Monday, July 23, 2012
The NCAA imposed $60 million fine, reduced scholarships, and banned bowl appearances.
Stopping short of cancelling the season, the NCAA Monday imposed severe, wide-ranging sanctions against Penn State football in light of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. “This is just an unprecedented, painful chapter in the history of intercollegiate athletics,” said NCAA President Mark Emmert. The sanctions include: The NCAA also will require Penn State to employ a chief compliance officer. The NCAA will select an ethics integrity monitor who will report to the NCAA as well as to Penn State and the university’s trustees as to the school’s progress. Also Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced its own sanctions, saying Penn State is not allowed to share the conference's bowl revenues while it's serving the NCAA's postseason ban…
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Take our poll and let us know whether you agree with the decision to remove the statue honoring the legendary late coach—in the wake of the Sandusky scandal and Freeh report.
Once one of the most revered coaches in the NCAA, the legendary Joe Paterno was honored on Penn State's campus about a decade ago with a bronze statue that's become a landmark. But in the wake of the Sandusky scandal and the subsequent Freeh report, Penn State removed the statue at dawn on Sunday. Fox News reported earlier this week that some Penn State students had begun a vigil to protect the statue from vandalism. CNN reported that a small plane flew around the Penn State campus on Tuesday carrying a banner that read, "Take the Statue Down or We Will." Other tributes to the much-honored former coach have begun to fall. This week, Paterno's alma mater, Brown University, removed his name from its annual award to the outstanding male …
Monday, July 16, 2012
The former FBI's report on the Penn State scandal should help prevent further atrocities.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
To the Editor: Individuals of good will and decency are greatly in the debt of former FBI Director Louis Freeh and his team of investigators for conducting a far-reaching, extensive, detailed, and truly independent and objective investigation into the atrocities that we now know were permitted to occur and metastasize at once-great Penn State University. The report is stunning and horrific, and it needs to be widely absorbed in the hope that atrocities which occurred on such a grand scale at Penn State will never be allowed to occur there or anywhere else again. There are many individuals in positions of authority who are culpable for enabling Jerry Sandusky to continue for years his engagement in a one-man crime spree of monumental …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Here's the anticipated investigative report into how Penn State University handled the Sandusky sex scandal—and the recommendations made to the school.
When Penn State officials learned of disturbing allegations of sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky in the football training building in February 2001, they initially discussed going to state authorities with the information. But after further discussion, and despite a similar allegation levied against Sandusky three years earlier, the school officials and football coach Joe Paterno instead decided to close ranks and offer him “professional help” while also restricting him from entering school facilities with children. The cover-up continued for another decade with former Penn State President Graham Spanier even refusing to discuss the situation with school Board of Trustees after Sandusky was charged in November 2011. The details that emerged …
See where you can read the entire report, and watch Freeh's news conference.
Four high-ranking Penn State University officials, including legendary football coach Joe Paterno, “repeatedly concealed critical facts” about Jerry Sandusky’s contact with young boys, according to an independent investigation released this morning. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh and his investigators released their findings into what Penn State officials knew about the child sexual abuse scandal involving retired football coach Jerry Sandusky. Freeh and his law firm, Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan, LLP, were retained in November 2011 on behalf of the Special Investigations Task Force of the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University to conduct the independent investigation. The entire report was made be available online starting at…
Monday, July 2, 2012
The Penn State situation is symptomatic of misplaced priorities.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
To the Editor: It is unfortunate that the late Penn State University football coach and lord of "Happy Valley", Joe Paterno, is not alive to defend himself from charges that are arising from the "smoking gun" of email messages which would indicate to a reasonable and prudent person that he was the kingpin in a conspiracy of silence that enabled Jerry Sandusky to continue along his merry way for years to molest innocent young boys who looked up to him as a role model and who were flattered by his attention and affection. The tainted reputation of Coach Paterno has become even more disfigured in light of the most recent, stunning, and horrific trail of communication. Along with disgraced former Penn State "leaders", President Graham Spanier…
Saturday, April 28, 2012
In an open letter, Harris writes that the NCAA president was wrong to include Paterno on his list of coaches fired for misdeeds.
Pittsburgh Steelers great and PSU alumni Franco Harris is again coming to the defense of the late Penn State football coaching legend Joe Paterno, whose career ended with the Penn State sex scandal. In an open letter, Harris blasts NCAA President Mark Emmert for making what he calls a misleading, damaging and untrue statement by including Joe Paterno on his list of coaches that were fired for “misdeeds.” "Mr. Emmert should know that before you bunch everyone together and pass judgment, you must first get all the facts and the truth about each one. Obviously, he didn’t," Harris wrote. Harris refers to statements Emmert made in an Associated Press article. In the article, Emmert said, “You’re seeing boards of directors, of trustees, and …
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Joe Paterno, 85, died on Sunday morning, Jan. 22.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno died on Sunday morning at age 85. Paterno died of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung at 9:25 a.m. Sunday surrounded by family, according to a statement from the hospital he was in, Mount Nittany Medical Center at State College. The Paterno family released a statement following his death: "It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today. His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled. "He died as he lived. He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The casino issued a statement saying it had severed its relationship with the former Steeler after remarks he made about former Penn State coach Joe Paterno.
Former Steeler Franco Harris has been cut from The Meadows Racetrack & Casino team. News of the severed relationship between the North Strabane venue and one of its celebrity spokesman came in the wake of comments he made regarding former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Media outlets are reporting that Harris told CNN that he thinks the university should reinstate the coach, who was fired after a former assistant and others were charged in a child-sex abuse investigation. Harris attended and played football at Penn State. The Meadows issued the following statement Tuesday night: "In light of the recent developments with Franco Harris regarding Joe Paterno’s dismissal, Franco and The Meadows have mutually decided to put their …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Penn State Board of Trustees announced their decision on Wednesday night.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Penn State Board of Trustees fired head football coach Joe Paterno amid the university's sex abuse scandal. Board of Trustees vice chairman and Upper St. Clair resident John Surma made the announcement during a late night news conference on Wednesday. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley has been named interim head coach. Paterno released the following statement on Thursday morning: "I am disappointed with the Board of Trustees' decision, but I have to accept it. "A tragedy occurred, and we all have to have patience to let the legal process proceed. I appreciate the outpouring of support but want to emphasize that everyone should remain calm and please respect the university, its property and all that we value. "I have been incredibly …
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11:56 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012
Prior to the release of the Grand Jury investigation into the scandal at Penn State football coach Joe Paterno transfer ownership of his house, worth $594,484, to his wife for $1 in July 2011? Did PA Joe know that he was about to be drawn into the college's sex-abuse scandal, with potential civil lawsuits? By Joe transferring his home to his wife name only then this asset from his place of … more ›