http://www.mail.com/people/28062-joe-paterno.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28062-joe-paterno.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call that the health and sa... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html 2013-05-15T22:58:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2072326-psu-coach-obrien-expecting-transfers.html NEW YORK (AP) — Penn State has 67 scholarship players on its football roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts Aug. 31. O'Brien said Wednesday he doesn't expect a second wave of departures from the Nittany Lions, even though NCAA sanctions still allow his players to transfer without sitt... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:59:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2072326-psu-coach-obrien-expecting-transfers.html 2013-05-08T23:59:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023414-mcqueary-lawsuit-penn-to-forward.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State will go forward, a judge ruled Tuesday, denying the university's request to have it dismissed. Former assistant football coach Mike McQueary sued the school in October, claiming he was portrayed as untruthful in statements made in 2011 by the university's president after Jerr... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:56:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023414-mcqueary-lawsuit-penn-to-forward.html 2013-04-16T17:56:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2014216-penn-revenue-decline-traced-to-renewal-fees.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — About 90 percent of the $7.8 million decline in revenue for Penn State's athletic department was due to a loss of one-time fees related to football club seat and suite renewals that were not budgeted for in 2012. The department Thursday released a statement offering explanations on the financial report released earlier this week.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2014216-penn-revenue-decline-traced-to-renewal-fees.html 2013-04-11T20:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010908-paternos-widow-we-were-ignorant-sex-predators.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno's widow said Wednesday that she and her husband were ignorant about sexual predators like Jerry Sandusky and did not realize that the former Penn State assistant football coach was abusing the boys he met through a children's charity that he founded. "We have been unaware of how a predator behaves," Sue Paterno said at a... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:14:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010908-paternos-widow-we-were-ignorant-sex-predators.html 2013-04-10T17:14:07Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1977704-sandusky-speaks-again-maintains-innocence.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nine months after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys — a scandal that destroyed the once unimpeachable reputation of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno — Jerry Sandusky is again claiming he did nothing wrong. Sandusky has rarely spoken about the allegations, although he has consistently maintained his innocence since his Nov... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:11:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1977704-sandusky-speaks-again-maintains-innocence.html 2013-03-25T21:11:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1973042-nbc-to-air-interview-with-jerry-sandusky-monday.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — NBC plans to air excerpts of jailhouse interviews with former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky next week that were given to a documentary filmmaker working on a defense of Joe Paterno. The network said in the segment, to be broadcast Monday on the "Today" show, the convicted sex offender will give his account of the enco... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:22:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1973042-nbc-to-air-interview-with-jerry-sandusky-monday.html 2013-03-22T20:22:21Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1925766-mitchell-to-ncaa-penn-st-making-steady-progress.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State is making steady progress in implementing the requirements outlined by the NCAA following the sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell said Friday. Mitchell, the independent athletics integrity monitor, also said in a statement Friday that the university is making progr... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:23:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1925766-mitchell-to-ncaa-penn-st-making-steady-progress.html 2013-03-01T21:23:59Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1885092-nike-co-founder-blasts-freeh-report.html BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight has issued a statement blasting the Freeh report's characterization of Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the child sex abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Following the release last year of former FBI director Louis Freeh's report, Knight issued a statement saying he was saddened that Pa... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1885092-nike-co-founder-blasts-freeh-report.html 2013-02-12T00:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1882086-column-rescuing-paternos-reputation.html 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 will, and feel pretty good about it at the end. The summary weighs in at just four pages and does its job of giving Paterno a posthumous cleansing, too. Turns out he was a trusting s... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1882086-column-rescuing-paternos-reputation.html 2013-02-11T00:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1878104-letter-sue-paterno-defends-late-husband.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a "moral, disciplined" man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity. The wife of the former Penn State coach is fighting back against the accusations against Joe Paterno that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1878104-letter-sue-paterno-defends-late-husband.html 2013-02-08T23:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1876188-trustee-who-fired-paterno-to-leave-penn-st-board.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The Penn State trustee who fired football coach Joe Paterno over the phone will leave the board when his term ends in June, the university announced Thursday. John Surma was vice chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees when he told Paterno that he was being ousted after 46 seasons as Penn State's head coach on Nov. 9, 2011. ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1876188-trustee-who-fired-paterno-to-leave-penn-st-board.html 2013-02-07T23:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876280-ncaa-wants-pa-govs-penn-lawsuit-dismissed.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA said Thursday a judge should throw out the federal antitrust lawsuit the governor filed against it over Penn State's $60 million fine and other penalties resulting from the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. College sports' governing body said in a filing that it disagrees with just about every allegation in the comp... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876280-ncaa-wants-pa-govs-penn-lawsuit-dismissed.html 2013-02-07T23:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1846964-penn-sandusky-settlements-appear-close.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's negotiator for civil claims involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said Friday the school has been in talks with 28 people and settlement discussions with some claimants could soon produce results. The number of claimants is 18 more than were involved in Sandusky's criminal case this summer, when eight... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1846964-penn-sandusky-settlements-appear-close.html 2013-01-25T23:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1839702-vigil-caps-low-key-day-remembering-joe-paterno.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of candles created a dull glow at the base of the mural that contained a likeness of Joe Paterno, each flame flickering to commemorate the year since the death of Penn State's Hall of Fame coach. Time hasn't erased the pain of supporters who feel Paterno's reputation has been unfairly sullied in the aftermath of the Jerr... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1839702-vigil-caps-low-key-day-remembering-joe-paterno.html 2013-01-23T10:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1839140-signs-vigil-mark-anniversary-paternos-death.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Flowers and mementos left by supporters adorned Joe Paterno's gravesite Tuesday, a year after the longtime Penn State coach's death, while at the spot where a bronze statue of him used to stand, a makeshift sign of cardboard flapped in a cold wind. "Joseph Paterno. Always remembered. Always a legend," read the sign outside Beaver... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1839140-signs-vigil-mark-anniversary-paternos-death.html 2013-01-23T00:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1838730-victim-6-sues-penn-state-sandusky-charity.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A young man who testified at a child sex abuse trial last summer that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky tickled and grabbed him in a campus shower in 1998 sued him, his charity and the university on Tuesday. The man, previously described as Victim 6 in court papers, filed the federal lawsuit in Philadelphia a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1838730-victim-6-sues-penn-state-sandusky-charity.html 2013-01-22T22:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1835676-vigil-planned-to-remember-paterno-1-year.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — From bumper stickers to signs posted by a few businesses to the occasional T-shirt, reminders of Joe Paterno sprinkle Happy Valley. Most cues are subtle enough to make an outsider look twice. Like the decals with the outline of the bespectacled Paterno's distinctive face, or the shirt with the image of the longtime Penn State coa... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1835676-vigil-planned-to-remember-paterno-1-year.html 2013-01-21T21:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1832666-president-spanier-attends-penn-game.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier attended the school's men's basketball game against Nebraska on Saturday, making a rare high-profile appearance on campus in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Spanier and two other high-ranking former administrators face charges including perjury and obstruct... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1832666-president-spanier-attends-penn-game.html 2013-01-20T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828056-pacino-to-play-paterno-upcoming-movie.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Al Pacino will play Joe Paterno in a movie about the late Penn State football coach. Producer Edward R. Pressman confirms Brian De Palma will direct "Happy Valley," the tentative title of the film, based on Joe Posnanski's best-seller "Paterno." "'Happy Valley' reunites the 'Scarface' and 'Carlito's Way' team of De Palma and Pacino for ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828056-pacino-to-play-paterno-upcoming-movie.html 2013-01-17T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1810536-jerry-sanduskys-lawyers-argue-trial.html BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky emerged from prison to attend a hearing 200 miles away at which his lawyers argued Thursday he deserves a new trial on child molestation charges because they didn't have enough time to prepare for the first one. The 68-year-old former Penn State assistant coach played no active role in the proceedings, but briefly gre... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1810536-jerry-sanduskys-lawyers-argue-trial.html 2013-01-10T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1796988-criminal-cases-pa-ag-hand-ncaa-suit.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's attorney general said she granted Gov. Tom Corbett the authority to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA because the litigation could present a conflict of interest as her office prosecutes three Penn State administrators. Attorney General Linda Kelly told The Associated Press on Thursday that "an actual ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1796988-criminal-cases-pa-ag-hand-ncaa-suit.html 2013-01-03T21:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1797094-column-why-ncaa-pile-penn-state.html Piling on is one of those things you're supposed to know when you see it. Some of us argued that's what the NCAA did back in July, when it knee-capped Penn State's program for years to come with scholarship losses and a bowl ban, then instructed the university to fork over $60 million besides. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett joined the chorus ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1797094-column-why-ncaa-pile-penn-state.html 2013-01-03T08:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1795078-pa-governor-sues-ncaa-penn-sanctions.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor, in a challenge to the NCAA's powers, claimed in a lawsuit Wednesday that college sports' governing body overstepped its authority and "piled on" when it penalized Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Gov. Tom Corbett asked that a federal judge throw out the sanctions, which includ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1795078-pa-governor-sues-ncaa-penn-sanctions.html 2013-01-03T01:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794744-governor-to-sue-ncaa-penn-sanctions.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. The Republican governor scheduled a Wednesday news conference on the Penn State campus in State College to announce the filing in U.S. Distri... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794744-governor-to-sue-ncaa-penn-sanctions.html 2013-01-02T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1785588-sports-year-sad-sagas-story-2012.html Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong abandoned his fight against doping allegations. Roger Clemens won his court battle, despite lingering skepticism over whether he used steroids. The impact of early-stage dementia forced Pat Summitt to step ... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1785588-sports-year-sad-sagas-story-2012.html 2012-12-24T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780162-ap-poll-mass-shootings-voted-top-2012-news-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — The horrific massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012, narrowly edging out the U.S. election, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The results followed a rare decision by the AP to re-conduct the voting... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780162-ap-poll-mass-shootings-voted-top-2012-news-story.html 2012-12-20T20:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an established image was shattered by a fall from grace. Whitney Houston ruled as a queen of pop music, but ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html 2012-12-19T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1776524-penn-voted-ap-sports-story-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by U.S. editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press. The news broke in November 2011, with a grand jury report outlining charges against Jerry Sandusky, and the outrage that followed led to the firing of Hall of Fame coach... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1776524-penn-voted-ap-sports-story-year.html 2012-12-19T15:16:00Z