Video: PSU Campus Reacts To NCAA Sanctions
Check out this video from the Hetzel Union Building in State College, Pa., as the student body reacts to the news.
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Check out this video from the Hetzel Union Building in State College, Pa., as the student body reacts to the news.
Beaver Stadium will roar this year, and soon. 106,000 Penn State football fans will chant "We are!!" as their white-helmeted heroes charge from the tunnel, united against all their perceived enemies.
The following is a release from the Big Ten, detailing their sanctions against Penn State.
Joe Paterno's last win was a 35-10 victory over Wisconsin in State College Nov. 22, 1997. Who was Penn State's quarterback in that game?
The NCAA handed out unprecedented sanctions against Penn State Monday morning. Here are the penalties as outlined by the NCAA in their own words.
It's with some, solemn pride that I say that I've been a de facto voice of the Joe Paterno opposition.
The NCAA will announce "unprecedented" penalties against both the Penn State football team and the university.
With reports circling that Penn State may remove the statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, fans have lined up outside of Beaver Stadium to take pictures with the statue.
Check out this cartoonist's depiction of Paterno's journey to heaven.
As the NCAA considers whether Penn State should face penalties following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal — including a possible shutdown of its celebrated football program — the university says it will respond within days to the governing body's demand for information.
While most of the conversation right now is about how the NCAA should punish Penn State, there's a different organization that has been laying low and has the power to take action: the Big Ten.
You ask, I answer. Questions arrive via every avenue imaginable, now, so it's the least I can do to take the time to address a few of them. Many are utterly incomprehensible – as I'm sure you can imagine - so I picked a few that I understood.
One day after a plane circled State College, Pa., with a banner reading "take down the statue or we will," a group of Penn State students is camping out near the statue adorning Joe Paterno to protect it.
Former Nittany Lions safety Drew Astorino joined the Boers & Bernstein Show Tuesday to give his perspective on the Penn State scandal from a player's perspective.
Penn State officials have the opportunity to speak for the victims of the Jerry Sandusky child-sex scandal. PSU must make the changes.
The president of the NCAA says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
What would you do?
An artist has removed a halo from a mural of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno amid the school's child sex-abuse scandal.
According to a report, three men have come forward saying they were sexually abused by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
The good guy in this story couldn't prevent the human tragedy, only arriving on the scene after terrible things had already happened.
A newspaper says Penn State football coach Joe Paterno testified before a grand jury in a sex-abuse investigation of a longtime assistant coach the same month he began negotiating an amendment to his contact.
If he were alive today, Joe Paterno — the coach who stood for so long for character and integrity both on and off the football field — could be looking at charges such as child endangerment, perjury and conspiracy.
A day after not covering the findings of the Freeh Report, BTN announced they will air a Penn State Special Report at 8 p.m. CT Friday.
If you turned on the Big Ten Network Thursday morning to watch the Freeh Report press conference then you were probably surprised when a replay of the Ohio State-Purdue football game popped up on your television.
The idea came from a local band known as Hollyy that started jamming near Belmont Harbor last summer.
Peters also went deep in the sixth, extending his career-high homer streak to four games.
Arab American Action Network says the teen was placed in the hold by the officer while speaking at a police and fire commission meeting on Aug. 5.
Starter Natasha Cloud (right knee injury) played 16 minutes in the first half and DiJonai Carrington (foot) logged four minutes.
Police said there does not appear to be any indication of foul play
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Dolly Parton was a native and lifelong resident of Tennessee, but she made numerous visits and forged numerous ties to Chicago over the years.
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The local band known as Hollyy plays indie rock mixed with old soul music and they can take their concerts anywhere with solar-powered batteries for equipment.
Arab American Action Network says the teen was placed in the hold by the officer while speaking at a police and fire commission meeting on Aug. 5.
Indiana State Police are currently searching for an escaped prisoner in Northwest Indiana.
The idea came from a local band known as Hollyy that started jamming near Belmont Harbor last summer.
Police said there does not appear to be any indication of foul play
Dolly Parton became an icon over her six-decade career as a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, movie and TV star and theme park owner who donated millions to help others.
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Peters also went deep in the sixth, extending his career-high homer streak to four games.
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