After years of being one of the best teams in the second tier of college football contenders, Penn State expected to make the leap into that elite tier in 2025 and compete for a national championship.

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 ...

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 ...

Following a second straight upset as a heavy favorite -- and a third consecutive loss overall -- Penn State is reeling and coach James Franklin is facing questions about his future. He was asked ...

It's all but over for James Franklin at Penn State. Matthew O'Haren / Imagn Images Editor’s note: James Franklin was fired Sunday afternoon, six games into his 12th season at Penn State. It’s always ...

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 is moving on. On Sunday, Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde reported that Penn State coach James Franklin had been fired following the Nittany Lions’ loss to Northwestern on Saturday, which was ...

Penn State fired James Franklin on Sunday as three straight losses ended his 12-year tenure in Happy Valley. While the 53-year-old is no longer the school's head football coach, his paychecks will ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — A firefighter was injured and taken to a nearby hospital as Franklin crews worked to put out an apartment fire Tuesday. According to the Franklin Fire Department, the ...

If Penn State fired James Franklin, he'd be owed a whopper of a buyout. James Franklin broke his end of the bargain when Nittany Lions lost to UCLA. No jobs open would seem like a great fit for James ...

On the whole, the Founding Fathers, those towering patriarchs, fared poorly when it came to sons. George Washington and James Madison had none. Thomas Jefferson’s only legitimate one died in infancy.