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 […]

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece…

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 […]

via CNN Attorneys for alleged victims of Jerry Sandusky lashed out Saturday at a new interview with the former Penn State football coach, with one calling it “another failed attempt to manipulate the public.” Howard Janet, who represents the person identified as Victim 6 in the grand jury report that led to Sandusky’s indictment, said […]

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 […]

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