Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions’ historic rivals, the Pitt Panthers, has a similar taxonomic nickname for a similar reason.

The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (8-0, 2-0 B1G) rolled to a 31-7 win over homestanding Nebraska (6-2, 1-1 Big Ten) in its first Big Ten road dual of the season. The Nittany Lions dominated the dual from the onset in front of a record crowd of over 6,

Penn State’s 2024 season has come to a disappointing close with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Now it’s time to turn the page and look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the current state of Penn State football.

Known by many names across country, a mountain lion is the same animal as a puma, cougar, panther, or catamount, depending on where you are. The fierce cat is so popular that doze

Nebraska broke through Penn State’s stranglehold at 133 with a surprising 14-7 win by Erie Prep grad Jacob Van Dee over Penn State’s Braeden Davis and a major decision at 149 by fourth-ranked Ridge Lovett over second-ranked Shayne Van Ness. That Lovett won wasn’t as surprising as the 10-2 score itself.

The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team rolled to a 31-7 win over Nebraska in its first Big Ten road dual of the season Friday night. The Nittany Lions dominated the dual from the onset in front of a record crowd of more than 6,

In front of a record crowd of 6,736, the No. 6 Nebraska wrestling team took on No. 1 Penn State on Friday night. De

The West Virginia University track and field team returns to action for the YSU Collegiate Invitational on Jan. 17 and the Nittany Lion Challenge on Jan. 18. Friday’s YSU

Penn State football has a few culprits for Thursday's heartbreaking Orange Bowl loss to a gritty Notre Dame team

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (7-0, 1-0 B1G) opened up Big Ten dual meet action on Friday by shutting out Michigan State (2-2, 0-1 B1G) 55-0 in sold out Rec ...

But how did the name come to be? And what, exactly, is a Nittany Lion? Heading into its Orange Bowl matchup against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals Thursday, here’s a ...

Penn State will have one of its bigger duals of the early Big Ten wrestling season Friday night when it heads on the road to take on the No. 7 Nebraska Cornhuskers. The bout will feature plenty of ranked wrestlers on both sides, with more than a few unbeaten records potentially on the line in Lincoln.