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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nine months after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys – a scandal that destroyed the once unimpeachable reputation of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno – Jerry Sandusky is again claiming he did nothing wrong. Sandusky has rarely spoken about the allegations, although he [...]
(Nike co-founder Phil Knight called the findings of the Freeh Report unjustified and unsubstantiated. Don Ryan/AP) BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight has issued a statement blasting the Freeh report’s characterization of Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the child sex abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Following the release last year [...]
(Candles surround a mural containing a likeness of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, at a candlelight memorial on the first anniversary of his death in State College, Pa. Gene J. Puskar, AP) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Despite a subzero windchill, about 400 Joe Paterno supporters gathered in front [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. The Republican governor scheduled a Wednesday news conference on the Penn State campus in State College to announce [...]
Former Penn State running back Franco Harris has the microphone taken away as he tries to ask questions during a public question and answer session before the Penn State Board of Trustees on Sept. 14.(Photo: Gene J. Puskar, AP) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- NCAA president Mark Emmert was in Los Angeles Wednesday morning to [...]
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in his child sex abuse case on Oct. 9 in Bellefonte, Penn.(Photo: Patrick Smith, Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A lawyer for former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky said Friday his client has gotten [...]
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in his child sex abuse case on October 9, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The 68-year-old Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years and not more that 60 years in prison for his conviction in June on 45 counts [...]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — NCAA president Mark Emmert says the sanctions levied on Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal dealt with the behavior of university leaders and whether or not the school handled the allegations appropriately. Emmert told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday in Chicago that the “fact [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Penn State faculty leaders blasted the NCAA and former FBI director Louis Freeh on Tuesday over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, saying Freeh’s report – prepared for the university – and the NCAA’s $60 million in fines unfairly punish the entire university community. The scholars said Freeh [...]
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Penn Satet Scandal: Paterno’s FBI file reveals threats
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The FBI kept a thick file on Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, but it mostly involves threatening letters sent to him and his staff years ago, and there’s no mention of his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted this year of molesting boys. Paterno’s 868-page file shows he received a [...]