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Penn State police are looking out for Joe Paterno's Coke bottle-thick glasses — the bronzed ones that were perched on the statue of the iconic football coach outside Beaver Stadium. Vandals apparently cut the glasses off just above the base of the ears of the 900-plus-pound, 7-foot sculpture last week. 'We're hopeful that someone contacts us if they have any information on who may be involved,' Deputy Chief Tyrone Parham said. The school plans to replace the glasses, though assistant athletic director Jeff Nelson said it is unclear how much that might cost. The Associated Press/Getty photo

Former USC wide receiver Vidal Hazelton was denied permission by the school to speak to any Pacific-10 Conference schools or Notre Dame as he searches for a new college.

Reporter Mike Sullivan has a recruiting update on talented combo guard Taran Buie of Bishop Maginn High School in upstate New York ... Buie has several high major offers and is a member of the 2010 class ...

His inauguration is less than two weeks away and waiting is an economy in turmoil and violence in the Middle East. President-elect ...

Florida State's star pass rusher, Everette Brown, is leaving school a year early to enter the NFL draft. Brown, 21, led the ...

If the 2009 West Coast Conference season had an area code, it would be 242. That is, the teams seem set in three distinct groups: - Two clear favorites: St. Mary's and Gonzaga - Four muddled in the middle: USF, San Diego, Santa Clara and Portland

No program is immune to the cyclical nature of high school sports.

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Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead Harvard to an 82-70 upset over No. 17 Boston College on Wednesday night, three days after the Eagles upset previously top-ranked North Carolina. The Eagles (13-3), who had their 10-game winning streak snapped, defeated the unbeaten Tar Heels 85-78 in Chapel Hill for one of the school's biggest regular season wins to move into the Top 25.

Filed under: Activism, Scuba Diving, Ecotourism, NewsYesterday afternoon marked an unprecedented day for marine lovers around the world. Bush announced the creation of three marine monuments that are protected under the Antiquities Act, which was created a century ago to safeguard areas of public interest. In this case, this new treaty places important restrictions on oil and gas exploration as well as commercial fishing for an area that covers close to 200,000 square miles in the Pacific Ocean. Here's a breakdown of the three major areas that have been declared as protected marine sanctuaries by Bush's newest water treaty: The northern Marianas Islands and the Mariana Trench (the deepest point in the world) The Rose Atoll near American Samoa Several remote islands in the middle of the Pacific, including Wake IslandThese monuments make up a 50-nautical mile radius of protected islands and waters around the Mariana Trench and are full of marine life including sharks and c