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Is PSU The Biggest Sports Scandal In Modern History?
There was a cave cricket in my basement last night. They're horrible, nasty creatures that have +8 jumping ability. You have to act FAST in order to exterminate the little cocksuckers and protect your family, and so I quickly pinned him against the wall with a toy rocking chair and he was all mangle...
A PSU Grad Burned His Diploma Outside Old Main Today
Not worth the paper it's printed on? Go to Dan Sullivan's twitter feed for more....
Jerry Sandusky's 1986 National Championship Ring Is Available Right Now On EBay
A Penn State memorabilia collector and reputable seller on eBay listed Jerry Sandusky's 1986 Penn State national championship ring for auction this morning. The starting price is one dollar, but the seller tells Deadspin he's looking for somewhere in the neighborhood of ten thousand dollars....
How Penn State Sucks Up Taxpayer Money And Hides Its Ugly Behavior From Taxpayers
A scandal the magnitude of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case has a way of shifting legal talking points, perhaps even changing state code. Let's hope it does. Because if all the nastiness about Sandusky is true, one of the main reasons for the protracted time-span of the abuse is Penn State's abilit...
Paterno's Son Tells YES Network They Are Working On A Press Conference To Address Scandal, Unaware Of Ouster Rumors
YES Network's Kim Jones scored an interview with Paterno's son Scott, who told her that the press conference was canceled by Penn State University president Graham Spanier and that his father wanted to address the media over the Sandusky scandal. He also told Jones they are working on putting toge...
Matt Millen Breaks Down And Cries On <em>SportsCenter</em>: "If We Can't Protect Our Kids, We, As A Society, Are Pathetic"
Millen was an All-American defensive tackle at Penn State in the late 1970s. Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky were his coaches. He got pretty emotional talking to Chris McKendry a little more than 30 minutes ago. The video is above, and the full transcript is below, courtesy ESPN captioning. H/T to ...
You Won't Believe What The Penn State President Said In His State-Of-The-University Address In September
This is what Dr. Graham Spanier told Penn State's Board of Trustees on Sept. 9, according to the minutes of the meeting, which can be found here:...
<em>New York Times</em> Reports Penn State Ready To Oust Paterno
The Times's Happy Valley duo just dropped this report: "Joe Paterno's tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among t...
Penn State To Reporters: Do Not Ask About Jerry Sandusky At Today's Conference Call
As he does every Tuesday during the season, Joe Paterno will take questions from the media in a conference call scheduled for today at 12:20 p.m. EST. Can't imagine what anyone would want to ask him about. But in case any of those reporters planning to participate have doubts, Jeff Nelson, Penn Sta...
Jerry Sandusky's Son, Cleveland Browns Executive, Has Taken A Leave Of Absence
"Heard that Jon Sandusky, Browns GM Tom Heckert's top assistant, has taken leave of absence. He is the son of Jerry Sandusky." At Penn State, Jon played safety under his dad from 1996-1999. [@TonyGrossi, h/t Cory]...
"I Want To Believe It's Not True": An Interview With The Co-Author Of Jerry Sandusky's Book, <em>Touched</em>
In 1991, Jerry Sandusky approached Kip Richeal, a former equipment manager with the Nittany Lions, and asked him to co-write a biographical book about the coach's life. Richeal, who'd known Sandusky since he was an 18-year-old freshman and who'd studied journalism at Penn State, agreed to the job. F...
A Roundup Of The Latest Developments In The Jerry Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Case
A lot has happened since law enforcement officials in Pennsylvania released the 23-page summary of a grand jury's findings against Jerry Sandusky for alleged sex crimes against children, plus the two Penn State administrators accused of covering it up....
Six Weeks Ago, Penn State Dedicated The Gary Schultz Child Care Center
Addressing University Park's shortage of options for young children, Penn State opened an $11 million dollar child care facility over the summer. In early 2010 it was announced that the building would be named for the recently retired Gary Schultz. The same Schultz who is out on bail today, but was ...
ESPN Asks The Question The Penn State Grand Jury Wouldn't
"How does PSU scandal affect recruiting?" [ESPN.com]...
CNN Makes The One Typo You Shouldn't Make With Sandusky Story
Well, this was unfortunate....
Jerry Sandusky And The Culture Of Secrecy At Penn State
The late Myron Cope is best known for being the colorful radio voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But in his younger days, he made a name for himself as a reporter and writer for the Saturday Evening Post and Sports Illustrated, including this widely acclaimed 1967 profile of Howard Cosell. Even as ...
Jerry Sandusky, Questioned At His Home By A Reporter, Still Wearing A Penn State Jacket
Hey, why wouldn't he? Sandusky, who remains free pending trial, had nothing to say when ABC News caught up with him yesterday at his home. But his choice of attire said it all. WE ARE! [@bustedcoverage]...
Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, And Why "Good" People Fail To Do The Right Thing
At some point in the coming weeks, Joe Paterno is gonna step down as the head coach at Penn State, and the reason why is because there's no possible way to reconcile the statement he issued yesterday with the details from the grand jury report that say, specifically, that Peterno was told that Jerry...
ShortCenter: Hannah Storm And Jeremy Schaap Use Their Serious Voices To Talk About Jerry Sandusky
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
As Recently As 2009, Jerry Sandusky Was Running An Overnight Football Camp For Kids On Penn State Campuses
Of the child sexual assault charges against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, the fact that stands out most is that Joe Paterno, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were aware of incidents as early as 2002. Curley testified to the grand jury that he "advised Sandusky that he was prohibited from bringi...