{"id":479,"date":"2005-06-28T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-28T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/06\/479.html"},"modified":"2005-06-28T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-28T09:19:00","slug":"479-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/06\/479-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Penn State sports update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some reason, I don&#8217;t have a lot of free time this week, so here are some quick Penn State sports notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Even more coverage of prospective freshman phenom WR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/sports\/11987596.htm\"><b>Derrick Williams<\/b><\/a> from Sunday&#8217;s <i>CDT<\/i>.<\/li><li>Another week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/sports\/colleges\/pennsylvania_state_university\/11982283.htm\"><b>another basketball transfer<\/b><\/a>. <b>Marlon Smith<\/b> is leaving the program.<\/li><li><b>Dave Jones<\/b> of the <i>Patriot-News<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/pennstatehoopsmen\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/sports\/1119518417194380.xml&amp;coll=1\"><b>lightens up the Penn State baskebtall situation<\/b><\/a> by bring race into the discussion of Danny Earl&#8217;s hiring as an assistant.<\/li><li>Though not technically Penn State sports, the new State College <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statecollegebaseball.com\"><b>minor league team<\/b><\/a>, which will play on campus, has been trying to choose a new nickname. The semi-finalists for team nickname were Black Bears, Copperheads, Miners, Mountain Bats, Ridge-Riders, Sliders and Stags (my pick). My former professor <b>Russell Frank<\/b> does not care for those nicknames too much and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/living\/11982256.htm\"><b>offers a few suggestions<\/b><\/a>.  <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some reason, I don&#8217;t have a lot of free time this week, so here are some quick Penn State sports notes: Even more coverage of prospective freshman phenom WR Derrick Williams from Sunday&#8217;s CDT. Another week, another basketball transfer. Marlon Smith is leaving the program. 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