http://www.newsvine.com/joe-paternoNewsvine - joe-paternoen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:14:38 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:59 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689057-paternos-widow-we-were-ignorant-of-sex-predatorshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689057-paternos-widow-we-were-ignorant-of-sex-predatorsussportsstateabusefamilypenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskypaterno-familyWed, 10 Apr 2013 15:32:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416219-sandusky-speaks-again-maintains-innocencehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416219-sandusky-speaks-again-maintains-innocenceusstateabusepenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskyFri, 22 Mar 2013 15:07:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. An interview with Sandusky is expected to be aired on NBC's “Today” show Monday March 25, 2013, a rare instance of the former Penn State assistant football coach giving his own side of the story. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934343-nike-co-founder-blasts-freeh-reporthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934343-nike-co-founder-blasts-freeh-reportcollege-footballsportspaternopenn-statejoe-paternonikephil-knightjerry-sanduskyTue, 12 Feb 2013 01:49:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue Paterno, stand on their porch to thank supporters gathered outside their home in State College, Pa. Sue Paterno says the family’s detailed response to a critical report on the handling of child abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is being released to the public. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16919745-column-no-rescuing-paternos-reputationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16919745-column-no-rescuing-paternos-reputationcollege-footballsportstim-dahlbergjoe-paternohappy-valley021013Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:42:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue Paterno, stand on their porch to thank supporters gathered outside their home in State College, Pa. Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a "moral, disciplined" man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity. The wife of the former Penn State coach is fighting back against the accusations against Joe Paterno that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday Feb. 8, 2013, to former Penn State players. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917080-paternos-challenge-freeh-report-on-scandal-at-psuhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917080-paternos-challenge-freeh-report-on-scandal-at-psucollege-footballstatepaternopenn-statejoe-paternous-newslouis-freehformer-fbijerry-sanduskySun, 10 Feb 2013 14:01:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)</p><p>This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue Paterno, stand on their porch to thank supporters gathered outside their home in State College, Pa. Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a "moral, disciplined" man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity. The wife of the former Penn State coach is fighting back against the accusations against Joe Paterno that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday Feb. 8, 2013, to former Penn State players. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16900420-paterno-family-to-respond-to-critical-reporthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16900420-paterno-family-to-respond-to-critical-reportcollege-footballsportsstatepaternopenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskysue-paternoFri, 8 Feb 2013 17:54:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)</p><p>This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue Paterno, stand on their porch to thank supporters gathered outside their home in State College, Pa. Sue Paterno says the family’s detailed response to a critical report on the handling of child abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is being released to the public. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16888975-trustee-who-fired-paterno-to-leave-penn-st-boardhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16888975-trustee-who-fired-paterno-to-leave-penn-st-boardusstatepenn-statejoe-paternous-newstrusteepenn-state-trusteeThu, 7 Feb 2013 22:32:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640576-vigil-caps-low-key-day-remembering-joe-paternohttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640576-vigil-caps-low-key-day-remembering-joe-paternousstatepaternopenn-statejoe-paternous-newsTue, 22 Jan 2013 00:15:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno walks the field before their college football game against Syracuse in State College, Pa. The Hall of Fame coach died of lung cancer on Jan. 22, 2012, at age 85. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, exactly a year after his passing &#8212; community residents have organized a vigil at a downtown mural that includes a depiction of Paterno. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p><p>A sign of support is displayed in the front yard of Sue Paterno's home on the first anniversary of the death of her husband former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>A sign of support is displayed near the site where a bronze statue of former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno once stood outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Supporters of Paterno are marking the 1-year anniversary of his death with a candlelight vigil Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Penn State students Dan Hamm, left, a freshman from Williamsport, Pa., and Nick Bucci, a freshman from Dayton, Md., visit the grave of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. Supporters of Paterno are marking the 1-year anniversary of his death with a candlelight vigil Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Momentos surround the headstone at the grave of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in State College, Pa. Supporters of Paterno are marking the 1-year anniversary of his death with a candlelight vigil Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>People gather in front of a mural containing a likeness of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, right, at a candlelight memorial on the first anniversary of his death, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>People attends a candlelight memorial on the first anniversary of the death of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16626670-vigil-planned-to-remember-paterno-1-year-laterhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16626670-vigil-planned-to-remember-paterno-1-year-latercollege-footballsportspaternopenn-statejoe-paternous-newshappy-valleyMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:56:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16569387-pacino-to-play-paterno-in-upcoming-moviehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16569387-pacino-to-play-paterno-in-upcoming-movieusfilmpaternopenn-statejoe-paternous-newspacinoal-pacinoThu, 17 Jan 2013 20:16:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, Al Pacino poses for a portrait, in New York. Pacino will play Joe Paterno in a movie about the late Penn State football coach. Brian De Palma will direct “Happy Valley,” the tentative title of the film, based on Joe Posnanski's best-seller “Paterno.” (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303861-paterno-family-encouraged-by-lawsuit-vs-ncaahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303861-paterno-family-encouraged-by-lawsuit-vs-ncaausstatepaternoabusefamilypenn-statejoe-paternous-newsWed, 2 Jan 2013 17:09:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16128785-sports-year-sad-sagas-the-story-of-2012http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16128785-sports-year-sad-sagas-the-story-of-2012sportsreviewpenn-statejoe-paternoyeyear-injerry-sanduskysports-yearMon, 24 Dec 2012 18:53:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. The Sandusky saga was a top story in the sports world in 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 12, 2012 file photo, an excerpt from the Freeh Group's report appears in Philadelphia. The report, Penn State's investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal, concluded that former head football coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse." The reverberations from the Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by United States editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press, marking the first time that the same issue was selected in consecutive years since the AP began announcing a sports story of the year in 1990. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Monday, June 18, 2012 file photo, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens pauses as he speaks to the media outside federal court in Washington, after he was acquitted on all charges by a jury that decided that he didn't lie to Congress when he denied using performance -enhancing drugs. Clemens' acquittal was one of the top sports stories of 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, United States' Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal for the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Phelps retires with twice as many golds as any other Olympian, and his total of 22 medals is easily the best mark. Phelps' Olympic success was a major sports story of 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, United States' Michael Phelps competes in the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history in 2012, adding to his enormous swimming haul with six more medals at the London Games, where the United States topped the winning charts once again. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, carries the United States flag during a victory parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, after winning his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race. In 2012, Armstrong decided to give up the battle against doping charges, saying "enough is enough" but acknowledging no wrongdoing. The move began his swift fall from being perhaps the nation's best-known cancer-fighting hero, and though he maintains he was victimized by a "witch hunt" he was still stripped of all seven of his Tour de France victories. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. In 2012, Armstrong decided to give up the battle against doping charges, saying "enough is enough" but acknowledging no wrongdoing. The move began his swift fall from being perhaps the nation's best-known cancer-fighting hero, and though he maintains he was victimized by a "witch hunt" he was still stripped of all seven of his Tour de France victories. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14221885-sandusky-headed-to-prison-but-scandal-persistshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14221885-sandusky-headed-to-prison-but-scandal-persistsusstateabusepenn-statejoe-paternous-newspenn-state-universityformer-penn-statejerry-sanduskyThu, 4 Oct 2012 14:29:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This June 22, 2012 file photo shows former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arriving at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. A key witness &#8212; Victim 1 &#8212; against Sandusky has a book deal and will soon reveal his identity. Ballantine Bantem Dell announced Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, that the book is coming out Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p><p>FILE - In this June 21, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky should be sent to prison for life when a judge sentences him Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, according to several of the jurors who convicted the former Penn State assistant coach of molesting several boys over a period of years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky, 68, will be sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. Because of who he is and what he’s done, Sandusky could be in particular danger of sexual assault when he is sent off to prison this week. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p><p>FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, Pa., shows former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky will be sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. Because of who he is and what he’s done, Sandusky could be in particular danger of sexual assault when he is sent off to prison this week. (AP Photo/Centre County Correctional Facility, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Friday, June 22, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky, 68, will be sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. Because of who he is and what he’s done, Sandusky could be in particular danger of sexual assault when he is sent off to prison this week. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p><p>A privacy tunnel is erected at the Centre County Courthouse Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives for a pre-sentencing hearing at the Centre County Courthouse Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Pennsylvania senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph E. McGettigan III arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a pre-sentencing hearing Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>The Centre County Courthouse is seen on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>News trucks line the street in front of the Centre County Courthouse Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Pennsylvania senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph E. McGettigan III speaks with members of the media after a pre-sentencing conference at the Centre County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>News trucks fill a parking lot near the Centre County Courthouse Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for sentencing on child sex abuse charges at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for sentencing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, arrives for sentencing on child sex abuse charges at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Dottie Sandusky, left, the wife of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for her husband's sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Dottie Sandusky, the wife of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for her husband's sentencing hearing on child sex abuse charges Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for sentencing on child sex abuse charges at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives for sentencing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>In this courtroom sketch, Joseph McGettigan III, Pennsylvania senior deputy attorney general, right, speaks during the sentencing hearing of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky as Sandusky listens, rear, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Aggie Kenny)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is driven from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Pennsylvania senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph E. McGettigan III speaks with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Pennsylvania senior Deputy Attorney Gen. Joseph E. McGettigan III, center, walks away after speaking with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, speaks with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Gayle Barnes, left, and Joshua Harper, jurors in Jerry Sandusky's trial, speak with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is taken from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Joe Amendola, at podium, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, speaks with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Gayle Barnes, a juror in Jerry Sandusky's trial, speaks with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Joshua Harper, a juror in Jerry Sandusky's trial, speaks with members of the media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is taken from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is taken in handcuffs from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is taken from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, right, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/14/13867179-joe-paterno-staying-in-brown-u-hall-of-famehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/14/13867179-joe-paterno-staying-in-brown-u-hall-of-famecollege-footballpaternojoe-paternobrownus-newsbrown-universityathletic-hallFri, 14 Sep 2012 20:29:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13609759-sue-paterno-attends-penn-state-season-openerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13609759-sue-paterno-attends-penn-state-season-openercollege-footballpenn-statejoe-paternous-newsbeaver-stadiumnittany-lions'paternosSat, 1 Sep 2012 16:32:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13554116-joe-paternos-fbi-file-reveals-letters-threatshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13554116-joe-paternos-fbi-file-reveals-letters-threatsusfbipaternopenn-statefilejoe-paternous-newsfbi-fileformer-penn-stateWed, 29 Aug 2012 22:57:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>File - In this Oct. 8, 2011, file photo Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, and head football coach Joe Paterno chat before an NCAA college football game against Iowa in State College, Pa. As Penn State tries to move past the scandal after Sandusky’s trial, the devastating Freeh Report and unprecedented NCAA penalties, Title IX remains a potential long-term legal problem. The reason: Not only have Title IX lawsuits produced some of the most expensive judgments against universities in recent years, but the law allows for the possibility, however unlikely, that a university’s access to all federal dollars could be cut off. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13498059-penn-st-riot-ends-aspiring-army-officers-dreamhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13498059-penn-st-riot-ends-aspiring-army-officers-dreamusstateabusepenn-stateriotjoe-paternous-newsMon, 27 Aug 2012 06:34:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Oct. 26, 2009, photo provided by Justin Strine, Strine, left, poses with his father, Chief Warrant Officer James Strine and his sister Senior Airman Jacelyne Janoka outside Strine’s home in Hummelstown, PA. The Penn State student’s hopes for a military career as an Army officer ended after he was kicked out from ROTC for participating in a riot at the college after Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s firing in November 2011. (AP Photo/Strine Family Photo, Donna Strine)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, police hold back students after they reacted off campus in State College, Pa., to Penn State board of trustees firing of football coach Joe Paterno. The consequences of their bad judgment have been steep for the Penn State students who took to the streets and rioted in the chaotic aftermath Paterno’s firing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>In this June 9, 2012, photo provided by Justin Strine, Strine, left, poses with his younger brother Jamie Strine, center, and older brother, Jim Strine, at Jamie’s high school graduation in Hershey, PA. Justin Strine's hopes for a military career as an Army officer ended after he was kicked out from ROTC for participating in a riot at Penn Statee after Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s firing in November 2011. (AP Photo/Strine Family Photo, James Strine) NO SALES</p><p>In this Oct. 26, 2009, photo provided by Justin Strine, Strine, left, poses with his father, Chief Warrant Officer James Strine and his sister Senior Airman Jacelyne Janoka outside Strine’s home in Hummelstown, PA. The Penn State student’s hopes for a military career as an Army officer ended after he was kicked out from ROTC for participating in a riot at the college after Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s firing in November 2011. (AP Photo/Strine Family Photo, Donna Strine)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, police hold back students after they reacted off campus in State College, Pa., to Penn State board of trustees firing of football coach Joe Paterno. The consequences of their bad judgment have been steep for the Penn State students who took to the streets and rioted in the chaotic aftermath Paterno’s firing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>In this June 9, 2012, photo provided by Justin Strine, Strine, left, poses with his younger brother Jamie Strine, center, and older brother, Jim Strine, at Jamie’s high school graduation in Hershey, PA. Justin Strine's hopes for a military career as an Army officer ended after he was kicked out from ROTC for participating in a riot at Penn Statee after Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s firing in November 2011. (AP Photo/Strine Family Photo, James Strine) NO SALES</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13399144-author-paternos-never-tried-to-influence-bookhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13399144-author-paternos-never-tried-to-influence-bookcollege-footballsportspenn-stpaternobookpenn-statejoe-paternojerry-sanduskyTue, 21 Aug 2012 20:41:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Joe Posnanski author of "Paterno" gestures during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, Aug. 21 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>A copy of "Paterno" by Joe Posnanski is photographed Tuesday, Aug. 21 2012, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13339864-family-pushed-paterno-to-read-sandusky-reporthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13339864-family-pushed-paterno-to-read-sandusky-reportcollege-footballstatepennpaternobookpenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskyFri, 17 Aug 2012 21:16:52 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Oct. 8, 2011 file photo shows Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, and head football coach Joe Paterno before a college football game against Iowa in State College, Pa. Attorneys for Penn State's ousted president are planning a news conference to rebut what they view as inaccuracies in a school-sanctioned report that concluded he concealed child sex-abuse allegations. Graham Spanier's lawyer tells The Associated Press that the legal team will meet with reporters in Philadelphia early next week. Peter Vaira says there are many errors in the report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13107993-paterno-family-intends-to-appeal-ncaa-sanctionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13107993-paterno-family-intends-to-appeal-ncaa-sanctionscollege-footballpaternoabusepenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskyFri, 3 Aug 2012 20:29:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13032943-trees-planted-at-former-paterno-statue-sitehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13032943-trees-planted-at-former-paterno-statue-siteuspaternotreesjoe-paternostatueus-newsMon, 30 Jul 2012 14:10:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952213-lawyer-sandusky-upset-over-penn-state-sanctionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952213-lawyer-sandusky-upset-over-penn-state-sanctionsusstateabusepoliticspenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskypenn-state-boardrodney-ericksonWed, 25 Jul 2012 19:30:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A banner celebrating the 44 bowl games that the Penn State football team has played in hangs outside of Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., Monday, July 23, 2012. Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Penn State University President Rodney Erickson speaks during a town hall meeting with alumni in King of Prussia, Pa. The Penn State board of trustees gathered Wednesday afternoon, July 25, 2012 to discuss whether President Rodney Erickson had the authority to agree to unprecedented NCAA sanctions against the football program without first getting the board's approval, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)</p><p>FILE - In this combination of 2012 file photos, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. in handcuffs, and former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary waits in line for a public viewing for Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. A man who claims to be the unknown victim molested in a Penn State shower by Sandusky in a case that led to Paterno's firing intends to sue the university for its "egregious and reckless conduct" that facilitated the abuse, his lawyers said Thursday, July 26, 2012. The identity of so-called Victim 2 has been a central mystery in the Sandusky case, and jurors convicted Sandusky last month of offenses related to him judging largely by the testimony of McQueary, who was a team graduate assistant at the time and described seeing the attack. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - This Thursday, July 12, 2012 file photo, a Penn State University student walks across campus in front of Old Main on main campus in State College, Pa. Penn State's general liability insurer hopes to deny or limit coverage for Jerry Sandusky-related claims. The Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance, argues that the university withheld key information needed to assess risk, at least after school officials investigated a May 1998 complaint that Sandusky had showered with a boy on campus. In a memo filed in June 2012 in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia, the company argues that Penn State failed to disclose that it had information about Sandusky that "was material to the insurable risk assumed by PMA." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - In this July 12, 2012 file photo, a Penn State University student walks across campus in front of Old Main on main campus in State College, Pa. Penn State’s donors are sending mixed signals about the effect of scandal on school’s future fundraising. One major Penn State donor says he might write the university out of his will, while others say neither the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal nor recent unpopular actions by the university's leadership are making them rethink their financial support for the school. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)</p><p>FILE - In these Nov. 7, 2011 file photos, former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz, left, and former athletic director Tim Curley, right, enter a district judge's office for an arraignment in Harrisburg, Pa., for their actions related to the sex abuse scandal surrounding former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Lawyers for retired Schultz filed a petition late Monday, July 30, 2012, that requested a list of 25 sets of items from the Washington, D.C., law firm led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, who was hired by Penn State to look into the child sex abuse scandal. Freeh's report concluded that Schultz, Curley, former Penn State president Graham Spanier and longtime football coach Joe Paterno hid accusations against Sandusky for fear of bad publicity.(AP Photo/Brad Bower, left, Matt Rourke, right, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12941653-paternos-name-keeps-getting-erasedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12941653-paternos-name-keeps-getting-erasedcollege-footballpaternopenn-statenittany-lionsjoe-paternous-newserasingjerry-sanduskyWed, 25 Jul 2012 07:25:03 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Aug. 2, 2010 file photo shows Penn State football coach Joe Paterno speaking during the Big Ten media days in Chicago. Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property. The Big Ten announced that Penn State would not be allowed to share in the conference's bowl revenue during the NCAA's postseason ban, an estimated loss of about $13 million. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)</p><p>In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, a small figure of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and a sign are attached to Gate A of Beaver stadium on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA announced sanctions against the Penn State University football program in State College, Pa., on Monday as a result of the child sexual abuse case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>A sign and a small figure of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, right, are attached to Gate A of Beaver stadium on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA announced sanctions against the Penn State University football program in State College, Pa., on Monday as a result of the child sexual abuse case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - This Oct. 5, 2010 file photo shows Penn State coach Joe Paterno leaving Beaver Stadium after his weekly NCAA college football news conference in State College, Pa. College sports' governing body was expected to deal a series of heavy blows to the Nittany Lions football program on Monday, July 23, 2012, less than two weeks after a devastating report accused coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials of concealing child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach for years to avoid bad publicity. (AP Photo/Pat Little, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12910172-questions-and-answers-about-psus-vacated-winshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12910172-questions-and-answers-about-psus-vacated-winscollege-footballstateabusewinspenn-statejoe-paternous-newsjerry-sanduskyvacatingMon, 23 Jul 2012 21:42:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Dec. 28, 2007 file photo shows Penn State's Tyrell Sales (46) spiking a football over the crossbar following a team photo day at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The NCAA slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties Monday, July 23, 2012, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12908447-can-penn-states-hometown-survive-ncaa-sanctionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12908447-can-penn-states-hometown-survive-ncaa-sanctionscollege-footballstateabusepenn-statejoe-paternous-newsand-joe-paternoMon, 23 Jul 2012 19:14:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Oct. 24, 2011 file photo shows NCAA President Mark Emmert speaking during the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics meeting in Washington. Emmert says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In a PBS interview Monday night, July 16, 2012, Emmert said he doesn't want to "take anything off the table" if the NCAA determines penalties against Penn State are warranted. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)</p><p>FILE - This Oct. 24, 2011 file photo shows NCAA President Mark Emmert speaking during the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics meeting in Washington. Emmert says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In a PBS interview Monday night, July 16, 2012, Emmert said he doesn't want to "take anything off the table" if the NCAA determines penalties against Penn State are warranted. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno walks off the field after warmups before an NCAA college football game against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. NCAA president Mark Emmert says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In a PBS interview Monday night, July 16, 2012, he said he doesn't want to "take anything off the table" if the NCAA determines penalties against Penn State are warranted. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)</p><p>Workers handle the statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno before removing the statue Sunday, July 22, 2012, in State College, Pa. The famed statue of Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant. (AP Photo/John Beale)</p><p>Penn State Office of Physical Plant workers cover the statue of former football coach Joe Paterno near Beaver Stadium on Penn State's campus in State College, Pa., on Sunday, July 22, 2012. The university announced earlier Sunday that it was taking down the monument in the wake of an investigative report that found the late coach and three other top Penn State administrators concealed sex abuse claims against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Christopher Weddle) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT</p><p>People visit the Joe Paterno statue early Sunday July 22, 2012. in State College, Pa. The famed statue of Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday morning, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant. (AP Photo/John Beale)</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert, right, gestures during a news conference as Ed Ray, NCAA Executive Committee chair and Oregon State University president, looks on at left, during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert, left, announces penalties against Penn State as Ed Ray, NCAA Executive Committee chair and Oregon State University president, looks on at right, during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert gestures during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert, left, announces penalties against Penn State as Ed Ray, NCAA Executive Committee chair and Oregon State University president, looks on at right, during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)</p><p>Ed Ray, left, NCAA Executive Committee chair and Oregon State University president answers questions about the penalties against Penn State as NCAA President Mark Emmert, looks on during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)</p><p>Andrew Hanselman, left, of Bucks County, Pa., and Maddy Pryor, a senior, from Neptune, N.J., react as they listen to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties Monday, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2004 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Akron in State College, Pa. College sports' governing body was expected to deal a series of heavy blows to the Nittany Lions football program on Monday, July 23, 2012, less than two weeks after a devastating report accused coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials of concealing child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach for years to avoid bad publicity. (AP Photo /Carolyn Kaster, File)</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert gestures during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)</p><p>Laura Lovins, a Penn State University sophomore from State College, Pa., center, reacts while listening to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Penn State students, employees, and faculty reacts as they listen to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Susan DelPonte, center, of State College, Pa., reacts to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>This is Beaver Stadium, home of the Nitany Lions college football team, on the Penn State University main campus in State College. Pa., Monday morning, July 23, 2012. College sports' governing body was expected to deal a series of heavy blows to the Nittany Lions football program on Monday, July 23, 2012, less than two weeks after a devastating report accused coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials of concealing child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach for years to avoid bad publicity. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>Laura Lovins, a Penn State University sophomore from State College, Pa., , center, reacts while listening to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert gestures during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy</p><p>NCAA President Mark Emmert gestures during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy</p><p>Susan DelPonte, center, of State College, Pa., reacts to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. The NCAA slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties Monday, July 23, 2012, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>A woman touches a mural in downtown State College, Pa., featuring former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, center, on Monday, July 23, 2012. Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p>