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Penn State Football Trainer Accused Of Approving Frat’s Alcohol “Gauntlet” That Led To Pledge’s Death
Today was a wild fourth day of preliminary hearings in the case of 18 Penn State fraternity brothers charged in the February hazing death of Tim Piazza. Lawyers for members of Beta Theta Pi are attempting to get the case thrown out before it reaches trial, and a Penn State football staffer’s role in...
Judge Awards Mike McQueary Additional $5 Million In Whistleblower Lawsuit
Penn State chose not to stand by whistleblower Mike McQueary when he brought forward allegations of child sex abuse and later served as a witness in the case against Jerry Sandusky and the university. Now, the school is paying the price. ...
Here's The List of Defense Lawyers Penn State Handed Out To Its Football Players
College football fans know that when a player gets in trouble, it won’t be too long before that player retains legal counsel—and usually very good counsel. At Florida, it’s Huntley Johnson. At Florida State, it’s Tim Jansen. At Tennessee, players got a list of six defense lawyers with ties to the at...
Former Penn State AD Timothy Curley Pleaded The Fifth To Nearly Every Question He Was Asked
The last question that former Penn State Athletic Director Timothy Curley gave a real answer to in a June 2015 deposition regarding his alleged protection of Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky was, “Are you currently employed?” He responded, “No,” and then refused to answer whether or not he was the AD....
Here Is How Much Penn State's Insurance Company Thought Some Of Jerry Sandusky's Victims Should Be Paid
The cache of court documents related to the Penn State abuse scandal that were unsealed today came from the university’s legal dispute with its insurance company, PMA, which argued that it was not responsible for covering the university’s payments to Jerry Sandusky’s victims, in part because Penn St...
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Mike McQueary Claims Greg Schiano And Tom Bradley Knew About Jerry Sandusky While At Penn State [Update]
Among the documents relating to the Penn State abuse scandal that were unsealed by a Pennsylvania court today is a deposition given by former Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary, the key witness who claims he saw Jerry Sandusky molesting a boy in the football team’s shower in 2001, and then ...
Why Are Bad Laws Still Protecting Penn State And Temple?
The Penn State defense is so well-practiced, so perfected, that by now you can practically write it yourself. The accusations are unsubstantiated; too much time has passed; nobody remembers; there are no records. The language changes from email to email and statement to statement as the university b...
Saquon Barkley Hurdles Over And Through Three Defenders For The Touchdown
Penn State is putting a royal whooping on the Illinois Fighting Illini today in Happy Valley, thanks in part to this Saquon Barkley hurdle-smash touchdown. This particular leap defies easy prepositional classification, on account of the number of defenders he got through here, but it was a great loo...
Penn State Has Already Reached The Symbolic Burials Portion Of The Season
I’m all for football teams carrying out batshit rituals that are meant to exorcise bad vibes, but I feel like going to the Let’s Meaningfully Bury Some Shit well just one week into the season is a little much. Penn State would disagree:...
Deadspin 25: Penn State, Which Will Hopefully Suck A Little Less
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. We st...
Sentient Lacrosse Stick/Kicker Trolls Big Ten, Commits To Penn State
This here is Quinn Nordin, and today he committed to Penn State. Below, you’ll find a video he and a friend put together announcing his commitment, set to “Coming Home.” It makes no real sense in the first place—he’s from Michigan—and involving some sort of small, fixed-wing aircraft makes it even m...
Wild Last-Second Comeback Wins 174-Lb. DI Wrestling Title For Penn State
You don't need to know much about wrestling to get what happened here. We start with six seconds left in a match for the 174-lb. Division I national championship, with Penn State's Matt Brown down by a point to Pitt's Tyler Wilps and rules about how you're not allowed to delay the match or lock hand...