Tuesday, 24 July 2012 07:56

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

College Football

-The NCAA drops the hammer on Penn State.

-Where does the football team go from here?

-Where does Penn States' 2013 recruiting class go from here?

-Penn State will be able to handle the $60 million fine with ease.

-Bobby Bowden becomes the all-time leader in division I-A wins as a result of the NCAA's sanctions.

-Joe Paterno's familiy isn't happy.

-Three Big Ten powers - Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan - are now on probation.

-Former Penn State president Graham Spanier claims he was misled by the school's general counsel.

-"I would expect them to come in and compete for a conference championship. They're that level of program and always have been." - Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads on West Virginia joining the Big 12.

Pirates/MLB

-Erik Bedard is on the wrong end of a pitchers duel as the Pirates fall to the Cubs, 2-0.

-Highlights:

-Jose Tabata isn't faring very well in Class AAA Indianapolis.

-The minor league report.

-The Yankees acquired 10-time all-star Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners in exchange for minor league pitchers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar.

Steelers/NFL

-The Steelers signed guard David DeCastro, their first-round pick this year, to a four-year contract worth nearly $8 million.

-Blog 'n' Gold spotted a classic Steelers-Vikings gams on YouTube from 1972.

-Pepsi will now be served at Heinz Field for Steelers games.

-The Browns signed running back Trent Richardson, a first-round pick this year, to a four-year contract worth $20.5 million.

-The Jets acquired former Pitt offensive takcle Jeff Otah (right) from the Panthers in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

-Eagles running back and former Pitt star Dion Lewis had felony charges in Albany, N.Y. dropped.

-The Lions released former Browns cornerback Aaron Berry after he was arrested for the second time in a month.

-Dolphins wide receiver Chad Ochocinco changes his last name back to Johnson.

-The Cowboys signed cornerback Morris Claiborne, a first-round pick, to a four-year contract worth $16.4 million.

-The Panthers acquired wide receiver Louis Murphy from the Raiders in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

-The Seahwaks agreed to terms on a contract extension with defensive end Chris Clemons.

-The Falcons re-signed linebacker Mike Peterson.

Penguins/NHL

-Remembering Arron Asham.

-Former Penguins forward Ramzi Abid has joined JYP of Finland's SM-liiga.

-The Rangers acquired power forward Rick Nash (right), minor league defensman Steve Deslisle and a conditional third-round pick from the Blue Jackets in exchange for forwards Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, defensive prospect Tim Erixon and a first-round pick in 2013.

-Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky has filed a grievance with the NHLPA to void his trade from the Ducks to the Islanders during last month's NHL Draft. Visnovsky claims his no-trade clause was not honored by the Ducks.

-The Bruins signed head coach Claude Julien to a multi-year contract extension.

-The Canadiens signed forward Alex Galchenyuk, a first-round pick (No. 3 overall), to a three-year entry-level contract.

-The Panthers re-signed restricted free agent forward Kris Versteeg to a four-year contract worth a total of $17.6 million.

-Charges of operating a boat while impaired were dropped in Minnesota against Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien after he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless boating. He was arrested last August.

-The Predators re-signed restricted free agent forward Andrei Kostitsyn to a two-year contract worth a total of $6 million.

-Shea Weber. Still sorta, kinda a Predator right now.

-The Oilers signed forward Nail Yakupov, the first overall pick in last month's draft, to a three-year entry-level contract. He will have a salary cap hit of $3.775 million.

Etc.

-Britain deploys more troops for the Olympics.

(Photos: Penn State-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Otah-Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images; Nash-Harry How/Getty Images; Yakupov-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)