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If Anyone Cares, Ohio State Is In More Trouble Than They Thought
Though they didn't invoke the dreaded "institutional control"—because, holy shit, perspective—the NCAA has announced they will charge Ohio State with "failure to monitor." It's the second most serious charge they can level, and stems not from tattoos or memorabilia but from additional instances of p...
PSU Students Will Be Able To Indulge In Their Heartbreak At Tonight's Drake Show
It is a proven equation by now that when distraught college students face difficult times, they turn to cheap liquor or light beer and music by Drake....
Meanwhile, In Competitive Sports From Wednesday Night
This moment of zen brought to you by the 1-3-1 and CBS....
Penn State Football Press Conferences Are No Longer Brought To You By Sherwin-Williams
Nike is unwilling to discuss the future of its longtime branding relationship with Joe Paterno and Penn State football. Will the Nittany Lions still be wearing the swoosh as the only emblem on their uniforms when they take the field against Nebraska? Wait and see. In the meantime, keep an eye on the...
The Strange Details Of The Phone Call That Made Joe Paterno's Termination Official
When Joe Paterno emerged from his house on McKee Street last night to address the gathered students and supporters, he mentioned, as he struggled to thank them for showing up, a phone call: "I'm out of it, maybe, now," he said. "That phone call put me out of it. But we'll go from there, OK?"...
Journalists Address PSU's JoePa Class This Morning, Say He's a Scapegoat
There is no more telling fact than PSU having a regular class about Joe Paterno. Comm 497G: Joe Paterno, Communications & the Media, better known as "JoePa Class," studies the media through the lens of the longtime football coach. Today was obviously not a normal day. Instead, Joe Posnanski and Pat...
Penn State's Interim Head Coach Says Mike McQueary Is Still On The Staff (UPDATED)
Tom Bradley, at his just-concluded press conference: "Yes, right now Mike McQueary will be coaching Saturday." [@greggdoyelcbs]...
Even Attorney Advising Victims Says Paterno Shouldn't Have Been Fired
There's a weird kind of cognitive dissonance in the Penn State community, where the world outside Happy Valley is vilifying a man they've been trained to never think an unkind thought about. So they've circled the wagons, drunk the blue Kool-Aid, and have made the Board of Trustees and the media int...
ShortCenter: ESPN Breaks Out The Sad Guitar For Joe Paterno
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
This Penn State Student Is The Face And Two Fingers Of The State College Sweatpants Riots
Your morning roundup for Nov. 10, the day we learned that the Internet is a dangerous place. Photo via Tom B. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
America Tips Ashton Kutcher Like WTAJ News Van After Paterno Tweet
Ashton Kutcher must have missed the SB Nation advisory board meeting this week. Somebody save him before the internet dines on his entrails. Actually, that can wait. [NESN]...
Penn State Uses Campuswide Alert System To Tell Rioting Students To Go Home
Via The School Philly....
Joe Paterno Has His Nixon-Boarding-A-Helicopter Moment
Another night, another Joe Paterno address from the family shrubbery. The phone call he references is probably this one, which, to hear Joe Schad describe it, seems to have taken place over the shoe phones from Get Smart....
Here's Video Of Rioting Penn State Students Flipping A News Van (And Other Fun Videos)
The scene gets intermittently ugly on Beaver Avenue, with the first casualty the WTAJ news van. It's fair to say most students on the streets are well-behaved, just coming outside to see what happens. There are also a lot of shitheads out there tonight....
Watch All 22 Uncomfortable Minutes Of The PSU Trustees' Presser Announcing Joe Paterno's Dismissal
John Surma, CEO of U.S. Steel and vice chairman of Penn State's Board of Trustees, sat through a hell of a press conference this evening. The gathered media did not practice anything resembling neutrality—wait until after Surma makes the initial statement for things to heat up—and it ended with lo...
Penn State Students Flip Over A TV News Van In Solidarity With Incompetent, Morally Complicit Old Relic
Via @jon_wertheim, whose feed is worth following if you're into campus vandalism....
Joe Paterno's Coaching Career Is Over
Per Jim Gardner of 6ABC in Philly, the Penn State Board of Trustees has voted to remove Joe Paterno immediately. Longtime assistant coach Tom Bradley will take over as Paterno's interim replacement. A press conference is scheduled to begin any minute. We will update accordingly. [@Jim_Gardner]...
Sandusky's Lawyer Says Client Is "Distraught" Over Paterno's Retirement
Sandusky's attorney, Joe Amendola, said today that his client learned of Joe Paterno's plans to retire and "is 'distraught' over the latest developments at Penn State. While Sandusky maintains he is innocent, 'he is saddened by what is happening to the reputation of Penn State,' Amendola said. 'He f...
Nike Has No Comment On Penn State, Does Have A Child Care Center In Oregon Named For Joe Paterno (UPDATE: Nike Has No Comment On That, Either)
In case you haven't noticed yet, the corporate brand on Penn State's uniforms is a swoosh. We though it'd make sense to reach out to the folks at Nike and ask what they thought of the Sandusky affair. Did they plan on altering their business relationship with the school? Would the swoosh continue to...
The Mystery Of Ray Gricar, The Prosecutor Who Failed To Prosecute Jerry Sandusky (And Who Might Be Dead)
On April 15, 2005, Ray Gricar, the Centre County district attorney, left his office in the county's brick-and-limestone courthouse, got into his red Mini Cooper and drove away. He called his girlfriend, Patricia Fornicola, around 11:30 a.m. to say that he was traveling on Route 192. That was the las...