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The Second Mile Took No Action After Being Informed Of Sandusky's 2001 Shower Incident
In a statement in November, the Second Mile attempted to address what they had known about Jerry Sandusky and when they had known it. Executive director Jack Raykovitz said he was informed only that an unidentified individual reported being "uncomfortable about seeing Jerry Sandusky in the locker ro...
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:...
Janitors Didn't Report Jerry Sandusky's 2000 Rape Incident Because They Feared Joe Paterno Would Fire Them
Janitors who observed Jerry Sandusky performing a sexual act on a young boy in the Lasch Building showers in 2000 kept quiet out of a fear of Joe Paterno and the power he held at Penn State, according to this morning's Freeh Report....
Joe Paterno Gave Jerry Sandusky The Option To Keep Coaching "As Long As He Was The Coach"
In 1999, at which time Paterno, Schultz, Curley and Spanier were all aware of the incident with Victim 6 the year before, Jerry Sandusky was given the choice of retiring, or staying on indefinitely....
Here Is The Official Report Of Louis Freeh's Investigation Into Penn State
The findings of the former FBI director Louis Freeh's months-long inquiry into Penn State has just been made public on the Freeh Group's website. There's much to parse through, and obviously many questions to be asked. We've already shown you some preliminary documents we believe were preparation ma...
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....
Albert Breer Calling Someone From ESPN "Assface" Is Currently Front-Page News On The NFL Network's Website
Click the image above to enlarge it, then take a look at the running Twitter feed in the lower-middle section of what you see. Yep, that's Albert Breer calling Tim MacMahon of ESPN Dallas "Assface" on the main page of the NFL Network's website (a more complete image of the front page can be found he...
Joe Paterno’s Defenders Aren’t Crazy, Just Blind. Here’s How They Got That Way.
An interesting thing to do in the central Pennsylvania college town where I live and work is to walk around the town and campus and make a list of all the things that remind you of the recently deceased football coach. These include but are not limited to: Joegies, the sandwich shop in the student u...
Jon "Bones" Jones Sounds Like He Really Doesn't Want To Fight Anderson Silva
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: Jones calls it "a lose-lose situation."...
ESPN Sunday Baseball Earns Most Viewers Of The Season, Fails To Outdraw Lifetime's <i>Army Wives</i>. Sports TV Ratings, In Context.
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...
WWE Reenacted Chael Sonnen's Failed Spinning Backfist
On Saturday at UFC 14, Chael Sonnen attempted a spinning backfist that was ducked by Anderson Silva. Sonnen tripped, took a knee to the grill, and the fat lady started singing. Two days later on WWE Raw, CM Punk paid a bit of tribute to one of the more theatrical MMA endings in recent memory: he mis...
Read The Full Saga Of The Piggyback Bandit
Back in 2009, we wrote about the strange antics of Sherwin Shayegan, otherwise known as the Piggyback Bandit. Intrigued by Sherwin's story, the fine folks at Grantland sent Bryan Curtis on the bandit's trail in the hopes that some sense could be made of the man's obsession with piggyback rides....
Phillies Announcer Melts Down: "Somebody Figure Out How To Fucking Get Scott Hairston Out!"
Scott Hairston owns the Phillies. Just plain steals their lunch and eats it in front of them, then poops in the bag and gives it back. He's a journeyman against everyone else, an All-Star against Philly....
ESPN Entertainment Writer Has A Bad Wikipedia Habit
We've introduced you to ESPN's Lynn Hoppes a time or two. He's now an entertainment writer (and Cupcake Wars correspondent) for ESPN.com, but he used to edit the website's Page 2—where he wrote about pizza, covered the Jonas Brothers, and hired Sarah Phillips—before it rebranded itself as Playbook. ...
Ben Sheets Will Return To The Majors This Sunday
Heading into this season, it looked like the Atlanta Braves were in possession of a stacked starting rotation. A trio of dynamic young arms—Tommy Hanson, Brandon Beachy, and Mike Minor—were set to team up with proven veterans Tim Hudson and Jair Jurrjens. What's more, the Braves had prospects like ...
MLB's Plan To Drain Every Last Ounce Of Fun From The Home Run Derby Takes Shape
Kansas City Royals fans were pissed off that Robinson Cano didn't pick Billy Butler for the Home Run Derby, so they booed him. Mercilessly. And each time he failed to hit a home run, compared to the zero times he successfully did, they cheered him. (Burke went ahead and isolated the crowd audio, s...
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The World's Craziest Home Run Derby Was A Rousing Success [UPDATE]
We gave you fair warning about the world's weirdest Home Run Derby a few days ago, the one with the on-field party, live entertainment, and trampoline in left field, among other attractions. Well, lest you think that was all just bluster and hype, here's a photo of Ryan Petzar of 97.3 ESPN Radio try...
Paterno Family: "Joe Paterno Did Not Know That Jerry Sandusky Was A Pedophile"
Lots of folks at Penn State are no doubt quaking at the thought of what might be in former FBI director Louis Freeh's investigative report that's scheduled to be released Thursday morning. No one, however, seems more concerned than the family of Joe Paterno....
Women Can Do Anything Men Can Do, And That Includes Bench-Clearing Brawls Between Football Teams
Football's best rivalry might just be between the Boston Militia and the D.C. Divas, a pair of teams that compete in something called the Women's Football Alliance. On Saturday, the two met for the third time this season, and according to CBS Boston, police eventually had to intervene to break up ...