Roundup: Penn State Scandal News, Vanderbilt Lost to Cleveland State & Coach Gets DUI on Gameday, But Still Coaches
By Jason McIntyre
“I suspect a similar instinct prompted the higher-ups at Penn State to basically ignore what they described as Jerry Sandusky’s ‘inappropriate conduct,’ and persuaded Paterno that by punting the allegation to his superiors he had fulfilled his responsibility to the victimized child.” [NYT]
Mistral Raymond, a Vikings’ DB, has been through a lot off the field. [Pioneer Press]
This one’s a bigger upset than Loyola Marymount over UCLA: Vanderbilt 58, Cleveland State 71 in Nashville. [Tennessean]
How was there no replay monitor available for the Vermont-South Florida game Saturday? Sounds like they blew a call. [Burlington Free Press]
MLB legacies weren’t boosted by performance enhancing drugs. Sure. They just took them because they liked how they tasted. [SI]
Oh, so we’re floating dumb ideas for the open Penn State coaching job? Yes, Jim Caldwell is a dumb idea. [NYDN]
Ski legend Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche over the weekend. [Ski Channel]
Western Kentucky’s defensive coordinator got a DUI about 16 hours before the Hilltoppers played LSU; he still coached. [Herald]
Phil Mushnick, not surprisingly, got worked up when writing about the Penn State scandal. [Post]
A year after three Southern Miss football players were shot, the Golden Eagles are 9-1 and ranked 22nd in the country. [The Daily]
The Bengals lost cornerback Leon Hall for the season to an achilles injury. [Enquirer]
Mike Matheny will be announced today as the new St. Louis Cardinals manager. He’s 41. It’ll be his first managerial job. [Post-Dispatch]
Inside basketball read on how Belmont was able to hang with Duke at Cameron over the weekend. [Mikan Drill]
Inside football read on play-calling and the Redskins. [Wash Post]
Jerry Sandusky’s pension from Penn State? Over $58k a year. [Penn Live]
Should Joe Paterno be stripped of wins? I think Bianchi is serious, but I laughed. [Sentinel]
Missed this last week, when it went viral: Notorious BIG makes this baby stop crying.
Deion Branch mocked Fireman Ed during the Patriots’ dismantling of the Jets. Of course I’m writing about it (the game, not this moment).