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Joe Paterno is dead at 85. The former Penn State coach, who had been battling cancer, was fired amid scandal, but his legacy goes well beyond the final chapter, writes Jack McCallum.

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has agreed to replace Joe Paterno as Penn State's head coach, according to multiple reports.

ESPN, citing unnammed sources, first reported Thursday night that an official announcement would be made Saturday, and that O'Brien would continue on as an assistant with the Patriots the rest of the postseason.

Scott Paterno said in a statement provided to The Associated Press by a family representative on Friday that the 84-year-old Joe Paterno is undergoing treatment and that "his doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery." "As everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents, and we simply ask that his privacy be ...

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The Big Ten has taken Joe Paterno's name off the Big Ten's football championship trophy. League commissioner Jim Delany said Monday that it is "inappropriate" to keep Paterno's name on the trophy that will be awarded Dec. 3 after the first Big Ten title game.

Penn State fired Paterno, its longtime head coach, last week and investigations are under way into allegations of child...

Joe Paterno is gone and Penn State continues to deal with an ugly scandal. How'll the 12th-ranked Nittany Lions respond as they face No. 19 Nebraska in a key Big Ten matchup?

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Joe Paterno is out. Mike McQueary still has a job. There could be a couple of reasons for that, says Andy Staples.

Yet in the wake of the ugly scandal, Penn State still has work to do.

Joe Paterno and Penn State president Graham Spanier were fired on Wednesday night by the PSU board of trustees.

The school can now begin the healing process, writes Andy Staples.

The old coach was 84, and each new season brought questions whether it would be his last.

The day was always coming. The old coach was 84, and each new season brought questions whether it would be his last.

No one, though, expected it to happen quite like this. A tearful Joe Paterno, who won more games than any coach in major college football history, stood in an auditorium in the Penn State complex Wednesday and told disbelieving players that he was retiring at the end of the season.