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Joe Paterno To Retire After The Season
The AP is reporting that Paterno will step down at the end of this season, which would mean three more games and a bowl. Joe (or someone close to him) has finally decided that his position is untenable, and there's no possible universe in which he would be allowed to coach next season. But remember:...
The Penn State Board Of Trustees Sets A Meeting To Plan A Committee To Look Into Things Eventually
The full statement, as just released by the University:...
Number Of Sandusky Victims To Come Forward At "Almost 20"
As of Monday's press conference, the grand jury presentment identified eight separate victims, six of whom were known to prosecutors. Since the Attorney General asked further victims to come forward and publicized a phone number to call, the number of reported victims has "more than doubled in the p...
What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer
On Saturday, Juan Manuel Marquez will step into the ring for a third time against Manny Pacquiao. This time around, Marquez—who's moving up in weight for the fight—has a new physique. He has retained the services of Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning coach who has been working with Jamai...
Bart Scott Says Ravens-Redskins Was A Rivalry Because Players Used To Fight Over Strippers
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Feels great; can't wait....
Twitter-Obsessed Soccer Player Gives Child Very Unfortunate Name
Gabriel Zakuani is a Congolese defender for Peterborough, who had a cup of coffee at the top level but couldn't quite cut it. But he's given his son a name as stupid as any Premier leaguer's child....
Gamblers Beat Delaware With Math
Why you gots to pick on Delaware, bettors? Delaware never hurt no one. They were the first state. They don't charge income sales tax. It only takes like 20 minutes to drive through on your way to more important places. And now you're all gaming the system to bet NFL games, even though you're not tec...
Six Weeks Ago, Penn State Dedicated The Gary Schultz Child Care Center
Addressing University Park's shortage of options for young children, Penn State opened an $11 million dollar child care facility over the summer. In early 2010 it was announced that the building would be named for the recently retired Gary Schultz. The same Schultz who is out on bail today, but was ...
Vontae Davis Was Benched Because He Showed Up To Practice Reeking Of Booze
Because EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING in sports right now, this one has kind of passed under the radar. It shouldn't. When an NFL team finally gets its first win, and does it without its starting cornerback because said cornerback had a really wicked hangover, it is time for celebration. Break out the cha...
KHL Coach Grabs Stick, Tries To Bash In Some Fans' Brains
As a well-traveled NHL player, Andrei Nazarov was very large and enjoyed fighting. He wears a suit and tie and glasses now, and coaches Vityaz Chekhov in the KHL, but is still very large and still enjoys fighting. So we would very much recommend you not throw bottles at him....
If You're From That Ohio Town Overrun By Wild Animals, College Hoops Fans Will Never Let You Forget It
Zanesville, Ohio, was put on the map by the release of 56 exotic animals, but the fun never stops as the Ohio University-Zanesville Tracers kicked off their not-even-NAIA basketball season on Friday night. Upon arrival at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, they were greeted by the Student Section of ...
Early Doucet's Buttcheeks Are In The Red Zone
Thanks to reader "Woolsworth Featherbottom," who sits around pausing his DVR when overachieving receivers on underachieving teams expose various body parts to the world....
Alabama Waited Until Sunday To Give Students SEC Championship Ticket Info
There's poor timing, then there's sending out a schoolwide email telling Bama students to get on the waiting list the day after their overtime loss to LSU. This isn't as wrong as it seems, though. Crimson Tide fans have just as much right to purchase tickets to the SEC Title Game as do fans of the s...
John Beck Ate It Hard
If we're going to declare the John Beck era a failure, we can't just look at the fourth-worst passer rating in the league (ahead of Rex!), or the twice as many INTs and TDs, or the zero passes for 40+ yards. We've got to ask: does he have the look of a quarterback: standing tall under pressure, prou...
Joe Frazier Is Not Dead Yet, Despite One Australian Paper Desperate For A Scoop
As tends to happen when famous people are very ill (and even when they're not), Twitter killed Joe Frazier last night. It just takes one person jumping the gun, or one person misinterpreting another's tribute. A retweet here, a failure to wait for a legitimate source there, and the deed is done. The...
The Jets-Bills Game, In One Flinching Sanchez And One Steamrolled Bison
Mark Sanchez is not a wide receiver. He is a quarterback, a celebrity, a franchise, a patron of the arts, a deviant, and a pitchman, but he's not a wide receiver. So when he lined up wide in the wildcat (and as for why the Jets were running the wildcat up 16 with three minutes left, your guess is ...
As Recently As 2009, Jerry Sandusky Was Running An Overnight Football Camp For Kids On Penn State Campuses
Of the child sexual assault charges against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, the fact that stands out most is that Joe Paterno, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were aware of incidents as early as 2002. Curley testified to the grand jury that he "advised Sandusky that he was prohibited from bringi...
Everyone Who Leaves The Red Sox Talks Shit On The Way Out
The 2011 Red Sox are an earth continually salted, a shitpot continually stirred. And every refugee—especially if disgruntled—has a story to tell. Today's storyteller is former strength and conditioning coach Dave Page, who was fired this week....
Tony Reali Does His Best Henry Hill In <i>Around The Horn</i>'s Stellar <i>Goodfellas</i> Tribute
Reali and the ESPN crew pay homage to the famous tracking shot in Goodfellas (which was really just Scorcese fucking with Brian De Palma). It's masterfully done....