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World title boxer Sugar Ray Leonard speaks regarding his personal experiences of abuse at the Child Sexual Abuse Conference in State College, Pa., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)

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...
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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...
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on June 22, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

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...
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Ex-Penn State player apologizes to alleged Sandusky victim

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LaVar Arrington has apologized to 'Victim 4' who testified on Monday during the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial...
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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...
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Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

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(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...
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Tyler Perry writes letter to Penn State abuse victim

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - In an open letter Tyler Perry addresses an 11-year-old Penn State abuse victim. In the letter Perry calls the young man courageous...
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Grio contributor named her abuser to shame him

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - As a 16-year-old cheerleader at a St. Louis area high school in 1984, Goldie Taylor says she was sexually abused by an athletic coach at her school.
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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...
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Scandalous news cycles make us miss Oprah

Chris Witherspoon
OPINION - Oprah arguably was the ultimate teacher, and it's in times like these some people may miss her ability to make sense of the sensational headlines in the news...
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