What to make of Penn State Pro Day, the NFL's annual visit to State College to road-test prospects for the draft? The Nittany Lions will host their annual Pro Day on Friday at Holuba Hall, though the big players won't make the biggest news.

Pass rusher Abdul Carter will not participate in Penn State's pro day on Friday, his agent confirmed Thursday.

According to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, Carter will not be working out during Penn State's pro day event on Friday in State College. That update comes from Carter's agent, Drew Rosenhaus.

Penn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men's basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.

March 27 (UPI) -- The Penn Quakers hired Fran McCaffery as their new men's basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. The former Iowa coach, who was fired earlier this month, led the Hawkeyes to a 297-207 record over the last 15 years. He will take over a Quakers program that went 7-21 over the last two seasons.

Penn is hiring former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as its next basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. McCaffery, 65, graduated from Penn in 1982 and began his coaching career there as an assistant.