STATE COLLEGE, PA—As thousands of mourners gathered at Penn State's campus spiritual center Wednesday afternoon to say their farewells to Joe Paterno, former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky took the opportunity to express his "deep, everlasting ...
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January 25, 2012
Several hundred people are lined up to pay their final respects to legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno, joining thousands more who attended the first day of a public viewing.
Mourners began entering a campus spiritual center around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, with more joining the long line the stretched down the block and around police barricades.
The earliest arrivers waited three...
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January 26, 2012
Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation at Joe Paterno's public memorial Thursday for defending the late coach's response to an accusation of child sex-abuse against a former assistant.
At a ceremony filled with lavish praise that would likely have embarrassed the school's beloved coach, Knight waded into a subject that had been virtually ignored...
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January 26, 2012
- Joe Paterno was a coaching legend, but due to his involvement in the allegations surrounding Jerry Sandusky, Penn State fans mourn the skipper with mixed emotions. Paterno died on Sunday from lung cancer. His public funeral will take place at the Bryce Jordan Center at 2 p.m. ET. Check out Will O'Toole's cartoon above, which explains how some fans aren't happy with...
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January 25, 2012
On Thursday the Penn State, and college football community will have a chance to gather and honor the life of former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno. The memorial service in Paterno's honor will certainly be of interest to many in State College, Pennsylvania and beyond and we at Nittany Lion's Den encourage you to find some way to tune in and watch it as former players...
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January 24, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State football players past and present made a somber pilgrimage to the campus spiritual center Tuesday for Joe Paterno, attending a viewing for the coach who helped shape the university for more than a half century.
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January 23, 2012
Bill O'Brien calls it an honor to follow the late Joe Paterno as Penn State's next head coach.
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January 25, 2012
Props to this guy for having some serious talent! Regardless where you stand on this Joe Paterno and Penn State saga, JoePa leaves behind a legacy that people will be talking about forever.
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January 26, 2012
A capacity crowd of more than 12,000 is expected to pack a Penn State arena for one more tribute to Joe Paterno, the Hall of Fame football coach who died Sunday at age 85 from lung cancer.
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January 25, 2012
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Actor William Baldwin was swarmed by reporters and fans as he left the spiritual center. The actor said Paterno taught his players “to be men of honor” Here’s the scoop from Philly.com ” Actor Billy Baldwin was among the last through the spiritual center Tuesday. He never attended Penn State, did not know Paterno family...
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January 26, 2012
Former Penn State football players and students are recalling Joe Paterno's effect not just on the school's athletic reputation, but also its educational pursuits.
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January 25, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- The second day of a three-day period of public mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate with the funeral and burial for the Hall of Fame football coach who became the face of Penn State University.
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January 26, 2012
Greg Schiano’s name had come up in many coaching circles, yet the Rutgers head coach consistently said he was staying put. The jersey guy wanted to win championships here at Rutgers. Schiano had the entire Rutgers fan base convinced he would be a long time figure around the Scarlet Knights, similar to his old friend and former employer Joe Paterno at Penn State.
Today, out...
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January 23, 2012
There are heroes and villains, and there are humans. We are not angels and demons, gods and monsters, zeroes and ones. We are fallen angels. We are brilliant beasts. We are between the gutter and the stars. Some of us are closer to the gutter, and others are closer to the stars.
So we are all part angel, part demon. We can imitate Grantland Rice's Great Scorer and tally up a...
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