Just two days after being embarrassed in the biggest incumbent defeat in the history of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections, Tom Corbett is changing his tune on Joe Paterno.
Commonwealth Court Judge Anne Covey issued a memorandum ruling on Friday blasting the NCAA for its numerous court filings in its various lawsuits, calling its efforts to get just the right rulings "deplorable," according to the Centre Daily Times. Covey also called out the NCAA for claiming that they own the $60 million fine money from their sanctions on Penn State, although the university has denied so in one of its filings.
Recent internal NCAA emails released in discovery of Senator Jake Corman's lawsuit show that NCAA officials questioned their own jurisdiction to sanction Penn State and that it was banking on Penn State being "so embarrassed they will do anything."
John Amaechi, an NBA sensation and 2013 Homecoming Grand Marshal, reflected on his connections with Jerry Sandusky, his time at the Second Mile, and the scandal that followed.
The latest bipartisan poll has Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf up 23 points on incumbent Tom Corbett only two weeks before election day. Barring some sort of meltdown, Wolf will be Pennsylvania's next governor. With 631,000 living alumni, more than half of which live in Pennsylvania, Penn State should be at the top of the next governor's list of priorities.
According Sundance's synopsis, the documentary takes a look at Joe Paterno's role in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case and the scandal's effect on State College.