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Joe Paterno

  • Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football, died Sunday. He was 85.
    NPR News
    Penn State Football Legend Joe Paterno Dies At 85
    Tom Goldman
    Paterno coached at Penn State for 61 years and had a Hall-Of-Fame career that included two national championships and five undefeated seasons. But his long tenure ended amid a child sexual abuse scandal. He died Sunday after developing complications from lung cancer
  • Coach Joe Paterno's Future In Question At Penn State
    Steve Inskeep
    The Penn State Board of Trustees says it will appoint a special committee to investigate a child sex abuse scandal. This is the case that engulfed the university, its football program and coach Joe Paterno. Former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is accused of repeatedly sexually abusing young boys over a 15-year period, sometimes in the Penn State locker room.