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72,000 Penn State Fans “Like” Facebook Post Comparing Joe Paterno to Abraham Lincoln
Ugh. So, on July 23rd someone made a Facebook status that has since gone viral. As of 10:52 a.m. Tuesday it had received 72,165 “Likes.” […]
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.” […]
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 Horse Named Paterno Is Restoring JoePa’s Legacy, One Race at a Time
Paterno is dead. Long Live Paterno. A three-year-old horse, ahem, saddled with the name “Paterno,” has won its first ever race, at the Parx racetrack […]
Paterno Rebuttal More Successful at Attacking Louis Freeh Than Exonerating JoePa
In August 2012, the conservative filmmaker John Ziegler released a short animated film meant to demonstrate the absurdity of investigator Louis Freeh’s claim—issued in his […]
Penn State AD: Paterno’s Legacy Will Be Restored
How long before Joe Paterno’s statue returns to Happy Valley? With the sidelining of most NCAA sanctions following the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the restoration […]
How Will Paterno Be Remembered?
Joe Paterno became the head coach of the Nittany Lions 40 years before I arrived on campus. I started my career as a Penn State […]
Paterno’s Name Removed From Big Ten Trophy
Joe Paterno—the recently fired Penn State coach who lead the Nittany Lions to three Big Ten championships—will no longer have his name on the conference’s […]
Pennsylvanians Disagree With the Removal of the Paterno Statue
A new poll from the folks at Public Policy Polling indicates that Pennsylvanians disagree with Penn State’s removal of the Joe Paterno statue that stood […]
Read the Paterno Family’s Response to the Freeh Report
The findings of an extensive investigation into a potential cover-up at Penn State was posted to the Internet Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Joe Paterno […]
Please, No, Not Another Paterno Family Statement
On Wednesday, Penn State football players released a statement in the form of a video. It featured two senior student-athletes—one from each side of the […]
Sue Paterno to Chat with Katie Couric
Sporting News reports: “Katie Couric will have the first sit-down interview with Sue Paterno, the widow of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno.This will mark […]
Pacino to Play Paterno in “Happy Valley”
Lead Actor: Al Pacino. Director: Brian De Palma. Setting: Penn State. Based off: Joe Posnanski’s Paterno. Premise: “This story of a complex, intensely righteous man […]
Paterno’s Family Plans Lawsuit Against NCAA
ESPN reports: The estate of the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno and several university trustees and former players are planning to sue the NCAA […]
Paterno Lawsuit Against NCAA Moves Forward
The bowl ban is lifted at Penn State, and so are reduced scholarships, but Joe Paterno’s family is still pursuing a lawsuit against the NCAA, […]