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Last night Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg was taunted (The Post) by a knowledgeable Cincinnati Reds fan (CSN Washington) as he left the mound after 5 2/3 innings and 3 runs. The now 22-year old’s response — “scoreboard.” Good answer Stasburg, good answer. Even better was that his teammates had given him 7 runs of [...]

Penn State and Navy To Renew Gridiron Series in 2012 – Intercollegiate Athletics
Penn State just added Navy to its 2012 football season schedule. The Nittany Lions will host the Midshipmen on Sept. 15, 2012 at Beaver Stadium.
I am really pleased with this announcement, the two programs played each other regularly in the 1960s and 1970s. [...]

Penn State Week on Big Ten Network Begins Monday – Intercollegiate Athletics
Starting next Monday, the Big Ten Network has lots of Penn State programming:
Monday, July 26 (all times ET)
2:00 p.m. – 2009 Big Ten Cross Country Championships
5:00 p.m – Making The Blue Band documentary
8:00 p.m. – 2006 FedEx Orange Bowl – Penn State vs. Florida [...]

There was a legend that Fidel Castro was scouted by the Washington Senators (Snopes) but didn’t make the cut, leading to countless “what if” scenarios. It didn’t happen of course, but I seem to recall The Simpsons mentioning it once.
While Castro failing in his bid to play for a D.C. team would have made the [...]

Finding Adam Taliaferro: 10 years later, devastating injury spawns professional passion – Yahoo! Sports
Nearly 10 years after a serious spinal injury left Adam Taliaferro with a 3% chance of walking again, the Penn State Nittany Lion is nearly 100%. He is a lawyer now and claims you would not know he was injured if you [...]

The Washington Nationals have not exactly stormed out of the gate after the All-Star Break. After opening the second part of the season with a Stephen Strasburg led 4-0 win over the Florida Marlins, the Nats have scored all of 2 runs in three games. Both of those runs came in last night’s 7-2 to [...]

The tickets sent to Penn State season ticket holders indicate that the Nittany Lions game against Temple is a “WHITEHOUSE” game. You know, the overrated promotion that is supposed to give the Nittany Lions a massive home field advantage, but doesn’t? The man who dumbed down the Beaver Stadium experience, Guido D’Elia, had this to [...]

Two shutouts in a row have not helped my arguments that the Washington Nationals need to keep their heart of their order together through the next few years. Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman both came up empty driving in runs this weekend. #5 hitter Josh Willingham accounted for three of the weekend’s runs in one [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Not that long ago, fast food chain Chick-Fil-A debuted its Spicy Chicken Sandwich. However, rather than just putting them on the menu, the required “reservations” during the first week. Prospective customers had to sign up at getspicychicken.com. The exclusivity of this offer gave the chain some buzz on twitter and some blogs. [...]

Earlier this week, following the deaths of Bob Shepphard and George Steinbrenner, I had an epiphany — if I hoped to see Yogi Berra at the Yogi Berra Museum, I probably ought to do it soon. I even fired off an email to a friend (a teacher off for the summer)who is also a big [...]