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WILTON, Conn. — Penn State’s Tommy McDonagh pulled off a major comeback over the final 11 holes to win the 109th Connecticut Amateur golf title at Rolling Hills Country Club on Saturday.

There are many rivalries in sports, but few elicit more pride and passion than a gridiron get-together between Penn State and Pittsburgh. Across the state of Pennsylvania last week, a collective 'Oh yeah, it's about time' went up with the announcement that the Nittany Lions and Panthers would meet for the first time since the turn of the century with a two-game set scheduled for 2016-17.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Three Penn State standouts will be inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Hall of Fame on Friday night.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s Blair Brown was named on Wednesday one of three finalists for the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the Collegiate Women’s Athlete of the Year.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Another name has been added to the staff for new Penn State men’s basketball coach Patrick Chambers.

Penn State swept the team of the year awards presented by the Big Ten Network Monday night.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Nittany Lions’ 1986 National Championship football team, which beat Miami 14-10 in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl to finish the season 12--0, will be honored for Penn State’s Oct. 8 home game with Iowa.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Former Penn State Icer All-American Bill Downey has been named Director of Hockey Operations of both the Nittany Lions’ men’s and women’s programs.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Talor Battleand Blair Brownwere selected as the 2011 Penn State Athletes of the Year on Thursday.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s return to Philadelphia to battle with Temple on Sept. 17 will kick off at noon at Lincoln Financial Field.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Patrick Chambers took another step toward opening the pipeline from Philadelphia to State College on Thursday.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Before Patrick Chambers sat beside Jay Wright on Villanova’s bench at the Final Four, he sold pharmaceuticals to hospitals and medical offices. He worked in sales for his family’s printing company, then went to basketball practice in the evenings.

Juwan Staten’s Penn State career ended before it began.

Patrick Chambers arrives in State College today from Boston. But the campus is hardly a new destination for Penn State’s freshly appointed men’s basketball coach.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Tim Curley has his man.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The inaugural Penn State Coaches vs. Cancer golf tournament was held in 1996.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s men’s basketball coaching search has narrowed, though no offers have been extended.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Four members of the Penn State baseball team have been honored for their outstanding achievements for the 2011 season at program’s year-end banquet.

Just about every year, there are one or two veteran teams in the NCAA tournament field that aren’t filled with talent but play superbly as a unit. The players know each other and their coach’s system well enough that every movement is natural, fluid. Their confidence increases because of that familiarity. They start making more shots. They start believing they can play with anybody and, in some cases, they can.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State standoutFranco Harrishas been selected for induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2011.