Joe Posnanski, the author of the Joe Paterno biography "Paterno," spoke to a packed crowd in Alumni Hall at the HUB on Friday afternoon. He gave an in-depth look about his time with the late head coach and offered his opinions about the Freeh Report and criticisms of his book.
In today's ridiculously fast media environment, news stories can go from headlines to feature film pitches in less than a year. Yesterday, Deadline reported that ICM Partners is shopping around a package based on Joe Posnanski's book, Paterno, with Al Pacino attached to star. Yes, Al Pacino of The Godfather, Scarface, and Jack and Jill fame.
Joe Posnanski's highly-anticipated biography "Paterno" will debut as number one on the New York Times bestsellers list this month, publisher Simon & Schuster confirmed to ESPN.
The all-male a cappella group formerly known as “The JoePas” joined organizations such as NittanyVille, Nike, and Penn State itself in their cutting of ties with the condemned former coach, formally announcing a name change to “The Statesmen” on August 24th. Read more after the jump to understand how they came to this decision.
Last month, the NCAA took Penn State's wins and now they want their trophies. According to a report from WHPTV in Harrisburg, the NCAA expects Penn State to return the six trophies it obtained from the 1998-2011 period in which all wins were vacated.
As the season approaches, many Penn State fans are wondering if this year's offense will be better than last year's unit that often struggled. While improvement in terms of points is tough to predict, the unit should be better prepared and more organized.