Bernstein: Penn State's Crimes Beyond Sandusky
An attention-grabbing trial filled with grim, hideous details, sobbing witnesses and crackling verbal exchanges can provide good cover.
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An attention-grabbing trial filled with grim, hideous details, sobbing witnesses and crackling verbal exchanges can provide good cover.
A former Penn State assistant coach whose account led to Joe Paterno's downfall told a jury Tuesday that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" in a campus locker room one night in 2001 and saw something that was "more than my brain could handle."
Here's the transcript of Joe Paterno's Grand Jury testimony, ccourtesy of SportsbyBrooks.
Editor's Note: The following is a piece from Esquire, written by Luke Dittrich, detailing the child sex-abuse allegations against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky.
The state full of enablers, facilitators, apologists and conveniently-blind eyes merely has the first chance to finally do something right.
Here's a Joe Paterno tribute song, with the lyrics.
Paterno's family said Tuesday through a spokesman that Paterno's widow, Sue, would receive an initial payment of $10.1 million by the end of May, with the rest to be paid out over the next two years.
Penn State has agreed to provide millions in payments and benefits to Joe Paterno's estate and family members under the late football coach's employment contract, although a family lawyer says the Paternos did not sign away their right to sue.
Reporter Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg staff won a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting Monday for its coverage of a child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State University.
Does no one care that the man is an adulterer, a liar, and a cheat? Shouldn't support be going out to Petrino's wife and kids? Shouldn't people be relieved that Ms. Dorrell wasn't seriously injured in the crash instead of treating her like she is the problem?
After almost 90,000 total votes, the State of Pennsylvania has won the 2012 Tournament of Bad.
A new poll released Friday shows Pennsylvania's registered voters favor renaming Penn State's football stadium in honor of longtime coach Joe Paterno, who died in January.
The lawyer for the late Joe Paterno says his family was surprised and saddened by a report by Penn State trustees that cited a "failure of leadership" for the longtime football coach's ouster.
Four months after the world found out about the sick activities at Penn State, the big boys are finally involved.
Penn State has received a federal subpoena related to a former assistant football coach accused of molesting boys and is cooperating with the request, a university spokeswoman said Thursday.
Joe Paterno's drawn out funeral services this past week opened my eyes to the blind and ignorant support fans have for their college football programs across America.
Minutes before the 32-member board of trustees voted to fire head football coach Joe Paterno on Nov. 9, Gov. Tom Corbett offered a piece of advice to the board.
The second day of a three-day period of public mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate with the funeral and burial for the Hall of Fame football coach who became the face of Penn State University.
From 1887 to 1891, Penn State University played the first 22 football games of its existence, and managed to do so in the most curious fashion possible.
Jerry Sandusky, the retired Penn State assistant coach who faces child sex abuse charges in a case that led to the firing of Joe Paterno, called the death of his former boss a sad loss Sunday.
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno will be buried Wednesday, and his family has scheduled three days of public memorial events this week.
The painting features notable Penn Staters such as Joe Paterno. One day after Paterno died, a halo was painted over his head.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered the state's flags lowered to half-staff in honor of legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno.
With all the horror that surrounds the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, one college football expert thinks there are many lessons to be learned.
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno died too early.
