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Someone Commissioned a Banner Plane to Carry a Threat to Tear Down the Joe Paterno Statue
A plane was reportedly flying over State College today with a banner trailing it. The banner reportedly read “Take the statue down or we will.” […]
Nike Removes Joe Paterno’s Name From the Child Care Center at Its Headquarters
Following Thursday’s release of the Freeh report and the subsequent press conference held in Philadelphia, Nike has announced that it will remove Joe Paterno’s name […]
Paterno Issues Statement on His Way to Practice
Penn State coach Joe Paterno briefly addressed the press gathered outside his home about a half-mile from campus as he left for the team’s afternoon […]
Guy Who Personally Fired Joe Paterno Resigns from Penn State Board of Trustees
U.S. Steel CEO and Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees–AKA the guy who fired JoePa over the phone–is resigning. I can […]
A Duke Grad’s Advice to Penn Staters
I think I know what you’re feeling, Nittany Lions fans. It was five years ago that a young black woman named Crystal Mangum put my […]
Joe Paterno, the Second Mile, and a $125M Real Estate Venture
Follow the money. Deep Throat’s sentiment has now elbowed its way into the ongoing scandal at Penn State. The Daily‘s Sarah Ryley has a piece […]
NCAA Names George Mitchell as Penn State Integrity Monitor
The NCAA has named former Senator George Mitchell as the Integrity Monitor assigned to make sure Penn State complies with all of its sanctions. Mitchell’s […]
My Biggest Losers of 2011
Although Freindly Fire has never been known for sarcasm and negativity, it feels compelled as a civic duty to point out this year’s biggest losers. […]
Students Camp Out to Guard the Joe Paterno Statue
Three Penn State students have pitched a tent outside Beaver Stadium amid threats to tear down Joe Paterno’s statue. On Tuesday, and again before afternoon […]
Penn State Assembles Committee to Replace Joe Paterno
Penn State has named women’s volleyball coach Russ Rose, professor John Nichols, associate athletic director Charmelle Green, faculty athletics representative Linda Caldwell, and Ira Lubert, […]
Jay Paterno Out at Penn State
Jay Paterno coached on the Penn State staff as an assistant coach for 17 years. He’ll coach there no more as he and new Nittany […]
Interim PSU President Makes Statement
Today, many Penn State alums got an email from interim president Rodney Erickson (from a statement earlier today) that began, “This is one of the […]
Paterno Fired: Will Not Coach PSU Against Nebraska
Bad news for those who spent extra cash on StubHub today to get tickets to witness the spectacle that has become Joe Paterno and Penn […]
23 Charged In Penn State Riots
Police have charged 23 people in connection with the riots in State College that followed the firing of Joe Paterno last month. Authorities say that […]
JoePa Hires Crisis Managers
Joe Paterno has hired a Virginia “crisis communications firm to handle all future media requests.” [Philadelphia Business Journal] On a related note, CNBC sports business […]