Apr 24 - By Associated Press
If it were up to him, Penn State coach Joe Paterno would expand the Big Ten by three members to 14, adding two schools from the east and one from the west.
Feb 21 - By Associated Press
Two Penn State graduates are paying $9,000 for a chance to see through Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno's trademark thick-rimmed glasses.
Dec 11 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
Temperatures outside were in the 20s, and a biting wind made it feel even colder in Happy Valley, but Joe Paterno was raring to go.
Oct 8 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Florida State's Bobby Bowden should "decide what he wants to do now" but otherwise refrained from commenting about the future of the Seminoles' coach.

Oct 6 - By Michael Ventre, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It’s agonizingly difficult to tell someone they can’t get the job done anymore, that the modern world has made him ineffective and obsolete.
Sep 5 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
Old rivals Syracuse and Penn State can generate headlines when they meet that have nothing to do with football.
May 29 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is a millionaire.
May 27 - By Associated Press
Joe Paterno says he'd like to see either Rutgers, Pittsburgh or Syracuse join the Big Ten.
Apr 30 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Joe Paterno felt like he was in charge again this spring.
Mar 27 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
The glasses were thick and smoky, and the Nike sneakers were as jet-black as ever.
Dec 31 - By Associated Press
Still recovering from hip surgery, Joe Paterno will coach from the press box when No. 6 Penn State plays No. 5 Southern California on Thursday at the Rose Bowl.
Dec 29 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
USC coach Pete Carroll has a keen sense of humor, so here is an idea for him: On the morning of the Rose Bowl, have the staff at the Trojans’ team hotel deliver a wake-up call to his players in the form of Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You, Babe.”
Dec 16 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
At least we finally know when Joe Paterno will retire. It will be the day he forgot where he left the football stadium. Either that or the day they stop driving him to practice in a golf cart and start driving him in a coffin.On Dec. 21, the Man Who Wouldn’t Retire turns 82. But he’s already received his birthday present — .Hooray for JoePa. He’s found a way to win and a way to remain employed at an age when few others are. And now it’s clear he intends to keep right on coaching — or at least being called a coach — until he dies on the sidelines.It’s his choice. I say let him go for it — as long as his team keeps winning.Four years ago, Paterno was putting together a 4-7 season on the heels of a 3-9 2003 season and losing records in 2000 and 2001. I was among the blasphemers who said that it was time for the then 78-year-old legend to retire. And if he wouldn’t go quietly, I wrote, Penn State had to fire him.I wasn’t wrong then. The game had pa
Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Just in time for Joe Paterno's 82nd birthday: a three-year contract extension.
Nov 25 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back at work a week after undergoing hip-replacement surgery. A team spokesman says the 81-year-old Paterno held a squad meeting Sunday night after players returned from Thanksgiving break.
Nov 23 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
Penn State coach Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the Nittany Lions clinched the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
Nov 17 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
His contract expires after the season. His hip is so sore it may need surgery. His team is one win away from the Rose Bowl.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno may have hip replacement surgery after the regular season.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno plans to have doctors check out his ailing right leg and hip next week, when the third-ranked Nittany Lions have no game.

Oct 21 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
"OK, guys, let's go so I can get home and go to bed."
Oct 18 - By Associated Press
For the third consecutive week, Joe Paterno was coaching from the press box for No. 3 Penn State on Saturday.
Oct 11 - By Chris Jenkins, AP Sports Writer
A sore right leg will keep Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the press box for the No. 6 ranked Nittany Lions' game at Wisconsin on Saturday night.
Oct 4 - By Associated Press
For the first time this season Joe Paterno wasn't on the Penn State sideline at kickoff, opting to coach from the press box Saturday against Purdue because of a lingering right hip injury.
Sep 20 - By Associated Press
Joe Paterno moved to the press box for the second half of Penn State's game Saturday against Temple.
May 15 - By Genaro C. Armas, AP Sports Writer
Penn State coach Joe Paterno spent several hours at a hospital being treated for dehydration before returning home late Thursday.