HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State said Monday it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands…
(RNN/CNN) – Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky received a sentence of 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday for his conviction on child sexual…
It is well-known that Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 of 48 counts of sex abuse of minors in…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Players’ names are being added to Penn State’s football jerseys for the coming season, the university announced Tuesday, along with blue ribbons to show support for victims of child abuse. School officials said adding the names was a way to recognize the ”resolve and dedication” of the players, as the […]
via CBS News CBS News has learned that the NCAA will announce what a high-ranking association source called “unprecedented” penalties against both the Penn State University football team and the school. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the source told correspondent Armen Keteyian. NCAA President Mark Emmert will make the announcement Monday morning at 9 […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (RNN) – Pennsylvania State University senior leaders were more concerned with saving the university’s reputation than with protecting Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual…
via CNN Years before Jerry Sandusky was charged with child sexual abuse, a psychologist told Penn State police in 1998 that the former assistant football coach acted the way a pedophile might. In her assessment, Alycia Chambers described her involvement in a case in which the mother of a young boy reported that Sandusky had […]
Westboro Baptist Church, known for its extreme views against homosexuality, has decidec to picket former Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s funeral. Regardless of the controversy, you can’t give this man’s family the dignity of a peaceful funeral? Margie Phelps, daughter of Pastor Fred Phelps, announced on Twitter today theWestboro Baptist Church would be picketing the funeral of former […]
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 […]
After the Sandusky and Bernie Fine scandals, I saw Ice-T @FINALLEVEL on Twitter. He mentioned something about how some men who are really good coaches, may not want to coach out of fear of false accusations by kids or parents. I talked about it with a few of my friends. Fundamentally they agreed with Ice-T. […]
SANDUSKY just posted bail to get out of jail! $250,000! Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has been arrested on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers. Authorities say Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday.
