Category: Joe Paterno
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
The family of Joe Paterno issued a report this weekend essentially critiquing the Freeh report which came down in the aftermath of the situation revolving Jerry Sandusky. The Paterno family continues to argue that the Freeh report was a rush to judgment, and says their study was not about defending ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2013
One year later, the Penn State scandal continues to be a polarizing topic. Oddly enough, former Penn State and NFL great Franco Harris is doing his best to keep the story in the news. Harris continues to hold town hall meetings where he and his group lead efforts to get ...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
President Barack Obama has never been short of opinions when it comes to the world of sports. With the Olympics in session, baseball season in full stride, and football just around the corner, this time is no different.
Obama says he disagrees with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant that they could ...
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
As college coaches around the country seem to be doing just about anything they can to duck away from questions about Penn State during their conference's media days this week, one former coach doesn't seem to be holding anything back. Former Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer doesn't agree ...
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
The University of Miami was front and center last summer after some major allegations were thrown at the school stemming from a Yahoo! Sports report from Charles Robinson. Nevin Shapiro ended up giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to at least 72 athletes at the University of Miami from 2002 to 2010.
After ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Bill O'Brien doesn't have much of a choice but to look forward. And if you thought he was going to look back and reflect on everything that has gone down at Penn State, you are kidding yourselves.
And so it's not a surprise that in the following interview, he mostly shies ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
The fallout continues from Monday's big news regarding the unprecedented sanctions handed down by Mark Emmert and the NCAA to the Penn State football program. You know the details by now -- scholarship losses, vacated wins, no postseason play for the next four years, and one massive fine. After the ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
The NCAA dropped the hammer on Penn State yesterday, delivering unprecedented and historic sanctions against the Nittany Lions football program in the wake of the heinous sex abuse scandal rocked Happy Valley. On top of a four year bowl ban, lost scholarships, a 60 million dollar fine and probation, the ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
The NCAA has handed down its punishment to Penn State. The penalties include a four-year postseason ban, an annual reduction of 10 scholarships over a four-year period, five years of probation, a $60 million fine and the vacating of all wins dating back to 1998. The vacation of all wins ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
The scandal at Penn State was already one of the most polarizing topics in sports that I've seen in my lifetime. The punishments handed out by the NCAA on Monday created even more buzz around water coolers nationwide, as discussions of whether Penn State was hit too hard or not ...
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