Penn State announced Thursday that it will open the 2018 season against Appalachian State, which became an FBS member this season.
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Keith Groller
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One more week to go in the high school football regular season and it looks like Stroudsburg, Bethlehem Catholic, Pleasant Valley will be moving on to the postseason -- either districts or Eastern Conference. There's a possibility of playoffs for one or two more.
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If you can't watch it, you can listen to Game 7 of the World Series tonight on ESPN radio fo the Lehigh Valley (AM-1230, 1320).
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Saturday night's Ohio State-Penn State game figures to be one of the top attractions in another big weekend of college football.
Tom Housenick
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Two young stars started slowly, but got hot late in the year.
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Markie DeVoe leaned over the railing at the bottom of section 119 at Coca-Cola Park, clutching a bat that at the time was void of autographs.
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Joe Bennie has been in a hitting slump lately, but the Stroudsburg High and East Stroudsburg University product will get an extra chance to work out of it.
Nick Fierro
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— There are two ways to interpret Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly's continually reiterated "trust" in his defense as it relates to his decision-making during games: Legitimate faith in his defense or no faith at all in his offense, which is the only side of the ball to...
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— Not since tight end Brent Celek became a full-time starter in 2009 did he have a season with as low a catch total as he did in his first season under Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly last year.
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— Turns out the sky was never falling, which is what Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Billy Davis has been trying to tell everyone all along.
Gary Blockus
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Rivalry action is starting to heat up for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
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Anthony Stolarz may be the top goalie prospect in the Philadelphia Flyers system, but he knows the reality of where he is right now.
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Muzzleloader season opened Saturday, so everyone going out in the woods needs to be aware of the fluorescent-orange requirements even if they are archery hunting.
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Allen and Dieruff meet for the 58th time on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m.) at J. Birney Crum Stadium.
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Stephen Gross
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The veteran broadcaster is beginning his fifth season doing Phantoms games, but is excited about the team's new home.
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Seven years ago Tuesday, Brett Myers tossed his glove into the air after striking out the Washington Nationals' Willy Mo Pena and helping the Philadelphia Phillies clinch the first of five straight NL East division titles.
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Fans may sing the line "I don't care if I ever get back" from "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" during each seventh-inning stretch, but with Major League Baseball games taking longer than ever, they better be careful what they wish for.
Stephen Miller
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Since becoming Central Catholic's football coach before the 2012 season, John Cupples has preached a similar message.
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Editor's note: Each week during the regular season, Stephen Miller will examine four Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football items in this space. Here is his look back at Week 8 and ahead to Week 9.
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Freedom played six games before running into one of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference's elite football programs.
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Forget the Renaissance Fairs and the Civil War re-enactments.
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There was a chill in the air on Sunday, a harbinger of winter.
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Shayne Gostisbehere is the top defensive prospect in the Philadelphia Flyers organization, and on Friday night, in front of a standing-room-only sellout crowd of 8,647 at the PPL Center, he showed Lehigh Valley Phantoms fans exactly why.
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ANDREW GORDON
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Pat Boyle has had tremendous success in his 18 seasons as the boys basketball coach at Notre Dame-Green Pond, winning 337 games along with two Colonial League championships and seven District 11 titles.
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Mark Alt can't wait.
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Halloween is coming, the bike tires are getting fat.
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Are the Dallas Cowboys still America's team?
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Editor's note: Each week during the regular season, Stephen Miller will examine four Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football items in this space. Here is his look back at Week 7 and ahead to Week 8.
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Terry Murray is in his third year as coach of the Phantoms, but his first as coach of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, who played in Glens Falls, N.Y., the past five seasons as the Adirondack Phantoms while their new home was being built in downtown Allentown.
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