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Penn State Puts Assistant Football Coach Mike McQueary on Administrative Leave

Penn State Puts
Assistant Coach on
Administrative Leave

Nov 11, 2011 3:38 PM CST

Penn State Puts Assistant Coach on Administrative Leave

Mike McQueary won't be coaching the football team for time being

(Newser) - Penn State has placed the assistant coach in the middle of its unfolding scandal on administrative leave, reports AP . Mike McQueary has been getting death threats since his role became known: He told a grand jury that he saw Jerry Sandusky raping a boy on campus in 2002. He did...

Stewart Shames
Penn State Rioters

Nov 11, 2011 9:08 AM CST

Stewart Shames Penn State Rioters

Don't worry, no one will take away your precious football, he says

(Newser) - Jon Stewart tackled the Penn State sex abuse scandal last night , in a segment Raw Story calls “short but devastating." After ripping the “6-foot, 5-inch adult eyewitness” who “walked in on Sandusky raping a child” for not stopping the situation and/or calling the police, Stewart laid...

Paterno Turns to
Criminal Defense
Lawyer

Nov 11, 2011 8:06 AM CST

Paterno Turns to Criminal Defense Lawyer

...who represented George HW Bush in Iran-Contra affair

(Newser) - Joe Paterno hasn’t been charged with any crimes in the Penn State abuse case, but he has reached out to prominent criminal defense lawyer J. Sedgwick Sollers to represent him just in case, sources tell NBC News . The Washington-based Sollers is famed for having once represented George HW Bush...

Threats Sideline Mike McQueary From Saturday's Nebraska Game

Threats Keep
McQueary Off
Sidelines

Nov 11, 2011 4:51 AM CST

Threats Keep McQueary Off Sidelines

Future in question for assistant coach

(Newser) - Mike McQueary—the assistant coach in the middle of the Penn State scandal —has received multiple threats and won't be at tomorrow's game against Nebraska after all, officials say. Interim head coach Tom Bradley, who took charge after the firing of Joe Paterno , had earlier told a...

Two Senators Yank Their Presidential Medal of Freedom Request for Joe Paterno

Senators Yank Paterno
Medal of Freedom Request

Nov 10, 2011 5:41 PM CST

Senators Yank Paterno Medal of Freedom Request

Toomey, Casey made it only 2 months ago

(Newser) - Ouch. In a measure of how far Joe Paterno's stock has fallen, Pennsylvania's two senators today withdrew their nomination of him to get a Presidential Medal of Freedom, reports the Penn State Daily Collegian . Pat Toomey and Bob Casey made the original request in a letter to President...

Meet the Man in the Middle
of the Penn State Scandal

Nov 10, 2011 1:27 PM CST

Meet the Man in the Middle of the Penn State Scandal

Mike McQueary is the witness who went to Joe Paterno

(Newser) - On March 2, 2002, Mike McQueary went to Joe Paterno to tell him what he’d seen the night before in the Penn State locker room: Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky raping a boy who looked to be about 10. McQueary, then a 28-year-old grad assistant in the football program,...

Ashton Kutcher on Twitter Break After Penn State-Joe Paterno Gaffe

Ashton Dumps
Twitter (for Now)
After Paterno Gaffe

Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM CST

Ashton Dumps Twitter (for Now) After Paterno Gaffe

Kutcher apologizes for originally defending Penn State coach

(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher is handing over the keys to the social medium he once dominated: The actor made arguably his worst Twitter gaffe ever yesterday when he defended former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, tweeting, “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find...

Stop Defending Joe Paterno

OPINION

Nov 10, 2011 10:26 AM CST

Stop Defending Joe Paterno

He got what he deserved: Scott Ostler

(Newser) - Scott Ostler has a message for all those in the media (and, presumably, on Penn State’s campus ) asking what the sex abuse scandal will do to Joe Paterno’s legacy: “Folks, this is Joe Paterno's legacy.” His incredible record, up-to-now spotless reputation, and years on...

Students Riot
Over Paterno
Ouster

Nov 10, 2011 7:21 AM CST

Students Riot Over Paterno Ouster

Angry kids throw rocks at police, overturn news van

(Newser) - Thousands of Penn State students rioted last night, tearing down light poles, throwing rocks and firecrackers at police, and overturning a news truck in a show of anger over the university's trustees firing of coaching legend Joe Paterno , reports the New York Times . “Of course we’re going...

Penn State
Trustees Fire
Joe Paterno,
School President

Nov 9, 2011 9:31 PM CST

Penn State Trustees Fire Joe Paterno, School President

Coach is ousted amid unfolding scandal

(Newser) - Joe Paterno's offer to retire at the end of the season wasn't good enough for Penn State trustees: They fired the football coach tonight, along with school president Graham Spanier, in the wake of the child molestation allegations roiling the campus, reports AP . The firings take effect immediately....

Feds Open Inquiry
Into Penn State

Nov 9, 2011 6:04 PM CST

Feds Open Inquiry Into Penn State

Education Dept. looks into whether crimes weren't reported as required

(Newser) - Penn State's unfolding scandal is now a federal case, too. The Education Department is investigating whether school officials broke the law by failing to report the alleged abuse, reports the AP . Colleges are required to report crime stats, and the Office of Financial Aid has opened an inquiry. In...

Next Penn State
Casualty: Its
President

Nov 9, 2011 12:26 PM CST

Next Penn State Casualty: Its President

Graham Spanier will be out by the end of the day, says a source

(Newser) - The heads keep on rolling: Casualty No. 4 of the Penn State sexual assault scandal will be university President Graham Spanier, reports the Express-Times . A source with access to the board of trustees tells the paper he will either resign or be voted out—but that either way, he'll...

Joe Paterno:
I Will Retire
After Season

Nov 9, 2011 9:56 AM CST

Joe Paterno: I Will Retire After Season

'I've lived for this place,' disgraced coach tells fans

(Newser) - Joe Paterno will end his storied career as Penn State's football coach, reports Fox 29 News , stepping down in disgrace at age 84 amid the sexual abuse scandal that tarnished his decades of squeaky-clean success. "I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this...

Molesters Usually Don't Look Like Molesters

OPINION

Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM CST

Molesters Usually Don't Look Like Molesters

Ditch those images of trench coats: Bruni

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky has not been convicted of anything yet, but the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State prompts Frank Bruni to note that the stereotypical image of a trench-coated molester hiding in the bushes is almost always wrong. Instead, a predator is more likely to be the compassionate-seeming gent...

Joe Paterno
May Be Out
at Penn State

Nov 8, 2011 11:59 AM CST

Joe Paterno May Be Out at Penn State

He could be gone in days or weeks: 'New York Times'

(Newser) - It looks like Joe Paterno isn't going to survive the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State after all. The New York Times , citing two anonymous sources, reports that he could be done as football coach in a matter of days or weeks, and notes that the school canceled...

Paterno Cleared
in Penn State
Sex Scandal

Nov 7, 2011 4:01 PM CST

Paterno Cleared in Penn State Sex Scandal

But one columnist says he must resign

(Newser) - Looks like legendary football coach Joe Paterno is off the hook in Penn State’s sex abuse scandal , but other officials aren’t nearly so lucky. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly told reporters today that two school administrators who resigned today "allowed a child predator to continue to victimize...

2 Officials Resign
in Penn State
Abuse Scandal

Nov 7, 2011 7:45 AM CST

2 Officials Resign in Penn State Abuse Scandal

Joe Paterno accused of not doing enough to stop alleged sex abuse

(Newser) - The explosive Penn State sex abuse scandal involving former longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is spreading, as other members of the football program and school are being accused of covering up multiple suspected incidents over the years, reports the New York Daily News . Longtime coach Joe Paterno told the school'...

Sex Abuse Scandal
Rocks Penn State

Nov 6, 2011 10:16 AM CST

Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexually abusing boys

(Newser) - Penn State's storied football program is reeling from a sex scandal that touches its top ranks: Longtime former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was yesterday charged with sexually molesting up to eight boys, and the school's athletic director and a vice president are expected to surrender tomorrow on perjury...

Florida State Coach Bowden Plans to Retire

Nov 30, 2009 7:04 PM CST

Florida State Coach Bowden Plans to Retire

34-year tenure turned Seminoles into national football powerhouse

(Newser) - Bobby Bowden will announce his retirement tomorrow as Florida State University’s football coach, ending a 34-year tenure during which he built the Seminoles into a national powerhouse. The 80-year-old Bowden met with school officials today, sources tell the Tallahassee Democrat , and was given the option of staying in a...

FSU Must Give Up Wins
in Academic Scam: NCAA

Mar 6, 2009 6:02 PM CST

FSU Must Give Up Wins in Academic Scam: NCAA

(Newser) - An academic-misconduct scandal that reached into all corners of Florida State University’s athletic department could cost the school victories in a number of sports, the St. Petersburg Times reports—including in football, where coach Bobby Bowden is second on the all-time list. An NCAA probe found that the Seminoles...