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The Paterno Family's Counteroffensive Has Begun
As we mentioned the other day, the widow of Joe Paterno's big interview with Katie Couric is all set to go down on Monday afternoon. But the timing of that interview now makes much more sense: The Centre Daily Times of State College, Pa., is reporting that the Paterno family's long-awaited rebuttal ...
Katie Couric's Next Big Interview Is With Joe Paterno's Widow
Fresh off her big sit-down with Manti Te'o, Katie Couric scored an interview with Sue Paterno, the widow of the late Penn State head football coach. The segment, which is scheduled to air Monday, will mark the first time Sue Paterno has spoken to the media in any detail since Jerry Sandusky's arrest...
Brian De Palma Will Direct That Forthcoming Joe Paterno Movie Starring Al Pacino
We learned back in September that Joe Posnanski's book Paterno would be hitting the big screen, and that Al Pacino had been lined up to play the late Penn State coach. We hadn't heard anything since then, so we hadn't thought anything of it, at least not until we saw this Deadline report:...
Bill O'Brien Is Staying Put At Penn State: "I'm Not A One-And-Done Guy"
Looks like Bill O'Brien isn't going anywhere after all. Mere minutes after Sports Illustrated's Pete Thamel dropped a nice little scoop that school officials would be putting forth an extra push to keep O'Brien at the school (and that he was strongly considering doing so), CBS Sports' Jason La Canfo...
2012 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Nominee: Lawyerin' Joe Amendola
Let there be no questioning the brilliant legal mind of Jerry Sandusky's lead attorney. "He was both Gallagher and the melon." His go-to legal maneuver was throwing shit against the wall. Gag order? What gag order? Just, you know, give him some more time. You'll see. His client was too busy being a ...
This Isn't About Sandusky: Everything You Need To Know About Pennsylvania's Lawsuit Against The NCAA (And Why You Should Support It)
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, filed today in federal court in the middle district of Pennsylvania, makes the ultimate "Death to the NCAA" argument. It states that the NCAA's decision to slap the Penn State football program with unprecedented sanctions was "ar...
The State Of Pennsylvania Plans To Sue The NCAA Over Penn State Sanctions, And It Has A Good Chance To Win
In July, after the NCAA swung its sledgehammer and imposed sanctions that turned the Penn State football program into a bunch of porcelain shards, we argued that the school actually had a good antitrust case against the NCAA if it wanted to bring a lawsuit. Two leading sports law experts told us tha...
A Cardboard Cutout Of Joe Paterno Is Still Selling You Bread At A Grocery Store In Pennsylvania
Glen Rock, Pa. is about 127 miles south of State College, and immeasurably farther away from everything else going on in the world, apparently. Reader Mark sent us this photo today from Wetzel's Shurfine. It captures a more innocent moment long ago, back when Joe Paterno was just "Head Football Coac...
Judge Denies Penn State's Motion To Delay Mike McQueary's Whistleblower Lawsuit
In a 14-page ruling issued this morning, Centre County (Pa.)* Senior Judge Thomas G. Gavin said Mike McQueary's whistleblower lawsuit against the Penn State can proceed even with the criminal cases against three university administrators still pending. McQueary is the former Penn State football assi...
Now A Key Witness Against Penn State Officials Might Be Ineligible To Testify
One of the central figures in the cover-up case against Penn State administrators is Cynthia Baldwin, the university's former lawyer. Since Jerry Sandusky's arrest last November, Baldwin has provided a grand jury with damaging testimony about all three university officials facing charges—former pres...
Boston College Suspends Women's Soccer Player For Tweeting Penn State Sandusky Jokes
Boston College is scheduled to play at Penn State tonight in the second round of the NCAA women's soccer tournament. Stephanie McCaffrey, a sophomore and a second-team all-ACC forward who had scored a goal in BC's first-round win over Hofstra, prepared for the trip to State College by tweeting a bun...
After Blown Call And Ensuing Freakout, One Journo Wonders If Penn State Football Should Have Received The Death Penalty
I think you'd probably have to call Chris Otto brave. Not because the sports editor of the York Daily Record is taking a principled stand, or because his opinion is correct, but because he's doing it knowing exactly what the public reaction would be. (Take a look at his Twitter mentions for a taste....
A Guide To The New Criminal Charges Against Penn State Officials Who Allegedly Covered Up For Jerry Sandusky
The first 20 or so pages of the grand jury presentment charging Graham Spanier and two other Penn State administrators with allegedly covering up for Jerry Sandusky is mostly a rehash of the emails, handwritten notes, and other documents contained in the Freeh report. But starting on Page 20—holy sh...
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Report: Former Penn State President Graham Spanier To Face Criminal Charges Today [UPDATED]
Graham Spanier, the Penn State president fired last November in the wake of Jerry Sandusky's arrest, will be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the Sandusky case, according what sources told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is ex...
Jerry Sandusky Arrives At Prison
He will not have a cellmate and will be subject to heightened supervision and an escort when not in his cell. He will get an hour of individual exercise five days a week and three showers a week....
If You Didn't Like Joe Posnanski's Joe Paterno Biography, Never Forget That It Could Have Been Written By John Feinstein
You will recall that three years ago Joe Paterno was college football's unicorn, and you will recall that two months ago, the late Joe Paterno—and his role in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal that engulfed Penn State—starred in Joe Posnanski's lamentable Paterno. We all have decided to do the ...
Jerry Sandusky's Victim 1 Considered Killing Himself As The Investigation Dragged On For Three Years
Aaron Fisher was 14 when he finally came forward in 2008 to allege that Jerry Sandusky had been abusing him since he was 11. Fisher is the boy from Clinton County whose initial allegation prompted the grand jury investigation that eventually led to all the other victims....
No One Can Agree On Anything About The Man Who Says He's Jerry Sandusky's Penn State Shower Victim
Jerry Sandusky's lawyer first said he knew the identity of the Penn State shower victim—the one whose assault was witnessed by former PSU assistant coach Mike McQueary and never reported by university officials—all the way back in November, a few weeks after Sandusky's arrest. That victim, known to ...