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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....

Silas Redd And The Different Types Of Losing

When star running back Silas Redd transfered from Penn State to USC in July, it seemed like an eminently reasonable decision. Redd had come to Penn State when its football program was known for its immense fan base, for Joe Paterno, and for its recent resurrection after a few down years—in the five ...

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...

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....

Jerry Sandusky's Victim 1 is speaking out about the abuse he endured....

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 ...

Penn State won't be renewing Tim Curley's contract. Don't worry, he still gets paid until June....

Sandusky's Unidentified Shower Victim: Not Unidentified, Initially Denied Shower Abuse

Since Jerry Sandusky was first charged as a serial child molester last November, the prosecution has claimed that the identity of two of his victims was unknown. That claim was even repeated by prosecutor Joseph McGettigan during last week's sentencing hearing. But according to Sara Ganim of the Pat...

"Evaluate The Accusers And Their Families": Here Is Jerry Sandusky's Defiant Statement From Jail On The Eve Of His Sentencing

As alluded to earlier, Jerry Sandusky released a statement from jail yesterday that was given to Penn State's communication department radio station. The audio can he heard by clicking here, but the full text of that statement can be read below:...

Jerry Sandusky Has Been Sentenced To 30 to 60 Years In Prison [UPDATE]

Bloomberg News was first with the report out of Bellefonte, Pa. It ought to be enough to keep the 68-year-old former Penn State defensive coordinator, who was convicted back in June of 45 counts of child molestation, in prison for the rest of his life. His attorneys had previously vowed an appeal. S...

Jerry Sandusky's Lawyer Says Sandusky Was Too Busy Being A Swell Guy To Molest Any Children

You know that plan Lawyerin' Joe Amendola had to get Jerry Sandusky a new trial by declaring himself incompetent? Yeah, that can wait. For now, on the eve of Sandusky's sentencing hearing, Lawyerin Joe's sticking to the script that Sandusky is innocent, and that there's just no way Sandusky could ha...

Jerry Sandusky plans to tell "his side of the story" during his sentencing tomorrow. What could possibly go wrong?...

Happy Valley Happy, NU Grads Less So, As Matt McGloin And The Nittany Lions Upset Northwestern

Penn State's football program may be on its way to the cathartic comeback predicted here and there at the beginning of the season. After starting the year with consecutive losses to a very good Ohio University team and a pretty bad UVA team, Bill O'Brien's squad has won four straight, including its ...

Mike McQueary Has Filed A $4 Million Lawsuit Against Penn State

Mike McQueary, the former Penn State assistant football coach who witnessed Jerry Sandusky touching a boy in the school's football building shower 11 years ago, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university, accusing it of defamation and misrepresentation. He's seeking $4 million plus dam...

That Guy Who Says Jerry Sandusky And Others Were Part Of A Pedophile Ring Is Probably Full Of Shit

Greg Bucceroni's name has popped up every now and then since Jerry Sandusky's arrest late last year. The 48-year-old Philly charter-school cop has made headlines with sensationally horrid stories about the abuse he says he endured in the late 1970s and early '80s, recently going so far as to implica...

Pennsylvania Governor's Handling Of The Jerry Sandusky Investigation Is Now An Election Talking Point

Soon after Jerry Sandusky's arrest last November, the focus turned toward the insular overlap of several powerful Pennsylvania institutions: Penn State, The Second Mile (Sandusky's charity), and governor Tom Corbett, who had launched the Sandusky investigation during his previous tenure as state att...

Reminder: Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Failed To Stop Jerry Sandusky, Too

Punishments and investigations have come down on Penn State for the university's handling of Jerry Sandusky, with two PSU administrators still awaiting trial. And Sandusky's charity, The Second Mile, is still being investigated by a number of state and federal law enforcement agencies....