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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 [...]
(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 [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The façade below the luxury suites inside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium honors only teams that have gone undefeated, won national championships or won conference championships. Until today. On Saturday afternoon, Penn State will make an exception. Before the Nittany Lions’ season-ending date with Wisconsin, the university will honor the 2012 [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) — Joe Paterno had to be prodded by his family to read the grand jury report regarding Jerry Sandusky and did not understand some of its graphic terminology, according to a new book. The book, “Paterno” by Joe Posnanski, was purchased Friday by The Associated Press in advance of its release next [...]
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Franco Harris and two other former Penn State football players say the report about Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal “is highly flawed, and factually insufficient.” Harris, Rudy Glocker and Christian Marrone sent to other Penn State alumni an email and letter criticizing the Freeh report that [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI Feature) — Steve Bench will fly to Pennsylvania on Tuesday. He can’t get to State College soon enough. His son, Steven, recently moved from the family home in Bainbridge, Ga., to Happy Valley to play quarterback at Penn State. Steven was one of the people the NCAA punished Monday, and the elder [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Penn State football was all but dismantled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno’s victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent years molesting children, sometimes on school property. The sanctions by the governing body of [...]
The 900-pound bronze statue, outside Beaver Stadium, will be stored in a “secure location.” STORY HIGHLIGHTS The NCAA plans to hold a press conference Monday regarding Penn State The statue will be stored in a “secure location” The Paterno Library will retain its name (CNN) — The statue of the late Penn State football coach [...]
(File Picture: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Three new men have emerged and told police that former Penn State football coach and convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them as far back as the 1970s and 80s, The Patriot-News’ Sara Ganim reported on Monday. They are the first men to have alleged abuse [...]
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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 [...]