With flub after flub, does Kutcher still deserve the "social media genius" label thrust upon him? We don't think so.
Today in publishing and literature: The release date of Joe Posnanski's authorized Joe Paterno biography gets moved up, a book based on a Tumblr that's actually worth buying, and Uggie the dog continues to extend his 15 minutes of canine fame.
Rick Santorum condemned President Obama for not protecting children from pornographers Sunday night, but in the same 5-minute interview, he wouldn't say that Joe Paterno had failed to protect children from an accused child rapist.
Oddsmakers list the Wildcats as the team most likely to win the NCAA tournament, the crop of March Madness contenders again fails to impress, and Penn State trustees have finally explained the Joe Paterno firing.
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.
The Paterno family announced the death of the legendary Penn State University football coach in a statement.
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: Speculation about why hockey fights are down 25 percent this year, Ohio State will still get its bowl check next year, and the World Boxing Association orders a rematch of last month's "dodgy" welterweight title fight
The Big 10 and Pac-12 close a new scheduling deal to gobble up more college sports scheduling real estate, Penn State's top choice to replace Joe Paterno passes, and Alex Rodriguez's bad knee gets the experimental blood therapy treatment in Germany.
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.
Today in sports: More fallout from the NBA blockbuster trade that wasn't, Fox is a strange position when it comes to the trying to get the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy's dad has harsh words for the way the team treated his head injury last night.
Today in sports: ESPN is getting a new president, Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams had an unexpected house guest, and MLB is officially banning discrimination based on sexual orientation
Joe Paterno's son, Scott Paterno, has announced that his father has a treatable form of lung cancer, reports the AP. "His doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery," said the son.
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.
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."
Penn State's wounds are still fresh--a loss to Nebraska this weekend, the threats against and the administrative leave of coach Mike McQueary, and the embarrassing riots--but that hasn't stopped more news from Sandusky's Second Mile charity from unraveling or a new embarrassment for long-time coach Joe Paterno to shoulder.
At Penn State University's football game since its head coach and president were fired for failing to stop a child predator, the usual drama felt "beside the point."
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