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Happy Valley betrayal

...Pennsylvanians are still in shock over the sexual-abuse scandal at Penn State University. Even though most of us never met Joe Paterno, we loved and respected him as a father figure. We believed in the purity and goodness of "Joe" or "JoePa," and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-07-24/happy-valley-betray
Guest Columns
Not so happy in Happy Valley - Penn State sacked with sanctions

...adoring fans. Over the weekend, a statue of him was hauled off to seclusion by a forklift and stored out of sight. Joe Paterno had built a dynasty over decades of coaching the Nittany Lions at Penn State University.On Monday, following a scathing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-07-24/not-so-happy-happy-valley-penn-st
Opinion
At Penn State, 1 more chance to remember Paterno

...in the same stadium on fall weekends by the late coach Joe Paterno.A weekend during which the annual Blue-White spring...the back - the latter phrase referencing a command from Joe Paterno's father, Angelo, to his son.The "Team Paterno...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-04-22/penn-state-1-more-chance-remember-paterno
College sports needs a government intervention

...run roughshod over academics, including college presidents.Penn State is illustrative. The fabled football coach, Joe Paterno, the president and the athletic director have been fired for covering up the alleged systemic abuse of young boys by...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2011-12-12/college-sports-need
Other Opinion
OTHER OPINION: Why didn't they speak up?

...but at no point were police or child welfare authorities notified. The graduate assistant told head football coach Joe Paterno, who told Mr. Curley, who brought in Mr. Schultz with the result that Mr. Sandusky was instructed - big deal...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2011-11-10/other-opinion-why-d
Other Opinion
Don't tweet that!

...Twitter followers" and sent out a tweet to his 8 million-plus followers on his thoughts on the firing of Penn State's Joe Paterno following child molestation allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Kutcher tweeted "How do you...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-04-22/dont-tweet
News | Lifestyle
Record victory for JoePa

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno and his record 324 victories symbolize the glory of Penn State's past. The future appears to belong to a freshman quarterback...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/102901/nsp_1029010031.shtml
Sports
Paterno's passion for coaching contineus

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- There's not much Joe Paterno hasn't seen in his 51 years of coaching college football. But one thing the Penn State coach certainly wasn't accustomed to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/100600/spo_1006000033.shtml
Sports
Paterno's pride in Nittany Lions doesn't waver

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno is a little cranky these days. You can see that in the piece...indomitable, although frequently it just looks irascible. But then, Joe Paterno is 73, he's entitled. He has lived in this town for 51 years...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111800/nsp_1118000012.shtml
Sports
Gophers' last visit was start of PSU slide

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Paterno says he doesn't have time to think about the last time Minnesota visited Penn State. After all, that was four years ago, and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092603/ssp_0926030015.html
Sports

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