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Little basketball tournament starts tomorrow in Chicago. Who ya got? Penn State is well stocked at receiver and tight end going into spring ball. A Joe Paterno tribute movie will be screened. Ohio State is looking at some junior college offensi...

Happy hump day. Former Illinois co-offensive coordinator Billy Gonzales was hired at Mississippi State. The Illini have created a Chicago advisory board. A closer look at Iowa cornerback signee Desmond King and linebacker signee John Kenny. M...

Where do I apply to become the next Pope? The Paterno report does little to change JoePa's legacy, David Jones writes. The report ignores key details, Rich Hoffman says. The unanswered question is whether Paterno knew about the 1998 allegations a...

I love nothing! Evaluating the first season for Illinois' Class of 2012. Iowa still hasn't given any information out about assistant coaching changes, but the school posted an advertisement for a coaching position on its website. Hawkeyes produ...

It's national pie day! Like I need an excuse to eat pie. Athlon offers five reasons why Ohio State is Alabama's biggest threat in 2013. Buckeyes football ticket prices are likely about to rise. Late recruiting additions have played a big role i...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- This was supposed to be Penn State's return to the big time. Nearly a year to the day from Joe Paterno's last game, the Nittany Lions geared up to show the world that they were back from 12 months of turmoil. A soldout Beaver...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Greetings from Beaver Stadium. The last time I was here was during the worst and weirdest week in Penn State history, as the Jerry Sandusky scandal enveloped the community and Joe Paterno was fired last November. It's safe to...

Penn State senior defensive tackle Jordan Hill knew about the rumblings last year that Urban Meyer might be interested in succeeding Joe Paterno. He noticed when Meyer attended Nittany Lions practices as part of his job as an ESPN analyst. "We hea...

Less than a year and a half ago, if you were putting together a Mount Rushmore of modern Big Ten coaches, Joe Paterno and Jim Tressel would have had strong cases for inclusion. Fans at Penn State and Ohio State didn't just wonder about who would e...

More excerpts from Joe Posnanski's authorized biography, Paterno, are coming to light. The latest one covers what the book describes as a rocky relationship between Joe Paterno and his former longtime defensive coordinator, convicted child sex abuser...

Links to get you over the hump. Gerald Hodges has proudly stuck with Penn State. Bill Belton is wearing the No. 1 jersey well as he tries to become the Nittany Lions' No. 1 tailback. Justin Brown gives more details about his transfer to Oklahoma....

Sportswriter Joe Posnanski sure had some interesting timing. Last summer, Posnanski -- who was a columnist and senior writer for Sports Illustrated -- decided to move to State College and spend a year working on a biography of Joe Paterno. He had ...

Joe Paterno's family has just issued the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass. The Paterno family, through attorney Wick Sollers, sent a letter of appeal Friday to the NCAA, requesting an open hearing on the sanctions handed down to Penn State as ...

I'm currently in the midst of Big Ten media day madness but found some time to answer your questions. Let's do this: Pete from Columbus, Ohio, writes: I'm going to spare you my opinion of the PSU scandal as everyone has one and it matters little w...

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and Iowa president Sally Mason -- chairwoman of the league's council of chancellors and presidents -- spoke to reporters for about 30 minutes on Monday about the Penn State sanctions. In case you missed it, the Big ...

You knew this was coming. The Paterno family has issued its own statement in the wake of the announcement of severe NCAA sanctions against Penn State, which include stripping dozens of wins off Joe Paterno's coaching record. Here's the statement by t...