Angelo Mangiro grew up attending baseball games in Yankee Stadium. Bob Shoop was Columbia's head coach for three years. They'll return to New York City and Yankee Stadium Saturday for the Pinstripe Bowl.
Just four days before the inaugural College Football Playoff begins, ESPN Films will debut a special 30-minute documentary shedding light on the controversy that enveloped President Nixon and the 1969 college football season. "Nixon's National Champs" premieres Sunday, Dec. 28 at 10:30 p.m. and examines the president's decision to name Texas the national champion, overlooking an 11-0 Penn State squad.
With the NCAA sanctions limiting the Penn State football to 65 scholarships to begin the season -- 20 fewer than the standard allotment of 85 -- first-year head coach James Franklin was forced to compete in one of the nation's top conferences with one hand tied behind his back, Now, after a full season of injuries and redshirts, only 41 scholarship players remain on the available roster.
Penn State football players received an early Christmas present: a pile of gifts from the Pinstripe Bowl including an Apple TV, and numerous New Era products.
Penn State linebacker and James Franklin man-crush Mike Hull continues to rack up awards, this time earning the distinction as an AP third-team All-American selection.
According to a study from TicketCity, Pinstripe Bowl tickets are the seventh-most expensive of the postseason's 37 games, with the average ticket costing $129.