HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys ranging in age from 8 to 17, eight of whom were molested on the Penn State campus, according to a document with new details about the case filed Thursday. SEE ALSO: Why I Am A Male Feminist The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said in […]

Joe Paterno’s success as an N.C.A.A. head coach far outshines the tragic end to his career writes, Rick Reilly of ESPN. SEE ALSO: Romney Faces High Stakes In Florida And one of the best examples of Paterno’s care for his players is Adam Taliaferro, a former Penn State cornerback who sustained a paralyzing spine injury […]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85. SEE ALSO: Did Gingrich Triumph Over Romney? His family released a statement […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Penn State President Rodney Erickson wrapped up three cities in three days of often tense meetings with alumni assuring this: “We’re going to be OK.” And that was one thing frustrated graduates could applaud. Erickson faced about 300 alums in a packed hotel ballroom in lower Manhattan on Friday night, the […]

In an exclusive video interview with the New York Times,  former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky denied allegations that he sexually abused dozens of boys over the last few decades, using his charity The Second Mile as a kind of “farm team” to pick his victims: “They’ve taken everything that I ever did […]

In 2000, several African American Penn State football players received hate mail including racial slurs and death threats. At the time, coach Paterno met with the Penn State Black Caucus student group but said he did not have the power to intervene. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man Alive See Also: Occupy Wall Street Film The […]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For the first time in almost a half-century, someone other than Joe Paterno is calling the shots at Penn State.