Senior Nick Kern Jr. came off the bench to score 20 points and grab 13 rebounds for the first double-double of his career, leading Penn State to an 85-66 victory over Fordham in a Sunshine Slam Beach Division semifinal on Monday. The Nittany Lions have opened a season with six straight victories for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. Kern made 9 of 12 shots from the floor and 2 of 5 at the free-throw line for Penn State.
Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career | Kieran Pender
After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandable
Conflicting national allegiances in sport are no simple thing. It is hardly unreasonable for someone with more than one national background to feel competing tugs when it comes to flying the flag on the international stage. Emotion and pragmatism collide to force hard decisions.
Australia is a deeply multicultural nation – more than one in four Australians were born overseas, while millions more have parents born elsewhere. We are a nation of complex sporting allegiances. I have dual nationalities; if it wasn’t for the fact that I have all the sporting talent of a gnat, I might have to consider which country to represent.
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