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NCAA Fines Penn State $60M, Bans It From Bowls

All wins since 1998 voided, but no death penalty

(Newser) - Penn State didn't get the so-called "death penalty," but the NCAA brought down the hammer pretty hard nonetheless, fining the university $60 million—or about what the football program grosses in one year—and banning it from bowl games for four years. NCAA President Mark Emmert said...

NCAA to Hit Penn State With 'Unprecedented' Penalties

Announcement coming tomorrow, 'death penalty' on the table

(Newser) - Even as Penn State took down Joe Paterno's statue this morning, the NCAA is getting ready to levy "unprecedented" penalties against the university, an NCAA source tells CBS News . "I've never seen anything like it," the source says. The NCAA itself confirmed that "corrective...

Penn State Taking Down Paterno Statue

Crews have blockaded area outside Beaver Stadium

(Newser) - Penn State is taking down the tarnished statue of longtime coach Joe Paterno, reports the AP . The university's president, Rod Erickson, has confirmed that he has given the order to remove the iconic statue, and a chainlink fence is blockading the area outside Beaver Stadium this morning. "I...

Penn State Trustee Resigns Over Sandusky Scandal

Steve Garban first board member to leave

(Newser) - A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become "a distraction and an impediment" to the university's efforts to move forward following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Steve Garban's resignation last night...

Penn State Students Guarding Paterno Statue

Plane tows banner over campus vowing to take statue down

(Newser) - Penn State students have rallied to protect a statue of disgraced former coach Joe Paterno. A vigil to protect the bronze statue outside Beaver Stadium began after a plane flew over campus earlier this week with a banner reading: "Take the statue down or we will," reports the...

Why Paterno&#39;s Statue Must Stand
 Why Paterno's 
 Statue Must Stand 
OPINION
Jul 18, 2012 12:05 PM CDT

Why Paterno's Statue Must Stand

Penn State can't forget how it deified Joe Paterno: Ta-Nehisi Coates

(Newser) - The people of Happy Valley revered Joe Paterno, and the brand of scholarly athleticism he preached—so much so that they rioted when he was fired. "It is a truth of history that good people do sometimes do heinous things, but that makes it no easier for the human...

NCAA Prez: 'Death Penalty' on Table for Penn State

'It was more than a football scandal,' Mark Emmert tells Tavis Smiley

(Newser) - NCAA President Mark Emmert strongly hinted that the NCAA would take action against Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal—and that the so-called "death penalty" was a possibility. "I've never seen anything as egregious," Emmert told Tavis Smiley,...

3 Accuse Sandusky of Abuse in '70s, '80s

First indication of abuse that pre-dated the '90s

(Newser) - Three men have come forward to accuse Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse in the 1970s or 1980s, reports the Patriot-News , punching a hole in Sandusky's assertion that he couldn't have magically turned into a pedophile in his 50s. These are the first accusations against Sandusky that pre-date the...

Paterno Family to Investigate Freeh Report

Family does not agree with damning conclusions

(Newser) - In the wake of the damning Freeh report and the outrage that has followed , Joe Paterno's family is launching its own probe into the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal. Paterno family members "are dismayed by, and vehemently disagree with" the former FBI director's report, they say in a...

Joe Paterno Was a Selfish Liar
 Joe Paterno Was a Selfish Liar 
opinion
Jul 13, 2012 1:44 PM CDT

Joe Paterno Was a Selfish Liar

Sally Jenkins says the football coach cared more about his legacy than kids

(Newser) - There's no longer any room for doubt: "Joe Paterno was a liar," writes Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post , who was the last to interview Paterno before his death. How, she had asked, could he not have known about the 1998 grand jury investigation into Sandusky? "...

Penn State TVs Switched to Public Access Before Report

Sets in student center left CNN just as today's report was released

(Newser) - It was either a bizarre coincidence or a weird attempt to downplay today's Penn State report on campus: The TVs in the college's student center suddenly switched from CNN to public access just as news about the Freeh Report broke, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Some of those gathered...

Damning Penn State Report Released

 Damning Penn State 
 Report Released 
UPDATED
Jul 12, 2012 9:34 AM CDT

Damning Penn State Report Released

Freeh Report: Spanier, Schultz, Paterno, Curley all disregarded victims' safety

(Newser) - Today's most anticipated news event has arrived: The 9am ET release of the so-called Freeh Report, Penn State's internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal based on more than 3.5 million emails and documents and 430 interviews. Highlights of the report, whose compilation was helmed by...

It's Time to See Joe Paterno as He Really Was: a Liar

Paterno helped drive Sandusky cover-up: Buzz Bissinger

(Newser) - Newly released Penn State emails from 2001 imply that Joe Paterno helped drive a cover-up of the infamous Jerry Sandusky shower incident, which flies in the face of Paterno's grand jury testimony. In the Daily Beast , Buzz Bissinger pulls no punches as he rails against the lionization of...

2001 Penn State Emails: Was There a Cover-Up?

President, officials apparently sent emails about the Sandusky shower incident

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky may be behind bars , but the allegations are still coming—this time, against Penn State. CNN was given access to emails sent in 2001 that raise questions about what former Penn State President Graham Spanier and two former officials (then-VP Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley )...

State Paying Sandusky's $5K-a-Month Pension

He gets almost $5k per month, partially taxpayer-funded

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky may wind up spending the rest of his life in prison, but apparently that's no reason to deny him his hard-earned pension. Sandusky will continue receiving his $4,908-a-month state pension, which is partially funded by taxpayers, ABC 27 reports. In order to strip Sandusky of his...

In Jail, Sandusky Faces Taunts, Suicide Watch

Was taunted by fellow prisoners during his last jail stint

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky is back behind bars and again on suicide watch following his conviction Friday of sexually abusing 10 boys. And he's probably not having a great time at the Centre County Correctional Facility, where he also spent a night in December before being released on bail: The Daily...

Sandusky Juror: His Reaction Was 'Confirmation'

Former coach seemed to expect and accept guilty verdicts

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky spent his first night as a prisoner isolated from other inmates and on a precautionary suicide watch, reports CNN . One of the jurors who sent him behind bars , meanwhile, said Sandusky's lack of emotion in court last night spoke volumes. "I looked at him during the...

Jerry Sandusky Guilty on 45 Counts

Ex-Penn State coach will probably spend the rest of his life in prison

(Newser) - Barring a miracle, Jerry Sandusky is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. A jury tonight convicted the former Penn State assistant football coach on 45 of 48 counts of sexually abusing boys. The jury of seven women and five men, including nine with ties to Penn...

Sandusky's Fate Now in Jury's Hands

3 charges dropped this morning; he still faces 48 counts

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky's fate is now in the jury's hands. In his closing argument, defense attorney Joe Amendola attempted to discredit the first alleged victim who came forward, claiming that Victim 1's lawyer is after money and that he and investigators prompted the alleged victim to come forward...

Defense Rests Without Sandusky Taking Stand

Closing arguments to begin tomorrow

(Newser) - We won't be hearing Jerry Sandusky's side of things from Jerry Sandusky himself. The defense rested today without calling the former Penn State assistant coach to the stand, reports the Patriot News . The prosecution had no rebuttal, which means things will kick off again tomorrow at 9am, at...

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