Joe Paterno

Tribute to Joe: Phil Knight Speaks His Mind

January 27, 2012 Current Events

Former Penn State head football coach, the late Joe Paterno, was memorialized on Thursday afternoon before a packed house of more than 10,000 at Bryce Jordan Center, where the Nittany Lions play basketball. The event was as emotional as we expected, but it was replete with humor, with hitherto unknown Paterno vignettes, and with one [...]

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Posnanski: Joe Didn’t Die of Broken Heart

January 24, 2012 Current Events

If Joe Paterno died of a broken heart, then I’m a 98-pound weakling. Go ahead and kick sand in my face.

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Paterno Haters Show Their Ugly Faces

January 23, 2012 Penn State Football

Sadly, but predictably, a collection of judgmental, misinformed, and misguided cretins seeks to deny the Paterno family the peace and comfort to which they are entitled. These are self-centered, highly opinionated, no account fools who merely seek attention from others who can be swayed as easily as they were and who leverage the deaths of [...]

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Tributes to Joe – Sudden Impact

January 23, 2012 Penn State Football

When former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno decided to eschew law school in favor of coaching football, his disappointed father Angelo told him to “make an impact.” He listened. Joe certainly made an impact on everything with which he was involved. It is tragic that his tenure had to come to an end [...]

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