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• Nike co-founder defends Paterno

  February 12, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 BEAVERTON, Ore. – Nike co-founder Phil Knight has issued a statement blasting the Freeh report’s characterization of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in the child sex abuse …

• Family doesn’t understand Paterno isn’t victim

  February 11, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Go ahead and read all 238 pages of the Paterno family report, if you’re so inclined. People who believe Joe Paterno’s statue should still be standing in Happy Valley probably … 1

• Sandusky jurors hope for harsh sentence

  October 7, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 Jerry Sandusky should be sent to prison for life when a judge sentences him Tuesday, according to several of the jurors who convicted the former Penn State assistant coach of …

• NHL, NHLPA talks remain unscheduled

  September 18, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 NHL: Day 2 of the NHL lockout saw no changes from either side Monday, as talks between the league and the NHLPA remain unscheduled. The NHL locked out the players …

• Ohio beats Penn State 24-14

  September 2, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State players rushed out of the tunnel Saturday behind new head coach Bill O’Brien with the cheers from the Beaver Stadium faithful making their ears …

• Top prospects say they are committed to Penn State

  July 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Several of the top prospects who have given verbal commitments to Penn State have told the team’s coaches they will stick with the program despite the sanctions handed down by …

• Kiffin reportedly meets with Penn State player

  July 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 LOS ANGELES – University of Southern California football coach Lane Kiffin, who reportedly visited Silas Redd in Connecticut on Thursday, isn’t the only Trojan recruiting the Penn State running back. …

• Reactions to NCAA penalties against Penn State

  July 23, 2012 in Sports Reaction to the NCAA penalties against Penn State. 1

• NCAA fines Penn State, strips victories

  July 23, 2012 in Sports INDIANAPOLIS — No death penalty. More like slow death. Wiped out in the record book. Wiped out in the wallet. Wiped out in the ability to recruit, and keep what … 25

• Famed Paterno statue torn down

  July 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Shortly after Penn State tore down its famed statue of coach Joe Paterno, the NCAA announced Sunday it would impose “corrective and punitive” sanctions against the …

• WSU’s Leach, Moos offer opinions on Penn State scandal

  July 18, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Blame will be assigned. Punishment will be meted. And by the time it’s over, Jerry Sandusky might not be the only former Penn State staffer behind bars. Should, then, the …

• Paterno family vows own investigation

  July 17, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Joe Paterno’s family on Monday vowed their own investigation of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, rejecting the findings of a special investigator who concluded the late football coach and other top … 2

• Penn State scandal shows sway coaches, programs have

  July 15, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was a throwaway line, intended to lighten the mood after an ominous revelation by one of the most decorated college football programs in the land. Ohio …

• Report: Paterno contract deal reached amid scandal

  July 15, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Veteran Penn State football coach Joe Paterno began talks that resulted in a sweetened retirement contract in the same month that he testified before a grand …

• Mellinger: Paterno corrupted by craziness, power of sports

  July 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jerry Sandusky cloaked himself in a charity purported to help disadvantaged boys but instead used the cover to rape and sodomize them over a span measured … 4

• Scandals that share the shame

  July 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Years of child sex abuse at Penn State by longtime assistant Jerry Sandusky may represent the worst scandal in the history of college sports. While it’s hard to compare Sandusky’s … 1

• What they said

  July 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Reactions to Freeh Report released Thursday that found Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago …

• Atlanta Dream turn back Seattle in WNBA

  July 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 WNBA: As Sancho Lyttle saw things, what mattered most for the Atlanta Dream was finishing what they started. Lyttle scored 21 points to lead the visiting Dream to a 70-59 …

• Contradicting legacies: Paterno was force for good most of life

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B6 When time does what it does, and the full measure is taken, Joe Paterno’s legacy will be a fine and remarkable thing. It will be very close to what the … 2

• Paterno failed to accept gravity of Penn State situation

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B6 Never has a single career captured more of what is right and wrong about big-time college sports than the astounding arc of Joe Paterno. Patriarch and victim. High-minded and low-concept. … 1

• Ultimate Nittany Lion takes final breath

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Other than family, football was everything to Joe Paterno. It was his lifeblood. It kept him pumped. Life could not be same without it.

• Penn State turns to Patriots’ O’Brien to replace Paterno

  January 6, 2012 in Sports New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien has agreed to become Penn State’s first new head football coach in nearly a half-century. Two people in the NFL with knowledge of … 7

• ESPN gets boost after taking criticism on Sandusky, Fine stories

  December 18, 2011 in Sports on Page C4 NEW YORK – ESPN’s news-making coverage this past week on baseball MVP Ryan Braun and another alleged case of sexual abuse by a sports figure are a boost and, no …

• Jerry Sandusky to face accusers at preliminary hearing Tuesday

  December 12, 2011 in Sports The case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sex abuse, moves into a criminal courtroom Tuesday, when as many as 10 men could testify … 1

• Sandusky’s wife defends husband in sex abuse case

  December 8, 2011 in Sports The wife of ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said today her husband is innocent of the child sex abuse allegations made against him and that his accusers are making … 1

• Sandusky jailed on new child sex abuse charges

  December 7, 2011 in Sports Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was jailed Wednesday after new child sex abuse charges were filed against him based on the claims of new two accusers, including one … 7

• Report: Sandusky speaks out about Penn State molestation case

  December 3, 2011 in Sports Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky said Joe Paterno never spoke to him about any suspected misconduct with minors, the New York Times reported today. Sandusky has been charged … 7

• Penn St. asks ex-FBI director to investigate

  November 22, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped to lead Penn State’s investigation into the child sex-abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach, said his inquiry will go as far back …

• Joe Paterno has lung cancer, son says

  November 18, 2011 in Sports Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son. 3

• Former NHL players Fleury, Kennedy identify with victims

  November 16, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 RALEIGH, N.C. – By his own admission, former NHL superstar Theo Fleury went 25 years without sleeping a solid wink. The only time Fleury, who began drinking at the age …

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