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No One Is Currently Guarding The Joe Paterno Statue
Since the release of the Freeh report and the Paterno family's clumsy attempts to discredit it, the statue of Joe Paterno has become an all-encompassing flashpoint in the struggle between critics of the university and PSU loyalists. Bobby Bowden wants it torn down. The Penn State Board of Trustees (...
The Paterno Family Will Conduct Their Own Non-Biased Investigation
To the Paterno family, the Freeh Report was merely the scribblings of an Inquisitor, a series of "opinions and interpretations [presented] as if they were absolute facts." Which is a shame, because for $6.5 million, seven months, hundreds of interviews and millions of records, you would have hoped f...
Bill James: Showering With Boys Was "Quite Common In America 40 Years Ago."
We talked about Bill James being a crazy person earlier this week. Well, Bill James was on Doug Gottlieb's radio show on ESPN yesterday and hopped right on the last train to Nutsville....
Statue Of Joe Paterno Will Stand, For Now
Don Van Natta, Jr. is reporting that sources with firsthand knowledge of the Penn State Board of Trustees recent meetings have said the statue will not be torn down, at least for now. The merits of tearing down the statue versus leaving it up can be debated until we're all blue in the face, and the...
Halo Above Joe Paterno's Head Removed From Famous Penn State Mural
The folks over at Onward State have the news on this one, as earlier today the artist responsible for the famed mural on Heister Street removed the halo above Joe Paterno's head. ...
Rick Reilly Says He Is A Fool, The Rest Of Us Get The Day Off
Rick Reilly has issued a mea culpa of sorts regarding Joe Paterno. Reilly essentially issued an apology for publishing a 10-page fluff piece on Paterno for Sports Illustrated's Sportsman Of The Year award. For example, paragraph two:...
Joe Paterno Negotiated A $3 Million Ejector Seat After He Was Subpoenaed For Sandusky Grand Jury
Remember when the heroic, did-what-he-was-supposed-to-do coach Joe Paterno valiantly fell on his sword in November, and told the Penn State board of trustees that there was no need to fire him, he would resign at the end of the year? A bold move by a proud man, right? Like much of what we once knew ...
"The Trade For Joe Johnson Really Solidified Our Vision." Get Excited, Nets Fans!
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: Avery Johnson says Brooklyn is "top three or four" in the East right now....
In-Denial Paterno Fan Gets Facebook Smackdown From His Mother
"A douche friend of ours put up this status," says the tipster who sent along this screengrab yesterday afternoon. Adam took it down quickly, but not before his mother could weigh in....
Bobby Bowden: "Take Down The Joe Paterno Statue"
Legendary Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden told the Open Mike program on 740-AM in Orlando that the Joe Paterno statue on Penn State's campus should come down, though with a unique and somewhat-compelling argument....
Someone Actually Thinks The Freeh Report Exonerated Joe Paterno, And It's Bill James
Today was rough for anyone even remotely associated with Penn State University, and there are certainly more developments on the way. What you didn't find today, however, were many folks (at least, high-profile ones) defending the actions of Penn State or the conduct of Joe Paterno, as was laid out ...
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Everything You Need To Know About Louis Freeh's Damning Report On Penn State [Updating]
After a lengthy investigation into years of sexual abuse within the Penn State football program, former FBI director Louis Freeh released a report of his findings today. We're still thumbing through it. It's withering. Here's what we've learned so far: ...
Columnist Who Did Joe Paterno's Full-Of-Shit Last Interview Now Agrees Paterno Was Full Of Shit
The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins scored the last interview of Joe Paterno's life. In it, Paterno said—among other things—that he "had never heard of rape and a man." Our Drew Magary said, after reading that interview, that Joe Paterno was full of shit. Jenkins avoided such condemnations....
Penn State Failed To Comply With Federal Law For Two Decades
Aside from being morally repugnant, Penn State officials' failure to report the incident concerning Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting Victim 2 to the university police department in 2001 was a violation of federal law....
The 10 Most Appalling Revelations About Graham Spanier, And Why He Could Be The Next One Charged
The majority of attention given to today's Freeh Report has centered on figuring out Joe Paterno's role in allowing Jerry Sandusky to go unstopped. But the most actively nefarious character—other than Sandusky himself—in the commission's story is former university president Graham Spanier. Even bef...
The NCAA Is Reading The Freeh Report Very Closely
Is the Penn State scandal an NCAA matter? We are a lot closer to finding out. The official statement, released earlier today:...
Paterno Family Statement Blames Everyone But Joe Paterno, Who Is To Blame
The family of Joe Paterno has released a statement in response to the Freeh Report, declaring (preliminarily, pending a close reading) that the "underlying facts...are almost entirely consistent with what we understood them to be."...
Nike Strips Joe Paterno's Name From Its Child Care Center
Despite insisting in November Joe Paterno's name would remain on the Nike world headquarters child care center, the prominent apparel company reversed course in light of the news in today's Freeh Report, telling Darren Rovell the Joe Paterno Child Development Center will be renamed:...
Freeh Report: Joe Paterno Knew In 1998
In his testimony before the grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno denied knowing anything about the 1998 incident in which Sandusky was investigated but never charged after police received a report from a woman who claimed Sandusky had showered with her son and touched the boy. And in...
In 1998, Buying $400 Worth Of Clothes For A Player Got You Banned From Penn State. Being Investigated For Child Sexual Assault Did Not.
One of the central themes of the Freeh Report is the hopelessly twisted moral compass of the former Penn State administration. The report concludes that university leaders were far more concerned with protecting the school from bad publicity than they were with protecting the victims of abuse:...