Video: Rooting for Penn State
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless discuss if they will root for Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
PSU players hope to lift community on field
Penn State players know next Saturday’s season opener against Ohio won’t resemble a normal football game. After an offseason filled with change, NCAA sanctions, scandal residue and constant tension around State College, the…
Book: Paterno, Sandusky were at odds
More excerpts from Joe Posnanski’s authorized biography, Paterno, are coming to light. The latest one covers what the book describes as a rocky relationship between Joe Paterno and his former longtime defensive coordinator,…
Obama Backs Penn State Sanctions
President? Obama says the stiff NCAA sanctions levied against Penn State’s football program is “appropriate” following the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal and the controversy surrounding its former head coach Joe Paterno. Obama, appearing on a Columbus, Ohio, sports talk radio show, was asked whether…
The Quad: New Imbalance in Big Ten, but Realignment Is Unlikely
Postseason bans for Ohio State and Penn State mean the Big Ten has four teams competing for its title football game in one division and six in the other.
Mike Kern: Penn State coach O'Brien ready for challenge
IN 38 DAYS, Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien will lead his first team onto the field at Beaver Stadium to play Ohio. And a new era will commence. That can't make all the problems go away. But it probably won't hurt. The NCAA didn't hit the program with the death penalty after the Jerry Sandusky scandal and Freeh report. The sanctions it did impose were severe. Nonetheless …
Penn State coach O'Brien ready for challenge
IN 38 DAYS, Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien will lead his first team onto the field at Beaver Stadium to play Ohio. And a new era will commence. That can't make all the problems go away. But it probably won't hurt. The NCAA didn't hit the program with the death penalty after the Jerry Sandusky scandal and Freeh report. The sanctions it did impose were severe. Nonetheless …
O'Brien ready for challenge
IN 38 DAYS, Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien will lead his first team onto the field at Beaver Stadium to play Ohio. And a new era will commence. That can't make all the problems go away. But it probably won't hurt. The NCAA didn't hit the program with the death penalty after the Jerry Sandusky scandal and Freeh report. The sanctions it did impose were severe. Nonetheless …
Recruiting analysts: Penn State scandal will take a toll
IF RECRUITING truly is the lifeblood of college football, Penn State fans may want to drop their expectations over the next decade from low to lower. For the second straight year, fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal at State College has sent some Penn State commitments scrambling in a different direction. Last year it was news of the scandal itself, as well as the subsequent firing of Joe …
Sanctions met with silence at PSU
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The darkest day in Penn State’s history was met with mostly silence on campus. After the NCAA fined Penn State a whopping $60 million, stripped its football program of…
