Joe Paterno 1926-2012. Here is his last interview.
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Video from the Associated Press showing a crowd gathering on Penn State’s campus after trustees at the university fired football coach Joe Paterno.
“I am disappointed with the Board of Trustees’ decision, but I have to accept it.”
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno released the following statement Wednesday
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“Thinking this might not end well.” - @jon_wertheim is at Penn State
“Right now, I’m not the football coach, and that’s something I have to get used to.”
Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno’s Exit Amid Scandal
Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials.
The board of trustees has yet to determine the precise timing of Paterno’s exit, but it is clear that the man who has more victories than any other coach at college football’s top level and who made Penn State a prestigious brand will not survive to coach another season. Discussions about how to manage his departure have begun, according to the two people.
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Terrible, all around.
