Penn State wants James Franklin to land on his feet pronto. Franklin’s contract, which Penn State bought out for $49 million, includes a clause that calls for him to be diligent in searching for his ...

The Penn State Nittany Lion moved decisively on Sunday, ending James Franklin’s 11-plus-year run as head coach and handing the program an immediate and complex financial obligation. The university ...

James Franklin said Saturday he was shocked when Penn State fired him hours after a loss in which the Nittany Lions also lost quarterback Drew Allar to a season-ending injury, but that he cannot wait ...

IndyStar will be recognizing the top players in Indiana with our Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week poll. We start with ...

This was the James Franklin era at Penn State in a nutshell: The year the Nittany Lions were projected as legitimate national championship contenders, led by 20 returning players with starting ...

After losing their third straight game, the Penn State Nittany Lions had to make a change. Losing to Oregon, UCLA, and Northwestern in three straight games was unacceptable. James Franklin ended up ...

Penn State fired James Franklin on Sunday following the program's third straight loss this season, a humiliating setback to Northwestern. It was the Nittany Lions' second defeat in as many weeks as a ...

STATE COLLEGE — An emotional Pat Kraft said Monday he was hired as Penn State’s athletics director to make “hard decisions,” such as the one he made Sunday with the firing of football coach James ...

Penn State fired head coach James Franklin after three consecutive losses. Franklin described being "in shock" and immediately telling his family and team. Associate head coach Terry Smith becomes ...

James Franklin is a program builder. Could Arkansas use one of those? Auburn could do worse than James Franklin. It has done worse. For Florida, James Franklin would be no Steve Spurrier, but an ...

In today’s world of college sports, there’s not much worse than being almost great. It’s worse than being bad. Pulling the plug on something that’s bad is easy. Under James Franklin, Penn State was ...