No. 1: Joe Paterno Why didn’t he quit, or why wasn’t he shown the door, several years ago? As it is, he remained the face of Penn State during the worst big-time-college-football, sex-abuse scandal in history, as far as I can tell. If he had quit several years ago, the backlash from the scandal (including [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Joe Paterno’
Passing thoughts on people making news or writing it
Posted in journalism, Uncategorized, tagged Joe Paterno, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Thomas L. Friedman on January 23, 2012 | 19 Comments »
“Grandpa Joe” shuffles his assets; Bishop Finn gets taken to the woodshed
Posted in journalism, Uncategorized, tagged Bishop Robert Finn, Charlie Strong, Joe Paterno, Louie Wright on November 16, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Lots of news today. Let’s get right to it… :: The New York Times reports that “Grandpa Joe” Paterno “transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before a sexual abuse scandal engulfed his Penn State football program and the university.” Hmmm. Now, why would [...]
Fans of justice should be applauding Pennsylania Gov. Tom Corbett, who stood up to Paterno and Penn State football
Posted in journalism, Uncategorized, tagged Gov. Tom Corbett, Joe Paterno, The New York Times, Tim Curley on November 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »
At least one person in the state of Pennsylvania was not intimidated by Joe Paterno and the high-on-a-pedastal Penn State football program. The residents of Pennsylvania can thank Republican governor and former state attorney general Tom Corbett for the firing of Paterno and university president Graham B. Spanier. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
