Report: PSU To Build Center For Abused Children
After a child-sex abuse scandal tore the Penn State football program apart, the university is trying to make the best out of a bad situation.
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After a child-sex abuse scandal tore the Penn State football program apart, the university is trying to make the best out of a bad situation.
Penn State University officials have vowed to increase transparency and ethical standards and plan to donate $1.5 million in bowl proceeds to a pair of sex-crime advocacy organizations in the wake of shocking sex-abuse allegations levied against the school's once-revered assistant football coach.
Coaches accused of sexually abusing children could not – as has been alleged at Penn State University – hide behind their bosses under a bill introduced in the Illinois House.
The president of Northwestern University sent an email to students and staff today concerning the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State.
I think the NCAA should minimize the chance of future abuses of power by pulling the plug on what made Joe Paterno's so absolute – his endless reign.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno repeatedly fought with a Penn State official over the punishment of his players, according to a report.
I'm sure that Mike Thomas has his own list of names who he'd like to see as his coach at Illinois. But my advice is this: Aim high.
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno visited a campus infirmary and a local hospital for treatment of an undisclosed issue Wednesday night.
NCAA president Mark Emmert has issued a formal letter to Penn State in regards to the child sex abuse allegations surrounding former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky .
In the wake of his column in the Philadelphia Enquirer calling for the death of Penn State football, The Score's legal expert Eldon Ham joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to defend his piece.
Former Penn State running back Franco Harris came out in support of Paterno, and it cost him an endorsement with Meadow Race Track and Casino.
South Park has always been known for doing their shows on the latest and most hot-button issues.
Ask most coaches how they view their life's work, and you'll get an answer like this: "I consider myself a teacher, first and foremost."
At its very roots, this scandal happened for the same reasons all other college scandals and ensuing cover-ups have occurred: College presidents, athletic directors and coaches have too much power and think they are invincible.
Penn State said Wednesday it was turning to a physician and member of its board of trustees, who played football and wrestled for the school, to serve as acting athletic director in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
In a move that could have been made to protect his assets, Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before the child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky broke
A former child-abuse victim himself, former football grad assistant Matt Paknis believes Joe Paterno knew about Jerry Sandusky's alleged sexual abuse against children years ago.
Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley didn't watch Bob Costas' interview with former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on Monday night.
McQueary is currently on administrative leave after he was identified as the former graduate assistant that witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexual assaulting a little boy in the shower at Penn State.
Interim Penn State head coach Tom Bradley has personally contacted Lovie Smith about a coaching job with the Bears, Sports By Brooks tweeted Monday.
Joe Paterno's name has been removed from the Big Ten's championship game trophy, league commissioner Jim Delany announced Monday.
I want to care only that the Bears dismantled and humiliated Detroit, ran their record to 6-3, and established themselves as something more than a fringe postseason contender. But I have been seeing football more through a cloud of anger, revulsion and sadness.
Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary, a key witness in the child sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the school, has been placed on administrative leave.
According to a published report, former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who was arrested over the weekend on more than 40 counts of child sexual abuse, had been recruiting for Penn State football as recently as this past spring.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and Penn State alum Franco Harris didn't mince words when asked his thoughts about the Board of Trustees' decision to fire head coach Joe Paterno amid the swirling allegations of sexual abuse from former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
