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Jason Collins' announcement on Monday that he is gay was met with public support from around the NBA. But ex-Knick Larry Johnson took a dissenting tone on Twitter. Johnson tweeted that does not know Collins and that he "seems like a great guy" ...

Penn State's Deion Barnes distinguished himself the way many young defensive linemen do: by beating tackles around the edge and putting quarterbacks on the ground. Barnes led the Nittany Lions in both sacks (6) and tackles for loss (10) and tied f...

Carmelo Anthony said he'll play Monday night after missing three games with a right knee injury. While having the NBA's second-leading scorer back in the lineup will help the team, former Knicks star and current team rep Larry Johnson said that ball ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- He rarely addresses the media. He doesn't opine for the spotlight. Heck, Bill O'Brien didn't mention his name once during Wednesday's 33-minute national signing day press conference. But don't be fooled here. Defensive line c...

Adam Geiger (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) committed to Penn State as a walk-on athlete last week, shortly after receiving a Facebook message from assistant coach Larry Johnson. NittanyNation recently spoke with Geiger at length about the importance of ...

Penn State assistant Larry Johnson usually doesn't usually travel to Michigan high schools to offer juniors. But then again, he doesn't often come across defensive ends like the recruit he saw Thursday either. Malik McDowell (Detroit, Mich./Loyola...

On Friday, RecruitingNation took you behind the scenes on recruiting trips and polled various prospects about their favorite memories on the recruiting trail. NittanyNation asked two Penn State commits about their favorite-everythings. So, we deci...

John Butler says Bill O'Brien informed him on Wednesday morning that he'd been promoted from Penn State's secondary coach to its defensive coordinator. Butler simply thanked O'Brien and asked what the head coach wanted. "It wasn't like there was a...

Bill O'Brien is staying at Penn State after a brief flirtation with the NFL, but one of his top assistants and closest friends is not. Defensive coordinator Ted Roof resigned Wednesday after spending just one season at Penn State, and took the sam...

Hoping you have a great weekend. Gary from Olathe, Kan., writes: I know I'm in the minority, but I'm starting to think the so called "super conferences" are a good thing. Say the B1G goes to 16 teams. We'll basically have two 8-team conferences (d...

ESPN.com is taking a look at historically bad teams today, and unfortunately for the Big Ten, it hasn't been immune from them. We're not talking about what Illinois did this season or what Indiana did last season or even what Northwestern did seas...

You two can talk about America all you want. But I'm not going to listen, because there's no "i" or "me" in America. Some strong takes on the charges against ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier from Dan Wetzel, Michael Rosenberg and Jeff Frant...

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It's time to stop talking about Penn State as a nice little story. The narrative about first-year coach Bill O'Brien getting the most out of his presumably talent-starved, transfer-wrecked roster sounds old, boring and, quite fr...

Your questions, my answers. Matt from Farmington Hills, Mich., writes: How can you say in one line that "Ohio State can't tackle," and in another line state that they are the best team in the Big Ten? Adam Rittenberg: Because both are true stat...

The news that linebacker D.J. Williams has been suspended an additional three games is not a shock to the Denver Broncos. It has been expected in NFL circles that Williams would get a three-game NFL suspension after his second conviction on an alc...

Las Vegas police say former NFL running back Larry Johnson is in jail after he was arrested in a felony domestic violence case involving an ex-girlfriend at a Las Vegas Strip resort.