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Sandusky Judge Issues Gag Order; Lawyerin' Joe Amendola Will Have To Keep His Lawyerin' At A Dull Roar
Via Sara Ganim at The Patriot-News:...
Document Reveals What Joe Paterno Would Have Said About Jerry Sandusky If Given The Chance
Don Van Natta Jr.'s lengthy account of the Penn State scandal for an upcoming issue of ESPN The Magazine does not contain a whole lot of new information for anyone who's been following the story closely. It is, however, an excellent overall summary of the case—particularly Pennsylvania governor Tom ...
Jerry Sandusky's Trial Has Been Postponed Until June 5
It was supposed to begin May 14, but Judge John M. Cleland has pushed the start of the trial back because of scheduling conflicts. Cleland's decision had nothing to do with that 95-page motion to dismiss the charges filed last week by Sandusky's attorney, Lawyerin' Joe Amendola....
Kentucky Will Win The National Championship, According To 4 Billion Computer Simulations
Ah, computers. Is there nothing they can't simulate?...
Investigator Says Penn State Police Didn't Share Important Information About Jerry Sandusky In 1998
One psychologist's evaluation might have been the reason the now-dead district attorney did not pursue child sex-abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky back in 1998. But the 100-page report prepared by Penn State police at the time also included the appraisal of another psychologist who concluded ...
There Appears To Be A Reason Why That Now-Dead DA Did Not Prosecute Jerry Sandusky In 1998
One of the great mysteries surrounding the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse case stretches back 14 years, to when Penn State police put together a 100-page police report that included details of Sandusky admitting he had showered with and touched a boy. For reasons that have never been made clear, the...
Phony Penn State Baseball Star And Potential Trustee Made An Absurd Campaign Video
There he is: Anthony Lubrano. So majestic, so clean-shaven. So statuesque, presiding over the sports complex that bears his name. I pause here to remind you—because Mr. Lubrano is under no obligation to do so himself—that the field bears his name because he paid for it and that he was on the equiv...
Penn State Acknowledges That "A Number Of Other University Employees" Have Now Been Subpoenaed
The feds are already looking into allegations of a coverup, but the state attorney general—whose office is prosecuting Jerry Sandusky—has issued this latest round of subpoenas. That's according to a statement the school posted this afternoon on its website:...
Jerry Sandusky's Lawyer Sustains Another Setback, Promises To Throw Even More Shit Against The Wall
Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky's lawyer, has heard back from the judge about his request that prosecutors provide him with more specific details about the allegations against his client: Nope....
Jerry Sandusky's Lawyer Wants Even More Specifics From Prosecutors, May Seek A Dismissal
Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky case have already provided the defense with a "bill of particulars" that outlines a specific list of the allegations, including dates and locations. Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, was back in front of a judge today to argue that he still needs even more detail to ...
Paterno Family Fires Back At Penn State Board Of Trustees: "The Ultimate Responsibility For This Crisis Is Theirs"
This morning, the Penn State Board of Trustees affirmed that the Penn State Board of Trustees did the right thing in firing coach Joe Paterno, citing his "failure of leadership." Now the attorneys for the Paterno family have issued a statement saying that the trustees did the wrong thing in firing J...
Penn State Is Still Glad It Fired Joe Paterno, Sorry It Didn't Find A "Dignified" Way To Do It In Person
Penn State's Board of Trustees posted a statement on the university's website this morning, explaining why it chose to fire coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier. The trustees already explained this in a New York Times interview in January. But with so many Penn Staters still foc...
Penn State Alum And Potential Trustee Is Not A Baseball Star, Doesn't Feel The Need To Correct Anyone Who Says Otherwise
The Penn State Nittany Lions play baseball in Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Anthony Lubrano, according to Penn State's media guide, was a four time varsity letter man at the school from 1979-1982. That bit of information has been in the guide "for years." Lubrano, it turns out, is actually just a r...
Montana Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Montana Grizzlies , who in beating Weber State 85-66 won the Big Sky tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
The Feds Are Looking Into A Sandusky Cover-Up At Penn State
Cover-ups, bribes, fraud, misuse of government funds. That's what federal authorities will be looking into during their investigation of Penn State in the wake of the Sandusky scandal, according, as usual, to Sara Ganim of The Patriot-News....
Eight Of 10 Alleged Sandusky Victims Claim They Were Molested On PSU Campus
In January, Jerry Sandusky's attorney, Joe Amendola, asked prosecutors for more information about the alleged victims in the case. Amendola wanted a "bill of particulars," which is more or less a list of allegations, including dates, locations, and the ages of the accusers, if not their names. Prose...
Jerry Sandusky's Lawyer Wants More Time Before Trial To Do Stupid Shit; Judge Denies Him
Jury selection for Jerry Sandusky's trial will begin on May 14, as scheduled, now that Centre County (Pa.) Judge John M. Cleland has denied Sandusky's request to have it pushed back until July. Sandusky's attorney, Lawyerin' Joe Amendola, had filed his motion to delay by citing the "great volume" of...
Report: Jerry Sandusky Still Had Access To A Penn State Internet Account Until Recently
We still don't know why it took the feds three months to initiate their own investigation of Jerry Sandusky, but now that they have, they've subpoenaed a laundry list of financial records, emails, correspondence, computer hard drives, and other documents from Penn State dating back to 1998. It's tem...
Memo: Weeks After Sandusky's Arrest, PSU President Was Really Pumped That Only Eight Prospective Students Had Withdrawn Their Applications
Less than a month after Jerry Sandusky had been arrested and the Penn State damage-control thresher had mowed down Joe Paterno, newly installed PSU president Rodney Erickson began sending out stupidly triumphant memoranda to the university's board of trustees. Here's a new one. It comes to us via pu...
Now The Feds Have Their Own Jerry Sandusky Investigation
Penn State has confirmed to the Patriot-News of Harrisburg that it received a subpoena earlier this month from the U.S. Attorney's office related to the Jerry Sandusky child-sex abuse case. The feds appear to be conducting their own parallel inquiry even though the case is still being prosecuted by...