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After a disappointing 9 years, Penn State baseball coach Robbie Wine resigned Tuesday. Wine could never get the program off the ground, as he finished with a 13-36 record last year and posted an overall record of 228-261.
Forward Jon Graham has been granted a release from the Penn State basketball team and will transfer, per a news release from the athletic department. Graham's departure is yet another event in what has been a wild offseason for the Nittany Lions filled with recruits committing for 2014 and 2015, and a bevy of players coming and going. While Graham certainly wasn't Penn State's best player, as evidenced by the fact he regressed statistically between his redshirt freshman and sophomore seasons, he provided the team with solid defense (even if he was prone to getting into foul trouble, as evidenced by the fact he averaged nearly seven fouls per 40 minutes last season), hustle and effort.
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The International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State announced Monday that it would close on June 30, with director John Horgan and some researchers moving to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to continue its work. This may put undergrads majoring in security and risk analysis in a bind as some of its highest profile professors leave. And, one of the center's leading terrorism experts said as the center looked for more academic support, she was blindsided by the university's reluctance to retain its researchers.
More than 325 former Penn State Football players and coaches, spanning six decades, have officially joined the fight against the NCAA by expressing their support for the Paterno Family lawsuit.
A lot of the work that goes into the product you see on the field each Saturday begins in the Lasch Building weight room. Filled with customized equipment that stresses injury prevention, something called a land mine, televisions to tell players what workouts to do, and Bill O'Brien quotes such as "Get after it," this is certainly one of the premier workout facilities in college football. In this video courtesy of the Penn State Athletics YouTube channel, Nittany Lions football strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald takes you on a tour of the weight room.
