Articles Tagged with Penn State

No Pension for Sandusky: Pennsylvania Moves To Forfeit Retirement Funds

Pennsylvania Seeks to Revoke Sandusky Retirement Pension

Pennsylvania’s State Employee Retirement System (SERS) is seeking to void former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s pension plan; he was sentenced yesterday to 30 to 60 years in prison for molesting 10 boys. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the agency references two convictions in particular, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent… Read more »

FBI Investigating Possible Jerry Sandusky Pedophile Ring

Jerry Sandusky Writing Book In Jail

As if being found guilty of 45 counts of child molestation wasn’t enough, Jerry Sandusky is now being investigated by the FBI for a possible pedophile ring, along with other men who are connected to Penn State. The FBI and a criminal investigative division of the US Postal Service are working together to uncover a… Read more »

Penn State Recruits Stand Behind Coach Bill O’Brien, Will Not Transfer

Christian Hackenberg Still Heading To Penn State

Top-ranked pocket-passer Christian Hackenberg plans to attend Penn State despite the schools NFL sanctions which includes a four-year band on post-season play. Hackenberg along with several other players reiterated their plans on Sunday to stick alongside head coach Bill O’Brien. Among those staying will be high ranked tight end Adam Breneman. Breneman said of himself… Read more »

USC Coach Lane Kiffin: Stop Comparing Us To Penn State

Lane Kiffin of USC talks Penn State

With Penn State now serving a 4-year post-season suspension and $60 million in fines from the NCAA it was inevitable that comparisons to other sanctions schools would pop up. Unfortunately for USC head coach Lane Kiffin it was his program. USC was hit with a 2-year post-season ban in 2010 for various rule breaking practices…. Read more »

NCAA Gives Penn State $60 Million Fine, 4-Year Bowl Suspension

NCAA hits Penn State with harsh sanctions

The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million fine and has suspended the school’s football team from post-season bowl play for four years. The team also has to vacate all of its wins from 1998 to 2011. The NCAA has also been tweeting the sanctions they’ve handed down to the school, which include… Read more »

Penn State Trustee Steve Garban Resigns Over Jerry Sandusky Scandal

Steve Garban Resigns From Penn State

Penn State is still reeling from the Jerry Sandusky scandal which claimed yet another PSU supporter on Friday after longtime trustee Steve Garban stepped down as a member of Penn State’s Board of Trustees. The resignation comes after several trustees became angered by Garban’s failure to inform them about the Jerry Sandusky criminal investigation in… Read more »

Penn State Raises $208 Million In Donations, 2nd Highest In Universities History

Penn State Raises 208 Million Dollars

Penn State raised $208 million in donations over the last fiscal year, the second-highest total in the university’s history. The money-raising total comes at a time when the university was struck by the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the firing of franchise coach Joe Paterno and then Paterno’s death shortly afterward his termination. School officials announced that… Read more »

Penn State Officials Want To Quickly Settle Jerry Sandusky Civil Lawsuits

Jerry Sandusky Settlements Being Offered By Penn State

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of child sexual abuse on Friday and now Penn State officials are attempting to settle those lawsuits with each victim. According to officials the team at Penn State invited victims to discuss their demands right after Sandusky was found guilty. In… Read more »

Judge Drops 3 Counts In Jerry Sandusky Sex Abuse Trial

Jerry Sandusky Trial Draws To A Close

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky watched on Thursday as the judge overseeing his case dropped 3 of the 51 child sex abuse charges brought against him. Judge John Cleland dropped one count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and one count of aggravated indecent assault brought about by Victim 4 because there was… Read more »

Joe Paterno’s State Pension Worth $13.4 Million

Joe Paterno Pension Worth Almost 14 Million Dollars

Joe Paterno spent 61-years coaching at Penn State and for his efforts he earned $13.4 million in state pension funds. Sue Paterno, the widow of the late Joe Paterno said through her spokesman on Tuesday that the family would receive a single payment of $10.1 million from the state of Pennsylvania by the end of… Read more »

Penn State Football Stadium Should Be Named After Joe Paterno [Poll Results]

Penn State - Joe Paterno Stadium

A recent poll of Pennsylvania’s registered voters shows that 46 percent of the state’s citizens support renaming Penn State’s Beaver Stadium to “Joe Paterno Stadium.” Joe Paterno died in January after he was fired as the football teams head coach following the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal. According to the Quinnipiac University survey 46 percent of… Read more »

Penn State Board Reveals Why Joe Paterno was Fired

Why Joe Paterno was fired

Among all of the fallout surrounding the Penn State sex scandal of the now-infamous Jerry Sandusky, the termination of coach Joe Paterno, the latter’s subsequent death, etc. etc. ad nauseam, Penn State’s official reason for firing Joe Pa has been absent until today. Officially speaking, Penn State fired the iconic coach last year for his… Read more »