This Isn’t The Ending Anyone Could Have Forseen For Joe Paterno / LA Times

Joe Paterno 2006

As a follower for more years than I can remember, it is hard to fathom what is going through Joe Paterno’s mind, after one of his long time assistant coaches, was arrested for sexual misconduct with minors. Paterno just recently got win number 409, making him coach with the most wins all-time, passing Grambling’s Eddie Robinson.

LA Times

It is almost impossible to overestimate the impact Joe Paterno has had on Penn State since he joined Rip Engle’s staff in as a 23-year-old assistant in 1950.

Sixty-two years in one place, with one love, with one purpose – to win and act the right way.

So how does it all go wrong in four days?

It is impossible to overestimate how shocking the revelations of the weekend have been to the Penn State community and a community at large.

Paterno turns 85 on Dec. 21 and they were a thousand ways to imagine how his career mind end. This one was not on the list.  Read more…

Report: Flanagan died from self-inflicted gunshot – CBSSports.com

Its confirmed that Mike Flanagan, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the face. He was one of my all-time Baltimore Orioles player to watch, and now may he rest in peace. Read it at CBS Sports

Report: Flanagan died from self-inflicted gunshot – CBSSports.com.

Ohio State Forfeits 2010 Football Wins / Chicago Tribune

Ohio State University has forfeited all their 2010 football wins. Also they vacated their share of the Big 10 championship, and the win over Arkansas in the 2011 Sugar Bowl.

Chicago Tribune

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Responding to the NCAA’s investigation of a memorabilia-for-cash scandal that cost former head coach Jim Tressel is job and led to star quarterback Terrelle Pryor leaving school, the university also said Friday it is waiving a $250,000 fine imposed on Tressel and changing his resignation to a retirement. The move contradicts a comment university President Gordon Gee made last month when he said Tressell “will pay the fine.” Read more

Drunks and Jack Asses Rampage and Looting in Vancouver, After Canucks Losing

Drunks and jack asses did considerable amount of damage in Vancouver, after the Canucks lost the 7th and deciding Stanley Cup game.

Chicago Tribune

Vancouver, British Columbia — Angry, drunken fans ran wild Wednesday night after the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, setting cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashing windows, showering giant TV screens with beer bottles and dancing atop overturned vehicles.

Later, looters smashed windows and ran inside department stores.

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New Book Reveals Lewd Behavior and More at ESPN

A new book written by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales, who also penned a dense tall-all book about “Saturday Night Live.”

The New York Post

Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick. Photo Courtesy of AP & NY Post

This sleazy story of work place wantoness doesn’t come from the halls of Playboy or the International Monetary Fund. It’s from the Disney-owned ESPN, according to a new opus on the sports network titled “Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN.”

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Judge rules for players, lifts NFL lockout – Extra Points – Boston.com

It will be interesting to see if the NFL gets a stay from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, in order to keep the players locked out. If not, then the NFL will have to start setting rules concerning free agents, and letting players to see trainers etc., etc.

Read it at The Boston Globe

Judge rules for players, lifts NFL lockout – Extra Points – Boston.com.