Showing posts with label Freeh Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freeh Report. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Joe Paterno Statue FINALLY Taken Down

Statue of Joe Paterno at Pennsylvania State University

tds.com has a report from the Associated Press that the controversal statue of Joe Paterno has been taken down.  The Freeh Report revealed that Joe Paterno and university officials knew about allegations of child sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky but chose to do nothing.

ESPN has a glimpse of the removal this morning via this YouTube video.

The AP report indicates that on Monday July 23rd, 2012, the NCAA will reveal the "corrective and punitive measures" against the university.

I'm looking forward to hearing what those specific sanctions will be.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Joe Paterno Statue at Penn State to Come Down

Joe Paterno statue on Pennsylvania State University campus. 
Photo cr: New York Daily News.

UPDATE 11:30 AM:
ESPN Reports School President to decide on Paterno Statue.

UPDATE 10:00 AM:   Bonnie Bernstein tweeted:
So the decision may not be final yet. Sigh.

 While everyone is reeling from the news of lone gunman, James Holmes, 24, in a deadly mass shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight in Aurora, Colorado, --at least 12 dead and 50 injured-- there's news out of Penn State: 

SportsGrid.com is reporting that the statue of Joe Paterno will come down this weekend.

ESPN Sportscaster, Bonnie Bernstein tweeted:


T&T believes removing the statue is the best decision in light of the Freeh Report revelations.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Freeh Report: A Penn State Tragedy

Sara Ganim

If you still don't know who Sarah Ganim is, she won a Pulitzer for her ground breaking coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.  Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child molestation, child endangerment.

I'm still trying to pick myself up off the floor from the Freeh Report revelations about "JoPa" Joe Paterno, university president Graham Spanier, senior vice-president Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley. The red flags and missed opportunities are jaw dropping.

My friend Matthew McGough directed me to this excellent, thoughtful analysis by Jason Whitlock, who stated in his article:
The Four Horsemen of Penn State’s Apocalypse — Paterno, Spanier, Curley and Schultz, the men rightfully vilified in Louis Freeh’s Last Judgment — concealed Sandusky’s vile behavior because they understood, and, yes, sympathized with his inability to control his sexual demons.

The Penn State tragedy is a disaster rooted in sexism and man’s lack of sexual control.

We think with the wrong head.
 (snip)
...you could scan the globe and it would be impossible to find four women who climbed the leadership ladder within a major institution who would conspire to protect a child molester.
T&T couldn't agree more.

Is it any surprise that it was a lone, female reporter, who dug deep, followed her instincts and broke the story about Jerry Sandusky?  HERE Sara outlines how the Freeh Report was able to come to a starkly different conclusion about Joe Paterno that the state's grand jury investigation.

Patriot News.com
pennlive.com
pennlive Jerry Sandusky Coverage

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Freeh Report on Pennsylvania State University

UPDATE: Correct spelling error in title Freeh Report; thank you T&T readers!

HERE IS THE LINK to download the PDF copy of the above Report of the Special Investigative Counsel Regarding the Actions of The Pennsylvania State University Related to the Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Jerry Sandusky.

Read it and weep.