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Penn State can now focus
ESPN
In the days since the Freeh report was released, and Penn State University
and its disgraced football program drew closer to its denouement, divides
formed around the appropriate response to the greatest scandal in the
history of American sport. Ostensibly ...
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Emmert hopes Penn State penalties send message
Yahoo! Sports
In punishing the Penn State football program with an unprecedented series
of sanctions, President Mark Emmert said he hopes the NCAA has served
notice that a win-at-all-costs mentality in major college football won't be
tolerated. This has been a theme for ...
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Penn State football goes into damage control with "sharks circling" around
top ...
CBS News
Penn State University football running back Silas Redd leaves the Lasch
Football building after a team meetings explaining the ramifications of the
NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program in State
College, Pa., Monday, July 23, ...
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True costs to Penn State to be determined
ESPN (blog)
The financial penalties levied against Penn State on Monday morning are
clear, but the true cost to the university and football program won't be
known for some time. The NCAA penalized the school $60 million, among other
sanctions. The Big 10 followed ...
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Real Reform or Just Redecorating?
New York Times
After the initial whoosh of reaction to the N.C.A.A.'s swift kneecapping of
Penn State football on Monday, after the realization that the N.C.A.A.
against all odds actually tried to stand for something moral and strike a
blow against the win-at-all-costs culture of its ...
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Poly Prep High School Football Coach Advises Student-Athletes Against ...
Yahoo! Sports
Elite high school football players who were once considering going to Penn
State, now have this to think about: a four-year postseason ban for the
Nittany Lions football team, to go along with four years of scholarship
reductions to the program and a $60 ...
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Can Penn State's hometown survive NCAA sanctions?
Yahoo! Sports
(AP) -- Many in this leafy, vibrant college town nicknamed ''Happy Valley''
worry the temporary evisceration of Penn State's football program might
inflict similar damage on a community that, for years, thrived as fans
flocked to home games at the massive ...
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What they're saying about Penn State
ESPN (blog)
USA Today's Christine Brennan: Clearly, Penn State's anemic leaders could
not be trusted to make any of the correct or tough decisions against their
football program, so Emmert did it for them, basically ensuring that Penn
State football will be a shell of its ...
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Penn State punishment: College football reacts to severe NCAA sanctions
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
mark-emmert-ncaa-penn-state-punishment-0724.jpg. Brian Spurlock/US
PresswireThe NCAA announced a sweeping set of sanctions against Penn State
Monday, setting off a chorus of discussion around college football.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Slow. Toothless.
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Penn State Football Loses State Farm As Sponsor
Huffington Post
State Farm Insurance has dropped its sponsorship of Penn State football for
the upcoming season, with a spokeswoman saying it has scrapped plans to
hang signs in Beaver Stadium and air radio commercials during broadcasts of
home games. "We felt it ...
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