Both President Graham Spanier and head football coach Joe Paterno were ousted tonight by the Penn State Board of Trustees, effective immediately. Provost Rod Ericson has been appointed as acting president. Paterno was notified by telephone earlier. Assistant football coach Tom Bradley has been appointed as interim head football coach and the football season will not be cancelled. “The...
Yesterday I wrote what I thought would be my final word on Mike McQueary, but I guess I was premature in doing so. I got a lot of great “hate comments” calling me a coward, a piece of garbage, etc., and I responded to those with what you’ll see below. I want everyone to know that I’m not defending McQueary — I’m merely trying to understand why he did what he...
The first Penn State official to perish in the Sandusky child molestation cover-up is the venerable Joe Paterno, who announced this morning that he would retire at the close of this football season. It remains to be seen whether his wishes will come to pass, as there is sufficient public pressure, ginned up by the national media, who have been magnetically attracted to this story, to end...