Other Non-Profit Groups Want Nothing To Do With Jerry Sandusky's Charity

It's no secret that The Second Mile, the charitable organization Jerry Sandusky founded in the 1970s for at-risk children, is in trouble. In November, shortly after the child sex abuse allegations against Sandusky surfaced, Jack Raykovitz, the organization's CEO, resigned. Shortly thereafter, Raykovitz's replacement,…

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Board Members At Jerry Sandusky's Charity Say They Were Never Told…

Soon-to-be-fired Penn State athletic director Tim Curley may have told Second Mile CEO Jack Raykovitz about Jerry Sandusky's "inappropriate conduct" in 2002. But Raykovitz didn't tell anyone else, according to Second Mile board members: "Not one thing was said to us," said Bradley P. Lunsford, a Centre County judge who…

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Penn State Recently Bought Four .XXX Domain Names, Should Have Bought…

Visionaries at Penn State snatched up four .xxx domain names for the school this September, according to The Daily Collegian. New .xxx URLs go on sale to the public next week, but trademark owners like PSU got a chance to lock down their porn names early so as to prevent any scuzzing up of their brands. Wouldn't want…

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My Second Mile: How I Grew Up With The Now-Doomed Organization

I was a Second Mile kid. Now that the organization I grew up with, founded by disgraced Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, is likely to fold, I want to write an obituary for the program as most of us knew it.

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The Second Mile Is Preparing To Cease Operations

The new chief executive of Jerry Sandusky's charity said today that "that the foundation was seeking to transfer its programs to other nonprofit organizations." He also said numerous donors have begun to withdraw their support. [New York Times]

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Three Reasons To Be Skeptical Of The Sandusky Kiddie-Sex-Ring Rumor,…

Earlier today, Pittsburgh radio show host Mark Madden went on WEEI in Boston and passed along something that's been dancing around the internet and flying into our inbox ever since. You can listen to the audio above, but the comment in question is right here:

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