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A movie that focused on the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal at Penn State aired over the weekend, and several of the school’s former football players are furious over the way the late Joe Paterno was depicted. In a statement they issued on …
Greg Schiano has denied having any knowledge of sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky when the two were working together at Penn State. Court documents that were unsealed on Tuesday revealed that Mike McQueary, the only former Penn State assistant who has …
On Friday, the late Joe Paterno once again became the winningest coach in college football history when the NCAA announced a settlement had been reached with the university. The result was the restoration of 112 wins (111 of which came under Paterno) …
I think it’s safe to say that Jerry Sandusky found the only attorneys creepy enough to represent him in court. You may recall that Sandusky’s prominent lawyer, Joe Amendola, reportedly impregnated a teenager during the ’90s. That …
The best thing the Penn State community can do in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal is to try to move forward. The cloud created by the mess will loom over State College for quite some time (possibly forever), but unless you’re making an …
A talent agency reportedly plans to shop a movie about the Penn State scandal, and they reportedly have Al Pacino signed up to play the role of Joe Paterno. Deadline reports that ICM Partners will be shopping the proposed movie next week. …
Penn State won’t play Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” at football games over concern regarding the song’s lyrics. Penn State is worried about perception — specifically the lyrics “touching you, touching …
How is it possible that Jerry Sandusky was raping and abusing children in his own home with wife Dottie in the same house and not knowing about any of it? Maybe because she was so far in denial that she refuses to believe any of it. “I love my …
In an interview with ESPN, Penn State president Rodney Erickson acknowledged that the school was almost given a historic four-year “death penalty” by the NCAA. Speaking on “Outside the Lines” Wednesday, Erickson recalled being …
When the NCAA handed down its severe punishments to Penn State on Monday, it made sure to allow for any football player in the program to transfer without having to sit out the customary year before playing again. So caring of the NCAA to keep the …
When the NCAA leveled its crushing penalties against Penn State on Monday, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Nittany Lions fan that wasn’t totally crestfallen. But perhaps none were more devastated than Tom and Sally Price of Factoryville, …
The NCAA came down on Penn State Monday with harsh penalties as expected. Penn State was fined $60 million by the NCAA, will lose 90 scholarships over the next five seasons, and is facing a postseason bowl ban for the next four years. This was the …
As expected, the NCAA came down extremely hard on Penn State’s football program on Monday morning. A number of people were upset on Sunday when news surfaced that the sanctions handed down to Penn State would be “unprecedented” but …
After over a week of kicking and screaming and reports saying they were going to fight to keep the Joe Paterno statue standing outside of Beaver Stadium, Penn State leadership finally succumbed to pressure and removed the bronze tribute to a man …
Amid the hoopla surrounding Penn State’s inevitable removal of the Joe Paterno statue Sunday morning and the Paterno family’s amusingly ironic statement, are reports that the NCAA will drop the hammer on the university on Monday for its …
In the wake of the recent Free investigation that revealed that Joe Paterno covered up for Jerry Sandusky, many people are calling for Penn State’s football program to receive the death penalty. Instances of child sex abuse went on for years at …
