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Penn State is being urged to shut down its football program
Los Angeles Times
Legal experts and educators are imploring Penn State to shut down its
football program before the NCAA doles out penalties. The penalties for
Penn State are expected to be severe after an investigation revealed that
Penn State officials covered up a ...
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Joe Paterno statue sculptor says wait
ESPN
Joe Paterno still greets visitors to Beaver Stadium. Forever looking spry,
and pointing toward the sky with his jacket flown open and tie whipped
around as if it was hit by the wind of another brisk Penn State football
Saturday, Paterno is still there.
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Penn State Urged to Shut Football Before NCAA Sandusky Penalties
San Francisco Chronicle
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pennsylvania State University is being urged by
legal experts and educators to shut its football program after an
investigation found officials covered up a child sex-abuse scandal
involving a former assistant coach. National Collegiate ...
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Memo to Governor Mark Dayton: Football Is Not War
Huffington Post (blog)
In a political year filled with more stupid statements than Mitt Romney has
offshore bank accounts, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton unleashed a doozy
Tuesday. While discussing the recent legal problems of Minnesota Vikings
running back Adrian Peterson, ...
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Penn State Football Scandal: Four Possible Punishments for the Football
Program
Bleacher Report
Ladies and gentlemen, this is bigger than football. This was neglect, greed
and ego all in one from the four most powerful men on campus; one of them
the most powerful man in Pennsylvania. If this ruling did happen, maybe one
year would do justice.
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Paterno statue maker: Cover it
FOXSports.com
Four of the most powerful people at The Pennsylvania State University —
President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President-Finance and Business
Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football
Coach Joseph V. Paterno — failed to ...
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Penn State Football should not receive death penalty
PennLive.com (blog)
To start off, from the outside, this looks like a football scandal. The
truth though is that this is not a football scandal. Those four individuals
that were mainly responsible (yes, including Paterno) are the ones that
should be held accountable for their actions.
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Is Alabama reliving its own '70s Show?
Boston Herald
One week. That's how long the Alabama football team celebrated last year's
national championship before turning its attention to this season and a
chance to claim its first back-to-back titles since 1978 and '79. "We'd
been back on campus about a week when ...
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Like it or not, Nick Saban is all business
Boston Herald
HOOVER, Ala. — They came to see the king on Thursday morning, and if
you're not comfortable with the idea of calling a college football coach a
king, then you don't understand Nick Saban's hold on the people in this
state. And, as Saban keeps winning, his ...
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BBC Sport - Friday's gossip column - transfers and rumours
Manchester City are willing to offer Birmingham midfielder Foday Nabay the
most attractive package for a 13-year-old ever in British football as they
bid to ...
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