .500 in the Big Ten...

Former Raider with ALS wants to help others 07/19/2003 It's not supposed to happen to guys like Steve Smith. Not to a guy who once scored two touchdowns in a remarkable come-from-behind win for the Raiders on Monday Night Football. Not to a guy who was on two of Joe Paterno's national championship teams. It's not supposed to happen to a guy who is the father of 13-year-old Dante and 11-year-old Jazmin and husband to wonderful Chie. Not a guy who prays and believes. Not a guy who is 38. You watch Steve Smith slide his body, inch by inch,...