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Three Reasons To Be Skeptical Of The Sandusky Kiddie-Sex-Ring Rumor, And One Reason Not To Be
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:...
The Strange Details Of The Phone Call That Made Joe Paterno's Termination Official
When Joe Paterno emerged from his house on McKee Street last night to address the gathered students and supporters, he mentioned, as he struggled to thank them for showing up, a phone call: "I'm out of it, maybe, now," he said. "That phone call put me out of it. But we'll go from there, OK?"...
This Penn State Student Is The Face And Two Fingers Of The State College Sweatpants Riots
Your morning roundup for Nov. 10, the day we learned that the Internet is a dangerous place. Photo via Tom B. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Joe Paterno Has His Nixon-Boarding-A-Helicopter Moment
Another night, another Joe Paterno address from the family shrubbery. The phone call he references is probably this one, which, to hear Joe Schad describe it, seems to have taken place over the shoe phones from Get Smart....
Watch All 22 Uncomfortable Minutes Of The PSU Trustees' Presser Announcing Joe Paterno's Dismissal
John Surma, CEO of U.S. Steel and vice chairman of Penn State's Board of Trustees, sat through a hell of a press conference this evening. The gathered media did not practice anything resembling neutrality—wait until after Surma makes the initial statement for things to heat up—and it ended with lo...
Penn State Students Flip Over A TV News Van In Solidarity With Incompetent, Morally Complicit Old Relic
Via @jon_wertheim, whose feed is worth following if you're into campus vandalism....
Sandusky's Lawyer Says Client Is "Distraught" Over Paterno's Retirement
Sandusky's attorney, Joe Amendola, said today that his client learned of Joe Paterno's plans to retire and "is 'distraught' over the latest developments at Penn State. While Sandusky maintains he is innocent, 'he is saddened by what is happening to the reputation of Penn State,' Amendola said. 'He f...
Nike Has No Comment On Penn State, Does Have A Child Care Center In Oregon Named For Joe Paterno (UPDATE: Nike Has No Comment On That, Either)
In case you haven't noticed yet, the corporate brand on Penn State's uniforms is a swoosh. We though it'd make sense to reach out to the folks at Nike and ask what they thought of the Sandusky affair. Did they plan on altering their business relationship with the school? Would the swoosh continue to...
The Mystery Of Ray Gricar, The Prosecutor Who Failed To Prosecute Jerry Sandusky (And Who Might Be Dead)
On April 15, 2005, Ray Gricar, the Centre County district attorney, left his office in the county's brick-and-limestone courthouse, got into his red Mini Cooper and drove away. He called his girlfriend, Patricia Fornicola, around 11:30 a.m. to say that he was traveling on Route 192. That was the las...
Whatever They Want To Say: How Media Outlets Handled Joe Paterno's Weird Quote Last Night
Late last night, Joe Paterno emerged from his ranch house on McKee Street in State College and spoke to a crowd of students and supporters who'd staked out on his front lawn for hours. He seemed very happy to see them all there and told them as much: "It's hard for me to tell you how much this means...
How PSU Administrators Could Escape Prosecution For Failing To Report An Allegation That Jerry Sandusky Raped A Boy
In a story today, the Legal Intelligencer points out the loophole through which Tim Curley and Gary Schultz—Penn State's athletic director and former vice president of business and finance, respectively—will likely try and escape prosecution on charges they failed to report allegations that Jerry S...
Penn State AD Tim Curley Will No Longer Receive Award For Nation's Top College Athletics Administrator
Penn State athletic director Tim Curley—currently on an administrative leave as the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's alleged child abuse continues—was awarded with the nation's top honor for a college athletics administrator back in June. The National Football Foundation (NFF), which administers ...
Report: PSU President Graham Spanier Will Quit Or Be Voted Out By End Of Day
Lehigh Valley's Express-Times reports that Penn State president Graham Spanier will either leave his post or be voted out by the university's trustees by the end of the day. Spanier allegedly learned that former football assistant Jerry Sandusky had been seen "horsing around in the shower" with a yo...
ShortCenter: Comprehensive Coverage Of The Penn State Scandal
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
Joe Paterno's Statement: "With The Benefit Of Hindsight, I Wish I Had Done More"
Paterno makes it official. Via @MicheleSteele: ...
Penn State Students Rally In Support Of Incompetent, Morally Complicit Old Relic
Your morning roundup for Nov. 9, the day we learned GIVE ME TACOS. Photo of Penn State rally via Kyle C. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
Ravens Radio Guy Gerry Sandusky Would Like To Remind You (And Dick Ebersol) He's Not <em>Jerry</em> Sandusky
Gerry Sandusky has been hearing from a lot of people in the last few days, mostly through Twitter and email. Some, he said in a phone conversation a few minutes ago, want to know if he's him, if he's that Jerry Sandusky. Others have expressed "super support and understanding" for the fact that his ...
Youth Organization Learned Of Jerry Sandusky Investigation in 1998, Let Jerry Sandusky Fraternize With Youth Until 2008
The possible ambit of abetment in the Jerry Sandusky case widens by the day. How so many people looked the other way for so long is incomprehensible. Then again, it's human nature to look the other way, to pretend that whatever version of Kitty Genovese lives in your neighborhood isn't being stabbed...
Joe Paterno's 2009 Compensation Was $200,000 Higher Than The PSU President's, And Other Grotesqueries
A few years ago, Joe Paterno and Penn State, facing an open-records lawsuit from reporter Jan Murphy and the Patriot-News, fought like crazy to prevent salary information about university employees from becoming public. Murphy and the paper won a court ruling only to see Paterno et al. appeal the de...
2003 Profile On Sandusky's Work With Second Mile: "It's Like He Was Put On This Earth To Work With Kids."
On November 14, 2003, Penn State's Collegian published an article about Jerry Sandusky's dedication to The Second Mile. In retrospect, the piece reveals just how tragically oblivious some of the volunteers and directors of the organization were about their founder at that time. We've compiled some o...