The Pittsburgh Pirates will host a pair of games at PNC Park to benefit THON and the Four Diamonds Fund on June 26 and 27, the third straight year the Buccos are hosting two for the cause. The Pirates will play the New York Mets, who also just announced the date of their THON game, at 7:05 p.m. on both dates. Swell promotions accompany each contest -- fireworks will follow the first game, and free T-shirts can be had at the second.
Men's basketball announced that it will play a home-and-home series with the George Washington Colonials, beginning Dec. 14 this season at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Phil Steele, who's become the Mel Kiper of preseason college football predictions, unveiled his All-Big Ten Teams today, with 10 Nittany Lions making the cut.
Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs, as you probably know them by now) have been growing in popularity since their emergence in 2012, and the university's sixth one will be the first that student can take for Penn State credit.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane's report into Gov. Tom Corbett's handling of the Jerry Sandusky investigation did not find any evidence that he delayed it for politically motivated reasons, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The report did find that Sandusky's home was not investigated until June 2011, possibly explaining why the probe was lengthened. Corbett's side argued that probable cause for a search did not exist until that June.
Penn State Abington is under shelter in place as police search for a man who was spotted with a shotgun on campus, according to psutxt alerts.