Alleged accomplice and suspect are the same thing. Three men are connected to the incident and are being charged (assuming the third one gets caught), even if one is the actual stabber. Headline is shorthand, story I wrote fleshes out the details. Read more

1. He raps for Wiz Khalifa's label and appeared in his video. Read more

They split a two-game series with the Mariners a few weeks back. Read more

You do realize it's possible to a) find flaws in the Freeh report; b) think the NCAA is full of shit; and c) acknowledge Paterno didn't do enough. Read more

Do they have the power to do it? They do, apparently, or we wouldn't be discussing this right now. They can essentially do whatever they want, even if it means restricting an appeal. That's the problem here. Read more

The question of standing is a big one, too. Penn State signed off on the consent decree, and Penn State is not party to the suit to allege they were coerced into doing so. Read more

Yes, the sin of omission does become something of a cover-up on its own. But it's still not the same as saying these guys "actively concealed" or whatever, since people would have been ordered to keep quiet and evidence would have been destroyed, etc. Freeh alleged active concealment, yet none of that happened here.… Read more

You do realize it's possible to understand that a) the Freeh report has flaws; b) the NCAA is full of shit; and c) Joe Paterno didn't do enough here, given what he seemed to know. Read more

I don't buy that he wasn't aware of what was going on, either. I think that by the time of the '01 incident, Penn State officials didn't want to deal with Sandusky because it was such a taboo subject. Their inaction had devastating consequences, and Paterno, Curley, Spanier, and Schultz have all paid a dear price for… Read more

I'm not convinced he perjured himself, though. Here's the transcript; the relevant portions are on pages 177 and 178. The assistant AG who questioned him did such a piss poor job, frankly. She asked Paterno if he was aware of any "inappropriate sexual conduct" from 1998. Yet there's nothing to substantiate he… Read more

He was the corroborating witness for McQueary's story at the time the grand jury issued its initial presentment. His testimony became moot once he died, but he did get credit from the AG for cooperating once investigators started talking to him in 2010 and into 2011: Read more

I'm not giving him credit. I'm acknowledging that a) the Freeh report has flaws: b) the NCAA is full of shit; and c) Paterno didn't do enough. Those first two positions are not mutually exclusive from the third. Read more

Blerg. Yes. I know that. It's fixed. Thanks. Read more

I didn't defend Paterno. Read more

I didn't defend Paterno. Read more

No. He also seemed to have harassed them. He sent the dick pics to someone else (Jenn Sterger). The plaintiffs wanted that to be part of this case. I've added two sentences to make that more clear. Thanks. Read more

But nothing Penn State did violated an actual NCAA rule. I have a problem with that. The NCAA piled on to capitalize on everyone's outrage. But the effect of its punishment does absolutely nothing to any of the guilty or allegedly guilty parties here. Nothing at all. Paterno is dead (and his reputation had already… Read more

Did Paterno know about that 1998 investigation? Yes. Is that part of the reason it's fair to say he was negligent here? Yes. Does that mean he committed a crime? No. Read more

I've read his grand jury testimony many times. Where, specifically, did Paterno lie? About 1998? He was asked about a "sexual" allegation. Yet there's no corroborating proof he knew the '98 allegation was sexual, especially since no charges were even filed at the time. And he acknowledged "rumors" because he couldn't… Read more

The "objects of worship" can be embodied in different people. The NCAA took aim at a "culture" of football, not a "culture" of Joe Paterno. Read more