Penn State can say bye to team at event
There will be an official send-off event for the No. 19 Penn State football team tomorrow before it heads down to South Bend for a marquee matchup against No.2 Notre Dame on Saturday.
At 3:30 p.m., the Lasch Football Building, located on Hastings Road, will open its doors to fans for a final good-bye before the game.
Anyone traveling to "The Golden Dome" as a member of the Penn State cheering section is advised to dress in full white-out attire, as to match the Lions' uniforms on the field.
Joe Paterno appearing on CBS Evening News
Joe Paterno will be featured on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on Thursday, Sept. 7 as part of Couric's debut week, which includes an interview with President Bush.
The program airs on CBS affiliates nationwide, including 6:30 p.m. ET on WTAJ-TV, Ch. 10 in the State College-Altoona-Johnstown market.
The network videotaped and interviewed Coach Paterno on football media day last month, with the intention of including the segment during premier week of its changeover to a new anchor, set and format. Senior news correspondent Byron Pitts conducted the interview, which focuses on Paterno, Penn State and topics other than football.
CBS News officials confirmed Tuesday that the segment would run on Thursday, barring breaking news.
Paterno is in his 41st season as head coach of the Nittany Lions. He is second in all-time victories among major college coaches and fourth in wins across all four NCAA divisions. Paterno has led Penn State to national championships in 1982 and '86, five unbeaten and untied seasons (1968, '69, '73, '86, '94) and is the all-time leader in bowl appearances (32) and victories (21-10-1 record).
He was selected the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National Coach of the Year for an unprecedented fifth time in 2005 after leading Penn State to an 11-1 record and the Big Ten and FedEx Orange Bowl titles.
Paterno and his wife, Sue, have contributed more than $4 million to Penn State for several academic and athletic building projects and to endow scholarships and faculty positions.
In December, Paterno will be among the first three active coaches or players inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.
Basketball prospect picks Iowa over PSU
CARMEL, Ind. -- Jake Kelly, a 6-foot-6 guard at Carmel High School, has made an oral commitment to play basketball at Iowa.
Kelly, who averaged 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds last season as a junior, said he picked the Hawkeyes over Penn State, Pepperdine, Val-paraiso, Dayton and St. Louis. The NCAA signing period begins in No-vember.
Kelly visited Iowa last weekend.
Carmel, a suburban school just north of Indianapolis, was 17-7 last season.
Welbourn suspended for violation of policy
NEW YORK -- Kansas City Chiefs tackle John Welbourn was suspended yesterday by the NFL for six weeks for violating the league's drug policy -- even though Welbourn retired in June.
The NFL said Welbourn, who was suspended for the first four games of 2005 for using performance-enhancing drugs, would be eligible to return to the Chiefs on Oct. 23.
However, the 30-year-old Welbourn already quit after seven NFL seasons, citing a desire "to retire on my own terms rather than somebody else's.''
Welbourn was acquired by Kansas City from Philadelphia in 2004 after coming into the league as a fourth-round draft choice in 1999. He was hampered by a knee injury during his first year in Kansas City, and then was suspended for the beginning of the 2005 schedule.
When he retired, Welbourn said he planned to enroll in law school.
