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As a former coach and teacher, i am ashamed of the conduct of Coach Paterno and the others involved in this scandal. How the assistant could stand there and watch the rape in the shower, and then how Coach Paterno and others could do nothing after being told except report it, is beyond understanding. It is a sad day at Penn State.
Gary Holbrook – Editor
Legendary coach axed as child abuse scandal envelops Penn State University
Brisbane Times
Famed US college gridiron coach Joe Paterno and the president of Penn State University have been fired in the fallout from a child abuse scandal and cover-up involving a former assistant coach and school officials. The move by the university’s board of …
One remedy: Penn State without football
ESPN
They fired the president of the university. They fired Joe Paterno, their legendary coach. They allowed the athletic director and a university vice president to at least temporarily leave their jobs. But the trustees who govern Penn …
Mike McQueary: Sex-abuse witness under scrutiny
CBS News
Assistant coach Mike McQueary of the Penn State Nittany Lions walks the sidelines against the Syracuse Orangemen during the second half at Beaver Stadium September 12, 2009 in State College, Pennsylvania. A legendary head coach and longtime president …
Joe Paterno’s Legacy
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Earlier this week, before the Penn State scandal broke, my Twitter stream was aflutter with people talking about the Conrad Murray verdict. They were celebrating Murray’s conviction–and once again lamenting the death of Michael Jackson and all the …
Seeming parallels abound in Penn State, Catholic Church abuse scandals
CNN (blog)
(CNN) – Both are managed by male dominated-hierarchies. Both are revered by millions of people. And both allegedly dealt with accusations of sexual abuse of children internally, without going to law enforcement …
Joe Paterno’s Fired, Others Not: Attorney General’s Office Has ‘Concern’
ABC News
Pennsylvania’s attorney general has voiced “concern” over Penn State University’s firing of legendary football coach Joe Paterno and the treatment of other witnesses and officials involved in a child sexual abuse case. …
Interim Penn State coach takes helm
CNN
Following the firing of Penn State’s legendary football coach Joe Paterno and the school’s president, hundreds of students take to the streets in State College, Pennsylvania, early Thursday, November 10. …
Why play the game? | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-11-10
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Penn State board of trustees, like so many others in the scandal of silence that has engulfed the university, did the bare minimum on Wednesday by firing coach Joe Paterno and school president Graham Spanier. Choosing which cufflinks to wear to the …
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