Thousands Gather In State College To Celebrate Joe Paterno's Life At His Memorial
A final goodbye to Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. He was forced out of his job just two months before his death amid a sex scandal on his coaching staff.
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A final goodbye to Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. He was forced out of his job just two months before his death amid a sex scandal on his coaching staff.
Penn State University fans from across the country descended on State College to pay tribute to football coach Joe Paterno. He died Sunday, just two months after a child sex scandal forced him from his job.
Penn State students and alumni are in mourning. The winningest major college football coach of all time, Joe Paterno, passed away at the age of 85.
Joe Paterno, who racked up more wins than anyone else in major college football but was fired from Penn State amid a child sex abuse scandal, has died. He was 85.
There's a report floating around that Penn State will take down Joe Paterno's statue. The report says it's for security purposes. I'm not sure if I like that reason.
Former head football coach Joe Paterno may not just be out of a job, he could be losing an honor. Two Pennsylvania senators have rescinded their support for Paterno to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And there's now a link to a local sports figure.
Students and alumni on the York campus tell WJZ they hope that Penn State will be able to recover from this-- what many are calling the biggest tragedy in college sports history.
This horrific Penn State scandal has taken a sharp left turn and I wish everyone would re-focus on the real issue at hand.
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Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
The sex abuse scandal rocking one of the nation's premier universities. Legendary football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season.
Michael Weinreb, Grantland writer and ESPN's Outside the lines contributor, joined The Scott Garceau Show and talked about growing up around the college and the impact this scandel is having on it.
Joe Paterno can never step on the sidelines. He can't be in the stadium Saturday.
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, his long and illustrious career brought down because he failed to do all he could about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.
Chris Daley, of Maroon PR, joins the Bob and Rob Show to discuss the sex scandal at Penn State and how it is being handled by the University.
I'm so upset with the situation at State College. It's utterly disgusting and to think there are people that put a university and its future above a child's innocence...
Jon Burton of 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh joins Vinny and Ken to talk about the latest in the Penn State scandal.
Let's all rally around the real victims.
More fallout from the Penn State sex scandal. Now football coach Joe Paterno may be out the door.
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Four men were injured in two separate double shootings that were reported overnight in Baltimore, according to police.
Air quality alerts are in effect for much of central and northeastern Maryland as temperatures climb into the 90s.
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Air quality alerts are in effect for much of central and northeastern Maryland as temperatures climb into the 90s.
WJZ-TV meteorologist Steve Sosna has your latest weather forecast.
Temperatures head toward 90s this weekend in Maryland
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WJZ-TV meteorologist Steve Sosna has your latest weather forecast.
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