• WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

      Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

    • Tom Brady unretires

      Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

    • Penguins hunting Ducks, Giroux finds sunshine

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

    • Canada Blocks Unvaccinated MLB Players

      Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

    • AFC rivals pick up new faces at quarterback

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

    • WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

      Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

    • Tom Brady unretires

      Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

    • Penguins hunting Ducks, Giroux finds sunshine

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

    • Canada Blocks Unvaccinated MLB Players

      Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

    • AFC rivals pick up new faces at quarterback

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

    • WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

      Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

    • Tom Brady unretires

      Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

    • Penguins hunting Ducks, Giroux finds sunshine

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

    • Canada Blocks Unvaccinated MLB Players

      Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

    • AFC rivals pick up new faces at quarterback

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

    • WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

      Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

    • Tom Brady unretires

      Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

    • Penguins hunting Ducks, Giroux finds sunshine

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

    • Canada Blocks Unvaccinated MLB Players

      Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

    • AFC rivals pick up new faces at quarterback

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

    • WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

      Alanna Gillis  Opinions editor  Amg7393@psu.edu Brittney Griner, has been detained in Russia due to supposed drug charges. Russian authorities detained her earlier this month, citing cannabis oil in the athlete’s luggage to be the cause. Griner plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg, and has been with this team since 2015. She is a two-time…

    • Tom Brady unretires

      Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu It’s official, Tom Brady will be returning to play his 23rd season in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s retirement lasted all but 40 days. Brady took to Twitter to explain his decision to return to the field once more. “These past two months I’ve realized…

    • Penguins hunting Ducks, Giroux finds sunshine

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu At 5:00 Monday evening, many NHL teams looked substantially different than they were the night before. The trade deadline had come to a close, and teams were gearing up for the playoffs or looking ahead to the draft, depending on their return. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are left in…

    • Canada Blocks Unvaccinated MLB Players

      Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu Players who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to fly to Canada to face the Blue Jays and will not be compensated for those games. A person must have had a second vaccine shot — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least…

    • AFC rivals pick up new faces at quarterback

      Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu It has been an eventful week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns organizations. And both have picked up their new leaders to their offenses. The Steelers signed Mitchell Trubisky, a former second-overall draft pick in 2017, to a two-year contract worth $14.25 million Thursday. Trubisky arrives in Pittsburgh after…

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