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Jerry Sandusky Gets 30 to 60 Year Prison Sentence

Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno’s downfall. The sentence…

Penn State homecoming video blurs Joe Paterno’s name

This is Penn State’s official homecoming video. You’ll notice at the 14-second mark, the video turns to a book on a shelf and a word is blurred out.  It’s a Joe Paterno book…

Book excerpt chronicles Paterno exit

Sportswriter Joe Posnanski sure had some interesting timing. Last summer, Posnanski — who was a columnist and senior writer for Sports Illustrated — decided to move to State College and spend a year…

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…

Video: Standing up to Joe Paterno

Former head of student affairs at Penn State Vicky Triponey talks to Steve Delshon about taking on Joe Paterno. The “Outside the Lines” segment will air Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN….

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's fall sudden, steep: Bill Livingston

Has anyone ever fallen faster than Joe Paterno or become so powerful more suddenly than NCAA President Mark Emmert? Popular as his heavy penalties against Penn State were, they set a precedent the NCAA might wish it had avoided.

NCAA slams Penn State, fines it $60 million

The NCAA crippled Penn State football for years to come and practically tore Joe Paterno's name out of the record books Monday, erasing 14 years of victories and imposing an unprecedented $60 million fine and other punishment over the child sexual abuse scandal.

NCAA and Big Ten slam Penn State, vacate Paterno's wins

Penn State football was all but leveled 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 uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property

Paterno family statement on NCAA ruling

You knew this was coming. The Paterno family has issued its own statement in the wake of the announcement of severe NCAA sanctions against Penn State, which include stripping dozens of wins off…

NCAA fines Penn State football $60 million, vacates Joe Paterno's wins from 1998-2011 (update)

INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State football was all but leveled 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 uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property.

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