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PSU student Horn wins Flamminio scholarship
Penn State University student Brittany Horn was awarded the 2013 Ralph Flamminio Memorial Scholarship at the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting Friday. The award honoring the former editor of The Morning Call of Allentown and Coatesville Record salutes an exemplary Pennsylvania college student who best displays the ideals ...
Penn State defends medical changes after report
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call ...
PSU coach O'Brien not expecting more transfers
Penn State has 67 scholarship players on its football roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts Aug. 31. O'Brien said Wednesday he doesn't expect a second wave of departures from the Nittany Lions, even though NCAA sanctions still ...
New PSU trustees hope to influence board tone
Penn State's three new alumni trustees will likely need more allies on the board to get the school's governing body to re-visit former FBI director Louis Freeh's scathing report into the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. But one of the newly-elected trustees, Barbara Doran, said the turnover does add to ...
Penn St trustees OK changes; incumbents rejected
Penn State trustees approved reforms to university governance on Friday and learned that two incumbents on the university's governing board were voted out by alumni in a contentious election. Incumbent Paul Suhey finished fourth, one spot out of returning to the board. Board vice chair Stephanie Deviney also was rejected ...
Penn State trustees face possible changes
Penn State's Board of Trustees could welcome new members and vote on new rules when the school officials convene this week for two days of meetings. Trustees gathered in committees Thursday before assembling as a full board Friday. They're likely to discuss proposed revisions to university governance rules, including making ...
Back on road, confident O'Brien barnstorms for PSU
Bill O'Brien got to the point. There's no time to waste for a major college football program, even in the offseason — and especially for a Penn State team facing roster restrictions because of NCAA sanctions. Whether he was rallying the fan base Monday at a luncheon or explaining to ...
Sheaffer Says: WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer on Joe Paterno
As fans, family and friends lined up to mourn the legendary football coach, WFTV wondered how the death of Penn State coach Joe Paterno could affect the ongoing civil and criminal cases against former PSU coach Jerry Sandusky. WFTV anchor Greg Warmoth and WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer take a ...
Joe Paterno: A look back at a legendary life
A look back through the years of legendary college football coach Joe Paterno.
Amid scandal, revered Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies at 85
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, died Sunday. He was 85. His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death. "He died as he ...
Penn State students clash with police in unrest after announcement
After top Penn State officials announced that they had fired Joe Paterno on Wednesday night, thousands of students stormed the downtown area to display their anger and frustration.
Fall of a football legend
The same day that legendary football coach Joe Paterno announced he would be retiring at the end of the football season, the university trustees fired him.
Commentary: Paterno’s statement’s not enough, Penn State dropped ball
Joe Paterno will coach at least three more football games. This is not going to be pretty. Paterno confirmed this morning that he will retire at the end of the season. This follows ugly sexual abuse claims against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and the belief by many that school officials, ...
A look at Joe Paterno's legacy
Joe Paterno's contract was set to expire at the end of the season. He is a legend in happy valley and the world of college football. 889 coaches have been hired in division one football since Paterno was hired in 1966. He has 408 wins throughout his tenure, which is ...
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