PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Joe Paterno will coach from the press box Thursday when eighth-ranked Penn State faces No. 5 Southern California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Rose Bowl-bound Penn State announced Tuesday it has given 81-year-old football Coach Joe Paterno a contract extension through 2011.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno, 81, returned home Tuesday after undergoing successful hip replacement surgery.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Joe Paterno said Saturday, following the Nittany Lions' 49-18 win over Michigan State, he plans to return in 2009 as Penn State University football coach.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Daryll Clark's five touchdowns Saturday sent No. 8 Penn State to a 49-18 drubbing of No. 15 Michigan State.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Hip resurfacing -- a new alternative to hip replacement -- may not be a good choice for women and those age 55 or older, a U.S. doctor said.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries Saturday, pacing sixth-ranked Penn State to a 20-6 victory over Purdue.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Stephfon Green rushed for 132 yards Saturday in the 15th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions' 45-3 romp over the Temple Owls.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Daryll Clark passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another and Evan Royster ran for three TDs Saturday to lead No. 19 Penn State past Oregon State 45-14.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Three players have been suspended from the Penn State football team after police allegedly found marijuana at their apartment complex.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Evan Royster and Stephfon Green combined for five rushing touchdowns Saturday, powering 22nd-ranked Penn State to a 66-10 victory over Coastal Carolina.
SYDNEY, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Australian Lleyton Hewitt has undergone hip surgery and will miss the U.S. Open, a grand slam tennis event he won in 2001.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 30 (UPI) -- ESPN's expose of arrest records involving Penn State football players included statistics that some school officials call embarrassing.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 2 (UPI) -- Penn State football recruits are being given details about the successor of long-time Nittany Lion Coach Joe Paterno, a player said.