
Oct 28 - By Genaro C. Armas
Penn State defensive tackle Ollie Ogbu didn't know what to do after coach Joe Paterno gave the team a day off.

Oct 16 - By Genaro C. Armas
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is fond of saying that he doesn't know how good his players are until they've been tested.
Oct 8 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Florida State's Bobby Bowden should "decide what he wants to do now" but otherwise refrained from commenting about the future of the Seminoles' coach.

Sep 5 - By Genaro C. Armas
Old rivals Syracuse and Penn State can generate headlines when they meet that have nothing to do with football.

Sep 4 - By Genaro C. Armas
The most compelling part of Penn State's 31-7 win Saturday over Akron turned out to be the pregame introductions.
May 29 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is a millionaire.
May 27 - By Associated Press
Joe Paterno says he'd like to see either Rutgers, Pittsburgh or Syracuse join the Big Ten.

Apr 30 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Joe Paterno felt like he was in charge again this spring.

Mar 27 - By Genaro C. Armas
The glasses were thick and smoky, and the Nike sneakers were as jet-black as ever.

Jan 28 - By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press Writer
Bobby Bowden signed a one-year contract Wednesday to coach a 34th season at Florida State, prolonging his duel with Penn State's Joe Paterno to see who will retire as college football's all-time leader in wins.
Jan 7 - By Associated Press
Penn State police are looking out for Joe Paterno's Coke bottle-thick glasses — the bronzed ones that were perched on the statue of the iconic football coach that stands outside Beaver Stadium.

Dec 31 - By Associated Press
Still recovering from hip surgery, Joe Paterno will coach from the press box when No. 6 Penn State plays No. 5 Southern California on Thursday at the Rose Bowl.

Dec 16 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
At least we finally know when Joe Paterno will retire. It will be the day he forgot where he left the football stadium. Either that or the day they stop driving him to practice in a golf cart and start driving him in a coffin.On Dec. 21, the Man Who Wouldn’t Retire turns 82. But he’s already received his birthday present — .Hooray for JoePa. He’s found a way to win and a way to remain employed at an age when few others are. And now it’s clear he intends to keep right on coaching — or at least being called a coach — until he dies on the sidelines.It’s his choice. I say let him go for it — as long as his team keeps winning.Four years ago, Paterno was putting together a 4-7 season on the heels of a 3-9 2003 season and losing records in 2000 and 2001. I was among the blasphemers who said that it was time for the then 78-year-old legend to retire. And if he wouldn’t go quietly, I wrote, Penn State had to fire him.I wasn’t wrong then. The game had pa

Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Just in time for Joe Paterno's 82nd birthday: a three-year contract extension.
Dec 7 - By John Nadel, AP Sports Writer
JoePa is coming to California for the holidays.
Nov 25 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back at work a week after undergoing hip-replacement surgery. A team spokesman says the 81-year-old Paterno held a squad meeting Sunday night after players returned from Thanksgiving break.
Nov 23 - By Genaro C. Armas
Penn State coach Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the Nittany Lions clinched the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.

Nov 22 - By Genaro C. Armas
Cane in hand, Joe Paterno beamed in the locker room after his players were handed roses and the Big Ten trophy. So, Joe, any plans to go out on top? Not a chance.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno may have hip replacement surgery after the regular season.

Nov 8 - By Luke Meredith, AP Sports Writer
Penn State can't blame the BCS for this. The Nittany Lions perfect season and hopes for giving coach Joe Paterno another national title were dashed by Iowa's backup kicker.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno plans to have doctors check out his ailing right leg and hip next week, when the third-ranked Nittany Lions have no game.
Oct 18 - By Associated Press
For the third consecutive week, Joe Paterno was coaching from the press box for No. 3 Penn State on Saturday.

Oct 18 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Polishing off Joe Paterno's greatest nemesis, No. 3 Penn State ended a dozen years of disappointment against Michigan. Behind the running of Evan Royster and a few momentum-shifting plays by the defense and special teams, the Nittany Lions withstood the Wolverines' early flurry and snapped a nine-game losing streak to their Big Ten rivals, 46-17 Saturday.

Oct 11 - By Chris Jenkins, AP Sports Writer
With coach Joe Paterno perched in the press box for the second straight week because of a sore hip, Daryll Clark threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores to help No. 6 Penn State dismantle Wisconsin 48-7 on Saturday night.
Oct 11 - By Chris Jenkins, AP Sports Writer
A sore right leg will keep Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the press box for the No. 6 ranked Nittany Lions' game at Wisconsin on Saturday night.