The Paterno family released their big response to the Freeh report Sunday morning, alleging it condemned Paterno based on (at best) circumstantial evidence and was for the mort part "factually wrong."
Now that a Pennsylvania judge has rejected Jerry Sandusky's request for a new trial, the convicted child sex abuser and former Penn State football coach is running out of ways to avoid spending the rest of his life behind bars.
In a stunning and very public about-face, Governor Tom Corbett announced that he will file a lawsuit asking federal courts to throw out the NCAA sanction given to Penn State University as punishment for the scandal.
Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has been given a sentence of not less than 30 years, but not more than 60 years in prison, essentially guarantee that 68-year-old convicted child abuser will stay in jail for the rest of his life.
Hours before he is to be sentenced for his child sexual abuse conviction, former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has released a bizarre jailhouse audio tape where he professes his innocence and blames his victims for orchestrating a conspiracy against him.
Victim 1, the anonymous teenager who first complained to police about the abuse in 2008 and whose testimony helped convict Sandusky of sexually abusing boys, will come forward on Oct. 23, when he will publish a book about his experience.
In one of the more disturbing reads this morning, The New York Daily News has an exclusive with a Pennsylvania man who alleges that Sandusky was a member of a tri-state child-prostitution ring involving a football coach at a top-tier Brooklyn private school.
In a mini-PR campaign to clear his name, former Penn State President Graham Spanier gave his first interviews since the release of the Freeh Report and continues to denounce the accusations that he covered up the child abuse of Jerry Sandusky.
Today in books and publishing: Molly Ringwald talks up her novel; Thurber Prize finalists; Jerry Sandusky is working on a book in prison; what Ira Glass is reading.
The insurance company that provides Penn State University with its general liability coverage says they won't be paying out any claims that might arise from Jerry Sandusky's criminal child abuse.
If you thought we were done hearing about the graphic details of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of young boys, you were wrong.
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is fighting back against the allegations made against him in the Freeh Report, but his defense isn't much of a defense at all.
There have been numerous calls in recent to severely punish or outright end the Penn State football program for covering up Jerry Sandusky's crimes, but we shouldn't be too quick to punish others for the sins of an handful of corrupt old men.
As the Jerry Sandusky trial began to play out, Joe Paterno started to renegotiate his contract and was able to score a huge single year payout from Penn State in exchange for shortening his existing contract by a year.
Former FBI director Louis Freeh has announced the findings of his investigation into the Penn State sex abuse scandal and Penn State's senior leaders all stand accused of covering up allegations about Jerry Sanduky's abuse of children.
Apparently when the Freeh Group unveils their long-awaited investigation into Penn State's handling of Jerry Sandusky next week, it won't be good for the legacy of Joe Paterno.
Joe Paterno's family is setting itself up for a tough job, downplaying the importance of emails that appear to show the former Pennsylvania State University football coach helped cover up allegations that Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing a child.
CNN has reportedly been informed of the contents of emails between top Penn State officials that allege a cover-up of a 2001 incident involving Jerry Sandusky, and the messages seem to implicate that it was Joe Paterno's idea to not report Sandusky.
Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky plan to appeal his conviction on the grounds that an NBC interview with the former coach, which was played for jurors, contained an editing error. Sound familiar?
Sometime around 10 p.m. Friday night, Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 out of the potential 48 charges being brought against him. The length of Sandusky's jail term hasn't been decided yet, but he's facing potentially hundreds of years behind bars.
Jerry Sandusky's adopted son Matt has told authorities that his father abused him, the Associated Press reports.
New documents uncovered from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office indicate that a top Penn State official kept a file about sexual assault allegations against former football coach Jerry Sandusky, and that he and the University president agreed that it would be "humane" to not report Sandusky to authorities.
Cartoonist Tony Auth on Sandusky and the jury of his peers.
Of the 12 jurors and 4 alternates selected to hear the sexual abuse trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, fully half have some connection to the university where some of the alleged crimes took place.
Shockingly, the allegations that former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky raped kids have hurt donations to his charity, and it's now making plans to close.
Mike McQueary, famed for observing Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a child, is now filing a whistleblower lawsuit against his university, and while details are still thin, any case with McQueary will eventually make big news, we imagine
With flub after flub, does Kutcher still deserve the "social media genius" label thrust upon him? We don't think so.
Facing 52 counts of child abuse, Jerry Sandusky is now being accused of acting inappropriately with his own grandson.
An old video has resurfaced of Newt Gingrich on Charlie Rose's show in 1998 discussing a conversation he had with the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno about how to deal with assistant coaches.
One day after Joe Paterno's emotionally charged memorial at Penn State, Jerry Sandusky asks a Pennsylvania court to allow him access to his grandchildren.
Reports that Joe Paterno has died at age 85 are false, says a family spokesperson.
The legendary Penn State football coach, his legacy forever stained by the Jerry Sandusky sexual assault scandal, opens up for an interview with The Washington Post, even as he struggles through chemo.
Today in sports: the New York Jets front has created a culture where press leaks are vital, the Miami Dolphins are about to make Jeff Fisher the NFL's highest paid coach, and Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has signed a new contract that could pay him $25 million a year.
Wow, Jerry Sandusky apparently doesn't want the media circus around him to end anytime soon.
NBC correspondent Jay Gray was trying to be a good journalist, going over to the home of dirtbag lawyer Joe Amendola to score an exclusive interview with other dirtbag Jerry Sandusky, the ex-Penn State coach accused of raping boys, but ended up with a DUI arrest instead.
Mike McQueary, eye-witness to one of Jerry Sandusky's alleged rapes, took the stand today in a hearing for two other Penn State officials to give his first public account of exactly he says he did (and did not) see happened in the team's locker room one 2002 night.
Accused child molester Jerry Sandusky's lawyer suggested this week that his client showered with young boys because may have been teaching them hygiene.
Former Pennsylvania State University football coach and accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky arrived at court for his preliminary hearing on more than 50 criminal counts Monday, and after a short meeting with his lawyers, waived his right to the evidentiary hearing.
A Pennsylvania judge just overturned a prior ruling that prohibited reporters from tweeting or emailing during alleged sex offender and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's preliminary hearing on Tuesday.
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was just arrested at his home in Pennsylvania after two new accusers came forward to claim he sexually abused them as well.
The former Penn State football coach charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse of children is talking to the media again.
Today in sports: The Minnesota Vikings release Donovan McNabb, a Michigan State cheerleader is out of the hospital after a scary fall during last night's game against Florida State, and NBA players in China are stuck there until March.
The criminal case against Jerry Sandusky is progressing, but one of his alleged victims has filed a civil suit against him and Pennsylvania State University, alleging more than 100 instances of abuse by the former football coach.
The NBA eyes a Christmas start date as labor talks continue, college football's post-season has the potential to be historically messy this year, and American Samoa's soccer team snaps a 17-year streak of futility.
One of the two new alleged victims in the Jerry Sandusky case is a relative of the former Penn State assistant football coach, reports Patriot-News.
Today in sports: Hawaii faces a point-shaving scandal, Urban Meyer denies Ohio rumors, and Hulk Hogan gets taken to the mat in his divorce.
Children and Youth Services in Pennsylvania have opened two new cases of alleged child abuse against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky that could be the first involving children who are currently minors.
One of Jerry Sandusky's alleged molestation victims, now 17 years old, has left his high school after bullies blamed him for the firing of Penn State's football coach Joe Paterno.
CNN goes deep into the disgraced former football coach's memoir to try to chart the origins of his alleged abuse of young boys.
Cartoonist Tony Auth isn't filing away the Penn State scandal just yet.
A post on a Penn State fan forum was the key break in the Jerry Sandusky case, because it led investigators to coach Mike McQueary who finally "unburdened himself" about what he knew about the coach's sexual abuse of children.
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