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"I Hope Tim Tebow Rapes A Kid" And Other Completely Sane Penn State Fan Reactions To Paternoville's Renaming
Penn State's student campout group for football games announced last night they were changing their name from Paternoville to Nittanyville, and we noted the reaction from the PSU community was swift and uncomplimentary. The Nittanyville Facebook page found itself flooded with "Unlike" comments, but...
Penn State's Student Ticket Campout Group Will No Longer Be Called Paternoville
Penn State students have pitched tents outside Beaver Stadium in order to score the best seats for that week's football game for nearly 20 years. Starting with the 2005 home game against Ohio State, the name of that tent city became known as Paternoville, and it was eventually recognized by the univ...
The Knicks Are Going To Let Jeremy Lin Walk And It Might Be The Smartest Thing They've Done In A Long Time
The Knicks brought in Raymond Felton last night through a sign and trade with the Portland Trailblazers. He joins Jason Kidd* on the roster while Jeremy Lin looks more like a Houston Rocket with each passing day. In a way, it's a nice little bit of kismet, both franchises get back point guards on wh...
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....
Penn State To Renovate Showers And Locker Room Where Assaults Took Place
This, maybe, is part of the healing—removing the visual reminders of the very bad things that happened at Penn State. Jerry Sandusky was painted out of a massive downtown mural. And now the locker room and showers where he assaulted multiple boys will be completely renovated and rebuilt. Make no mis...
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....
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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: ...
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 Freeh Report Will Conclude Paterno's Firing Was Warranted, According To These Preparation Documents
Joe Paterno did not "do all he should have" to report Jerry Sandusky's child abuse and evidence supports his termination, according to documents we believe to be preparation material for this morning's press conference at the release of the Freeh Report....
Rockets Help Finalize Jeremy Lin's $29 Million Deal With The Knicks
Jeremy Lin signed a four-year, $28.8-million offer sheet with the Houston Rockets tonight that serves little purpose beyond determining how much the Knicks will be paying him through the 2014-2015 season. Even with today's revelation that New York had its sights set on signing Jason Kidd, there is l...
How To Eat 1 Gallon, 9 Ounces Of Ice Cream In 12 Minutes Without Getting A Headache: The Secrets Of Ed "Cookie" Jarvis
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, a 46-year-old real estate agent, married father of two, cancer survivor, and retired competitive eater....
What If Joe Paterno Was Innocent? Hypothetical Dialogues From A Dark Time At Penn State
Circumstantially, the Jerry Sandusky case keeps getting worse and worse for Joe Paterno. Circumstantially. This past weekend, CNN described an email that Penn State's now-former athletic director, Tim Curley, allegedly sent to other university officials in 2001, canceling plans to report Sandusky to...
Benito Santiago's Niece Strikes Out 19 Boys In Six-Inning Little League Championship Game
Another parent calls her the "Michael Jordan" of Syracuse N.Y.'s Southside American Little League. She can fire a fastball more than 60 miles per hour, and she mixes in a cutter, slider, and change-up. She also plays shortstop, and her own batting average is higher than .600. For games, she wears he...
How A Career Ends: Danny Manning, No. 1 NBA Draft Pick In 1988, Savored His Garbage Time In 2003
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today, with the NBA draft beginning in a matter of hours: Danny Manning, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1988 draft. ...
Juror Says Sandusky Was Emotionless As He Heard The Verdict Because "He Knew It Was True"
Well that didn't take very long—one of the jurors from the Sandusky trial has shed some light on the deliberation process. Among other things, Joshua Harper told TODAY that he and the other jurors felt that Sandusky's lack of emotion when reacting to the verdict was "confirmation" that they had mad...
Meet Karl Rominger, Sandusky's <i>Other</i> Weirdo Attorney
By now, we are all familiar with the face of Jerry Sandusky's legal dream team. But Lawyerin' Joe is not the only whack job billing Jerry by the tenths of an hour. Meet Karl Rominger, trivia and scrapple nut....
What Is That Weird Feeling You Have About The Paterno Family Statement On The Sandusky Verdict?
Oh, that's right, it's that it is warmed-over, stinking bullshit. Here it is, in full, in case you missed it, released seemingly minutes after the verdict was announced....
Six, Wait No, Five Reasons To Watch The NHL Draft, Which I Think Is Tonight
Basketball season just ended. Hockey season wrapped up a week ago. NFL preseason games seem far, far away. Euro 2012 happens during the daytime. I bet you think it's baseball or bust for night sports. But you'd be wrong, because the NHL Draft is coming, live from Pittsburgh. I'm not certain when, bu...
Why Was David Stern Sitting Next To One Of Rupert Murdoch's Sons Last Night?
James, as you may already know, is Rupert Murdoch's youngest son. He also is entangled in that whole phone-hacking mess in London....
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Who Is The Miami Heat Cigar Guy? [UPDATE]
In the closing moments of last night's Game Four, the camera found a curious-looking fellow in the pricey seats wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt, sunglasses, and with a fat stogie in his mouth. It's the second time this week we've highlighted a Cigar Guy, and this one (who bears an uncanny resemblanc...