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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA is facing a new legal attack after the family of the late coach Joe Paterno was joined by former players and others connected to Penn State in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the landmark sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Long rumored to be under development, […]

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nine months after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys — a scandal that destroyed the once unimpeachable reputation of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno — Jerry Sandusky is again claiming he did nothing wrong. Sandusky has rarely spoken about the allegations, although he has consistently maintained his innocence […]

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — From bumper stickers to signs posted by a few businesses to the occasional T-shirt, reminders of Joe Paterno sprinkle Happy Valley. Most cues are subtle enough to make an outsider look twice. Like the decals with the outline of the bespectacled Paterno’s distinctive face, or the shirt with the image […]

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up. Prosecutors also added counts against the two former underlings, Timothy M. Curley and Gary C. Schultz, who […]

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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. An abuse survivor himself, Leonard said he hopes the accusers can draw from his own story […]

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky asked a judge on Thursday to overturn his child sexual abuse convictions and grant him a new trial, claiming his lawyers lacked sufficient time to prepare and the statute of limitations for some charges had expired. Sandusky's lawyers filed the appeal at the […]

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You didn't think Jerry Sandusky was going to get sentenced without Chris Paul weighing in did you. Plus more on Paula Abdul's return to TV, the new GPS sneakers, and an elderly couple caught with a marijuana plant. The TJMS crew was cracking up this morning over Paul's Morning Minute, if it had you laughing […]

Chris Paul runs through today's top headlines including Jerry Sandusky's sentencing, Paula Abdul's guest judging, and more on the TJMS.

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Jerry Sandusky's lawyer says that Sandusky will fight to keep his $59,000 annual pension. Karl Rominger says the State Employees' Retirement System has no legal grounds for revoking his pension and accuses the agency of, quote, "trying to throw some red meat to the public." The retiremeny system notified Sandusky by letter Wednesday that his […]

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison — effectively a life sentence — in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. A defiant Sandusky gave a long, rambling statement in which he denied the allegations […]

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky will learn what penalty a judge considers appropriate for the 45 counts of child sexual abuse for which the former Penn State assistant football coach was convicted in June. The sentencing hearing before Judge John Cleland on Tuesday was scheduled to begin with a ruling on whether or not […]

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Because of who he is and what he's done, Jerry Sandusky could be in particular danger of sexual assault when he is sent off to prison this week. With thousands of inmates raped behind bars in the U.S. each year, statistics compiled by the federal government show that sex offenders are roughly two to four […]