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Paterno favors Big Ten expanding from 11 to 14

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.

Penn State coach's glasses net $9,000 for charity

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.

JoePa, No. 11 Penn St. raring to go for bowl game

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.

JoePa tiptoes around question on Bowden's future

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.

Ventre: Bowden deserves more respect

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.

No. 7 Penn State readies for old rival Syracuse

Old rivals Syracuse and Penn State can generate headlines when they meet that have nothing to do with football.

Penn St records show JoePa a millionaire

Penn State coach Joe Paterno is a millionaire.

Paterno: Expand Big Ten, but no Notre Dame

Joe Paterno says he'd like to see either Rutgers, Pittsburgh or Syracuse join the Big Ten.

Paterno feeling great and back in charge

Joe Paterno felt like he was in charge again this spring.

He's back: Penn State, Paterno open spring drills

The glasses were thick and smoky, and the Nike sneakers were as jet-black as ever.

JoePa to coach from press box at Rose Bowl

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.

Walters: USC-Penn State sure to be must-see TV

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.”

Celizic: Way to go, Joe! Paterno earned his present

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

JoePa gets extension at Penn State through 2011

Just in time for Joe Paterno's 82nd birthday: a three-year contract extension.

Penn State coach Paterno back after hip surgery

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.

JoePa undergoes successful hip replacement

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.

Paterno fans hope Saturday isn't his home finale

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.

JoePa says he may need hip replacement surgery

Penn State coach Joe Paterno may have hip replacement surgery after the regular season.

Paterno says he'll get checked out during bye week

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.

Walters: Aging but constant, Paterno guns for perfection

"OK, guys, let's go so I can get home and go to bed."

Paterno coaching from press box again

For the third consecutive week, Joe Paterno was coaching from the press box for No. 3 Penn State on Saturday.

Paterno coaching from press box at Wisconsin

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.

Hip injury forces Paterno to coach from press box

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.

JoePa moves to press box at halftime for Penn St.

Joe Paterno moved to the press box for the second half of Penn State's game Saturday against Temple.

Penn St.'s Paterno treated, released from hospital

Penn State coach Joe Paterno spent several hours at a hospital being treated for dehydration before returning home late Thursday.

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Paterno: Expand Big Ten to Twelve Teams, Add Playoffs
Source: ESPN.com

Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Thursday night that he has pushed within the Big Ten conference to expand it to 12 teams as a method of leveling the playing field in college football.

Penn State Mascot Arrested On DUI Charge
Source: nbc4i.com

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Penn State senior who plays the Nittany Lion mascot was arrested on a DUI charge and his status for the Rose Bowl is in doubt, police and school officials said.

Desire to coach still drives 81 year old Paterno
Source: ESPN.com

For those of you considering old age and McCain, why not think of Joe Paterno? For all the right reasons.

Paterno thinks hard, then shuns Clinton
Source: NBC Sports

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, a noted Republican, says he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former president visited campus on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign.

JoePa's salary made public
Source: taxgirl.com

After years of speculation, the salary of Joe Paterno has been made public. You won't believe your eyes.

$1 million damages for failed dentistry
Source: The Age

A ONCE vibrant and vivacious woman reduced to a virtual recluse after failed dental and facial surgery was awarded more than $1 million damages yesterday.

PSU Nittany Lions Ready to Clash with Tennessee in the Outback Bowl
Source: GoPSUsports.com

TAMPA, Fla.; December 23, 2006 – The Penn State football team resumed practice today with its first workout in Florida in preparation for its Outback Bowl clash with No.

PSU Gearing Up for A Run At the National Championship

Well, PSU had a tough season this year with all four losses coming to top 10 teams. If Anthony Morelli could have played more consistently at QB, this team would have been in the hunt for a national title.

Joe Paterno hurts lag
Source: Sports Illustrated

Player rolls into Joe Pa.

Joe Paterno Struggles With Number 2
Source: CBS SportsLine.com

And still Ohio State was struggling to stay No. 1. Meanwhile, Penn State coach Joe Paterno was struggling with No. 2. And there goes Joe Paterno, bolting for the locker room in the second quarter. Ahem.