One day after it was announced that Penn State will embark on a week long tour of Europe, the team suffered a crucial blow in the form of Associate Head Coach Eugene Burroughs leaving the program to return to Marist University, where he was an assistant coach from 2000-2004.
David Taylor wrestled for Team USA last week and pinned his opponent Magomed Kurbanaliev.
Penn State basketball will be spending a week in Europe this coming August, playing teams in England, France and Belgium, per head coach Pat Chambers and the athletic department.
The Penn State Lady Lion basketball team will host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on December 4 as a part of the 7th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Penn State has been in all out attack mode in a continued effort to refute the narrative spun in David Epstein's Sports Illustrated story regarding the university's medical care as it applies to football players, and one of the more intriguing tactics was a comparison of how the Nittany Lions program handles on-site physician coverage during the season compared to other schools.
Penn State continues to aggressively refute David Epstein's forthcoming Sports Illustrated story that investigates its medical practices related to athletic programs, specifically the football team.
This series of statements comes on the heels of remarks last night in an effort to get ahead of the in-depth piece that hits newsstands today. Similar in nature to yesterday's remarks, these statements harshly criticize the SI article going as far as to call some of the claims inside the 23-page story "ludicrous."