Penn State Sanctions: Outrage Grows Over Vacated Victories
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Outrage over the sanctions against Penn State’s football program is high with some fans of the Nittany Lions football team, mostly stemming from the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s decision…
Penn State Football Hit with $60 Million Fine, Avoids Death Penalty
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State’s legendary football team was spared the death penalty on Monday, but the university was fined $60 million and the school’s legendary former coach, Joe Paterno, was stripped of 13 years of …
Penn State Football Hit with $60 Million Fine
Joe Robbins/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State’s legendary football team was spared the death penalty on Monday, but the university was fined $60 million and the school’s legendary former coach, Joe Paterno, was stripped of 13 years of w…
Penn State Football Hit with $60 Million Fine
Joe Robbins/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State’s legendary football team was spared the death penalty on Monday, but the university was fined $60 million and the school’s legendary former coach, Joe Paterno, was stripped of 13 years of w…
Penn State Takes Down Paterno Statue, Prepares for NCAA Sanctions
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — The statue of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was removed from outside the university’s football stadium on Sunday, just hours before the NCAA said it would announce its punishment for the sc…
Penn State Removes Joe Paterno Statue
Chris Gardner/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State removed the statue of former head coach Joe Paterno from outside Beaver Stadium on Sunday.“Coach Paterno’s statue has become a source of division and an obstacle to healing in our Unive…
Joe Paterno Statue Removed at Penn State
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Penn State University’s statue of legendary football coach Joe Paterno was removed from campus Sunday morning in the wake of an investigation that harshly criticized Paterno for failing to take action in the…
Paterno Family Plans Own Investigation After Freeh Report on Penn State Abuse
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — The family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced Monday that it plans to conduct its own investigation into the report that concluded that Paterno and other top Penn State offici…
James Carville: Suspending Penn State Football Is a ‘Really Dumb Idea’
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Democratic strategist James Carville argued that it would be “a really dumb idea” to suspend the Penn State football program, despite an independent investigation finding that top university officia…
Penn State Faces $5M in Child Sex Abuse Case Settlements
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — The Penn State child sex abuse investigation has already cost the university more than $12 million in crisis communication and legal fees. And the university is expected to shell out at least an…
Penn State Board Slams Former President Spanier, Questions Future Honors for Joe Paterno
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Penn State University Board of Trustees said on Thursday that it feels “misled” by former university president Graham Spanier after an independent investigation found that he, along with other top universit…
Report: Joe Paterno, Penn State Officials Disregarded Victims’ Safety
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials acted with “total disregard” for the children sexually abused by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky because of t…
Penn State Awaits Results of Child Sex Abuse Investigation
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State University on Thursday is bracing for the results of an internal investigation into how the school handled the child sex abuse scandal involving its former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandu…
Penn State Awaits Results of Child Sex Abuse Investigation
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Penn State University on Thursday is bracing for the results of an internal investigation into how the school handled the child sex abuse scandal involving its former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandu…
Penn State Has Record Donations During Sandusky Scandal
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — During one of the most difficult and scandal scarred years on record for Penn State University, donations poured into the school from a record number of donors.The Nittany Lions raised more than $208 …
Jerry Sandusky Could Get Pension in Prison Unless Bill Passes
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will likely receive his $58,898-a-year state pension while in prison, unless a bill stalled in Pennsylvania’s senate finance committee is quickly passed by the…
Jerry Sandusky’s Adopted Son Claims Abuse Went On for Years
Rob Carr/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The adopted son of convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky went on record four days into the trial of the former Penn State assistant football coach to allege that he endured seven years of being molested by Sandusky.Matt …
Matt Sandusky Feared Perjury Charge over Grand Jury Testimony
Rob Carr/Getty Images(BELLEFONTE, Pa.) — The adopted son of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky detailed claims of sex abuse in a 25-minute audio tape with police, but he also worried about a perjury charge because he told a grand jury nothing ina…
Jerry Sandusky Verdict: Victim 1′s Mother Speaks Out
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The 45 guilty verdicts made it clear: The jury believed the eight young men who testified against Jerry Sandusky.But before the jury read the verdicts to the court, the biggest fear for the victims and their famili…
Jerry Sandusky Trial Did Not Include All of His Alleged Victims
Booking photo(NEW YORK) — The fate of Jerry Sandusky ended with a guilty verdict Friday night in Bellefonte, Pa. Following 20 hours of sequestered deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men read 45 “guilty” verdicts as Sandusky stood and look…