Joe Paterno To Retire At End Of Season
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, days after the school was rocked by allegations of sexual abuse against a former assistant.
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Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, days after the school was rocked by allegations of sexual abuse against a former assistant.
Online petitions surfaced almost immediately after news broke of the sex abuse scandal at Penn State, calling for the resignation of PSU President Graham Spanier's. Today, reports indicate, his tenure could be coming to an end.
A crowd gathered outside Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's home last night to show their support amid a tumultuous sex abuse scandal that has rocked the university.
As more details emerge in the Penn State sex abuse scandal, the students are finding themselves stuck right in the middle and trying to decide their role.
Penn State administrators on Tuesday canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in the wake of the sex-abuse scandal involving former defensive coach Jerry Sandusky and other PSU officials.
The recent sex scandal involving Penn State University's former football coach, athletic director and administrator has initiated several online petitions to oust the university's president, Graham Spanier.
Earlier Monday, investigators encouraged anyone who would accuse former football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual assault to step forward and talk to police.
Here is the Pennsylvania grand jury's presentment on the Penn State sex abuse case. WARNING: Contains graphic descriptions.
Penn State's former defensive coordinator - facing charges that he sexually abused young boys over a 15 year period - has been released on bail. Two other high-ranking Penn State officials charged with a cover-up are expected to turn themselves in tomorrow.
A former Penn State University coach and two other university employees have been charged in connection with a child sex abuse case that allegedly took place at the school.
After holding off Northwestern last weekend, 34-24, the 21st-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions sit at 7-1 on the season as they get ready to host Illinois on Saturday.
The Purdue Boilermakers come to Beaver Stadium for a 12 noon kickoff on Saturday.
If there is a team that is kryptonite to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions, it's Kirk Ferentz's Iowa Hawkeyes.
Penn State is coming off a 34-6 win over an overmatched Eastern Michigan squad last weekend.
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It should be an interesting match-up in Happy Valley on Saturday, as Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions host Nick Saban's Crimson Tide.
Coach Joe Paterno today declined to name a starter for Saturday's season opener against Indiana State, other than saying that both Rob Bolden and Matt McGloin would play.
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Todd Hill, a swim school manager in Aston, Pennsylvania, is charged with seven felonies in a sexual assault of a minor investigation in Delaware.
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