The Hit Farm

UPDATE, 10:34 AM, JANUARY 22: Paterno died Sunday, the AP reports. Earlier: In nine tries as a wrestler and coach at Iowa State, and now the coach of Penn State, Sanderson has never defeated Iowa in a dual meet. “Is that true? Is that right?” Sanderson deadpanned this week during practice. “I think there are [...]

Sometimes it's not about football, it's not about a massive child abuse scandal — it's just about drinking your sworn enemy under the table. And yes,… Sometimes it's not about football, it's not about a massive child abuse scandal — it's just about drinking your sworn enemy under the table. And yes,… By Harriet McLeod [...]

On the first fall Saturday he hasn't coached football since Harry Truman was president, Joe Paterno was out of sight but not out of the minds of Penn State students and supporters. NEW YORK — On "Saturday Night Live," even the devil was offended by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. "SNL" cast member [...]

Echoing their brand new President Rodney Erickson , hundreds of Penn State fans pumped themselves up in the stands today chanting, "WE ARE .. PENN… By Star-Ledger Staff Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerMembers of the Pennsylvania State Police patrol outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium before the Nittany Lions face Nebraska today. Police and bomb-sniffing dogs searched Beaver [...]

Early reports of the grand jury investigation of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky hinted at the firestorm that has occured since he was charged. Early reports of the grand jury investigation of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky hinted at the firestorm that has occured since he was charged. By Harold Brubaker [...]

The nomination by Santorum was made in the same year that a Penn State graduate assistant spotted Sandusky allegedly performing a sex act with a young boy in a shower at the university's athletic complex. He reported the For at least nine years, the Pennsylvania State University football system harbored a predator in its midst, [...]

And now we are faced with the even more heinous issues at Penn State, indictments that make all other “allegations of wrongdoing” seem like wrapping somebody's house with toilet paper. Even though the gross facts are yet to completely be laid out on Scandals of all kinds have tarnished college sports for decades, though what [...]

A chilling story from Penn State that reveals how far people will go to save face and maintain their reputations. In this case, allowing a child molester to continue working, despite knowing they are in fact a child molester. A chilling story from Penn State that reveals how far people will go to save face [...]

BY Dick Weiss Education Secretary Arne Duncan said allegations of sexual abuse involving Penn State University are heartbreaking and make him "extraordinarily angry." If the allegations are proven true, it's "mind boggling" that it was allowed to go on As he does every Tuesday during the season, Joe Paterno will take questions from the media [...]

Penn State needs a clean slate, entirely new leadership and, judging from its actions through this mess, a vast recalibration of its priorities as an academic institution. Morally, Joe Paterno abdicated responsibility entirely. Just hours after stepping down, two high-ranking Penn State administrators face arraignment Monday on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating [...]