Sugar Ray Leonard recounts sex abuse

Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Retired boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard said Monday he cried for Jerry Sandusky's accusers after hearing of the former Penn State assistant football coach's arrest on child sex abuse charges nearly a year ago...

NCAA slams Penn State football program

Ralph D. Russo & Tom Coyne, Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The National Collegiate Athletic Association has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine, for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal...

Sandusky convicted on sexual assault charges

Associated Press

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (AP) - Jerry Sandusky, a top coach in one of America's prominent college football programs, was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years...

How Paterno helped racially integrate college football

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - One part of Joe Paterno's career that has been lost among his accomplishments, however, is that many of his early teams were at the forefront of racial integration in college football...

Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

theGrio

(AP) - Joe Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85...

Did Paterno ignore racism at Penn State?

Chika Oduah

theGRIO REPORT - Former Penn State students say legendary football coach, Joe Paterno failed to address a scandal involving hate letters sent to black football players...

Franco Harris parts ways with casino over Paterno flap

theGrio

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A southwestern Pennsylvania race track and casino is putting its relationship with Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris on hiatus...

Penn State scandal puts parents on edge

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - In the aftermath of the shocking allegations of child molestation at Penn State University, parents around the country are taking a closer look at the coaches that they send their young children to play for...

Obama: Penn State abuse cause for 'soul-searching'

theGrio

CORONADO, California (AP) - President Barack Obama says the Penn State sex-abuse scandal should lead to "soul-searching" by all Americans, not just the college at the center of the storm...

Penn State campus takes Paterno exit hard

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - .The reaction of the school's black students has been largely mixed...

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Joe Paterno

Sugar Ray Leonard recounts sex abuse

NCAA slams Penn State football program

Sandusky convicted on sexual assault charges

How Paterno helped racially integrate college football

Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

Did Paterno ignore racism at Penn State?

Franco Harris parts ways with casino over Paterno flap

Penn State scandal puts parents on edge

Obama: Penn State abuse cause for 'soul-searching'

Penn State campus takes Paterno exit hard

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