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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
It could take years to get back on track -- and there's a chance they never fully return to the glory days -- but Operation Image Makeover is fully underway at Penn State, where new head football coach Bill O'Brien has launched a nine-day, 18-city bus tour that will take ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
It's quite a challenge to replace a legend at any big time college football institution, especially at Penn State University, where the king that was Joe Paterno coached for 46 years before being dethroned by an alleged child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky. Throw in Paterno's passing, ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Joe Paterno will likely be remembered, especially in the short-term, as an iconic college football coach whose career ended abruptly due to a scandal. Former player and assistant coach Tom Bradley will remember his mentor most for the things that people didn't see.
Bradley, who took over in the interim when ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
For decades, Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno raced up the leaderboard to become the two winningest head coaches in Division I football history. Paterno ultimately edged Bowden, but it's hard to argue that Bowden's legacy will be largely pristine while Paterno will forever be remembered for his rapid downfall in the final ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
In a tragic turn of events, former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer over the weekend at the age of 85. Back in early November the world came crashing down for Paterno as allegations of child abuse by Jerry Sandusky rocked Penn State University with a ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
For Bill O’Brien, this time of the year is usually pretty busy, but this year it has been ratcheted up a few notches. Not only is O’Brien trying to put together a game plan for the New England Patriots in advance of the AFC Championship game against one of the ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
It seems that most people are finally over the initial shock that Penn State hired New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien to replace the legendary Joe Paterno as head coach of the Nittany Lions football program. When the hiring was first announced over the weekend however, the news was ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
When Jim and John Harbaugh face off during a Thanksgiving Day coaching battle royale on Thursday, their parents will be watching, but they'll be doing so on a television. Jack and Jackie Harbaugh have watched in the past when brothers Peyton and Eli Manning have squared off on the field ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
As the scandal at Penn State continues, many are wondering what the ramifications will be at the NCAA level. The answers to that question make take some time. NCAA president Dr. Mark Emmert says the organization will continue to look at the situation and as the facts of the case ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Shane Battier doesn't know when he'll be playing basketball again. He also doesn't know who he'd be playing for. Battier is one of those interesting cases of being a free agent who can't discuss or sign a deal with teams during the NBA lockout, but he doesn't seem all that ...
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