Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions ...

I thought we were talking like either a real lion from Mount Nittany or the bedraggled mascot that Penn State trots out to games on Saturdays. Since actual, honest-to-goodness nittany lions could ...

The creature disappeared as IU's official mascot in 1969 ... Penn State game, showing a bison peering down at a Nittany Lion. For the Indiana vs. Oregon matchup, IU football's post featured ...

Earlier this week, Fink became the seventh Nittany Lion to earn First-Team All-Conference recognition and the first since 2020 while becoming the first unanimous selection Penn State has ever had.