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The famed college football coach lost his battle with lung cancer Sunday morning. Listen to exclusive audio of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno's interview with The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins. Paterno died on Sunday at age 85. (Jan. 22) (/The Washington Post) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders Coach Joe Paterno leads his [...]
January 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
(CORRECTION BELOW) A spokesperson for the Paterno family has denied a report by CBS that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has died. By the CNN Wire Staff Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in 1988. The legendary coach was fired in November 2011 during his 46th season at the helm of the [...]
January 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno's battle with lung cancer reportedly took a turn for the worse on Saturday as his health continued to fail him. Rumors have picked up significantly as the day has worn on, culminating Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno's battle with lung cancer reportedly took a turn for [...]
January 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
As my Post colleague Jen Chaney noted, he made the decision after tweeting a message defending Penn State coach Joe Paterno, unaware that the legendary coach was fired in the wake of a child sex-abuse scandal. According to a post on Kutcher's personal He expressed dismay that Joe Paterno had to deal with such a [...]
November 13th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
The list of former Penn State players to reach the NFL is extensive, and the school's list of All-Americans even more so. As we all know, a successful career in the college ranks doesn't guarantee professional prominence on Steve A. Garban, chairman of Penn State's Board of Trustees, reached out to gauge Virginia Coach Mike [...]
November 13th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
As my Post colleague Jen Chaney noted, he made the decision after tweeting a message defending Penn State coach Joe Paterno, unaware that the legendary coach was fired in the wake of a child sex-abuse scandal. According to a post on Kutcher's personal By Rabbi Brad Hirschfield FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2011 file [...]
November 11th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
Over the next couple of weeks, the staffer would meet with football coach Joe Paterno, as well as the university's athletic director and a university vice president. According to his testimony to a grand jury, he told them he'd seen Jerry Sandusky, STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Just because Joe Paterno is gone doesn't mean the [...]
November 11th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
Scroll for video**In his first off-the-cuff public speech since the ghastly allegations of child sexual abuse shook Penn State University this weekend, the school's embattled football coach Joe Paterno spoke to a crowd of The statue outside the gate of Beaver Stadium shows the iconic coach Joe Paterno in a coat and tie, cuffs rolled [...]
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
Forty percent of Americans think Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno should resign in the wake of child sexual abuse charges against one of Paterno's former assistant coaches. In a Poll Position national scientific telephone survey we asked, Scroll for video**In his first off-the-cuff public speech since the ghastly allegations of child sexual abuse [...]
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments
Amos Alonzo Stagg's name being attached to the Big Ten football championship trophy may have to be reevaluated if Joe Paterno is found to be “complicit” in the Jerry Sandusky scandal according to Stagg's great grandson. The hardware for the first Big Penn State administrators have canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in which he [...]
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Joe Paterno | No Comments