Joe Paterno

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- At Penn State, bowl games and packed stadiums under Joe Paterno yielded to scandal, suffering and sanctions at the abuses of Jerry Sandusky. But the Happy Valley faithful and its resolute players who stuck with the program though its bleakest era can finally start to feel whole again...

A new report commissioned by Joe Paterno's family challenges the conclusion by former FBI director Louis Freeh that the late Penn State coach conspired to hide child sex abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

Not only did the Joe Paterno statue come down over the weekend, but the NCAA levied harsh penalties against Penn State Monday morning (Photo by: Christopher Weddle/ Centre Daily Times via Getty Images) Did you miss the Sports Bash or do you just want to listen to it again ... Read More ...

The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating to 1998, the organization said Monday morning. The career record of former head football coach Joe Paterno will reflect these vacated records, the statement continued...

The famed statue of Penn State coach Joe Paterno has been taken down from outside the football stadium.

As the dust settles from the Freeh Report on the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal at Penn State, it’s incredibly clear to me that the school’s football program deserves the NCAA’s “death penalty.” It’s also clear that the school doesn’t meet the criteria for the rule, which requires the school to have been on probation within five years of a second, major violation...

SCRIPTUALS: Freeh Report's findings vs. Joe Paterno's testimony. Legwork by the AP. SCRIPTUALS: The Best Of: Freeh Report Findings edition, Compliments of Deadspin. SCRIPTUALS: Yes, the Patriot-News confirms, the people of Penn State really are delusional...

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." "Great men are almost always bad men." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton   I'll preface this by stating that I didn't go to Penn State, grow up rooting for Penn State, nor consider myself a Penn State fan. But ...

There is no longer any vestige of altruism for the late Joe Paterno to hide behind.  Paterno’s legacy is not just tarnished; it’s destroyed.  Paterno was an egotistical leader of the Penn State football program, hell-bent on churning out wins at any cost...