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."
State College Police Chief Tom King says that Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's "discussions with police" about witnessing and stopping Jerry Sandusky's locker room child rape never happened.
Mike McQueary, the coaching assistant who witnessed Jerry Sandusky raping a child in the Penn State locker room in 2002, told CBS's Armen Keteyian that the case has left him, "all over the place -- just kind of shaken ... like a snow globe."
Jon Stewart addressed that disturbing, disastrous phone interview that accused child abuser Jerry Sandusky had with Bob Costas, and the host said he could spot lying when he saw it, saying of the former defense cordinator: "It's like in that phone conversation you're actually fighting the urge to come clean."
While Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant Penn State football coach arrested for sexually abusing young boys, did his public image no favors with his interview on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams, his admissions to Bob Costas could end up hurting him the most in court.
NBC's Bob Costas landed the first interview with accused former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky and it was not a pleasant experience for the subject or the viewers.
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Though Joe Paterno is the natural target of ire in the Penn State sex scandal, much of the harshest criticism is being reserved for the man who reported one of the alleged rapes in the first place.
An end-of-the-season retirement wasn't soon enough. Penn State's board of trustees has fired both football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier, reports the Associated Press.
The big story from the sports world is the potential ouster of Joe Paterno as head coach of Penn State -- which, strangely enough, leads us to a question: Is it ever OK for someone to destroy his or her college diploma?
According to The New York Times, the departure of the veteran football coach is likely.
Today in sports: Joe Paterno's culpability in the Penn State sexual assault scandal, looking back at Magic Johnson's HIV announcement 20 years later, and a Wednesday deadline in the NBA labor talks.
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