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It's actually happening: Deadline reports that Al Pacino will play Joe Paterno in Brian De Palma's Happy Valley, a project Pacino had been attached to since September. Joe Posnanski's Paterno has been optioned for the project, and Dave McKenna &#8212...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Hey everyone, I'm back. I got married last Saturday, which means huge changes for "About Last Night." I'm an official adult now, and I realized that some o...

I. A friend of mine, a fellow Penn State alumnus, texted me on Monday morning with two seemingly paradoxical thoughts: He believed the NCAA to be - and I will quote him directly here, because I sort of agree with him - "monumentally full of shit"; he...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Clayton Kershaw and Cliff Lee each pitched eight strong innings, but Matt Kemp's walk-off home run in the 12th gave the Dodgers a 5-3 win over the Phill...

It's been a while since Chuck Klosterman and I banged out one of our marathon "We thought it would be 45 minutes but ended up going for nearly two hours, so we had to belatedly record an 'out' for Part 1 and an 'in' for Part 2" podcasts. Discussed in...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Blake Griffin tore his meniscus at a Team USA scrimmage and will miss the Olympic Games in London. Which is particularly sad when you consider that, asid...

The scandal at State College infects an entire system in the aftermath of the Freeh Report.

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Melky Cabrera blasted a two-run homer to lead the National League to an 8-0 rout in the All-Star Game - the NL's most lopsided victory ever - and took hom...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. The Atlanta Hawks agreed in principle to trade Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz for point guard Devin Harris, and sources report that they've also reached ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Notes kept by Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long during his investigation show that former head coach Bobby Petrino's relationship with his assistant ...

The following is excerpted from Death Comes to Happy Valley: Penn State and the Tragic Legacy of Joe Paterno by Jonathan Mahler. Copyright (c) 2012 by Jonathan Mahler. Excerpted by permission of Byliner Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excer...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Novak Djokovic advanced to the Australian Open final with a five-set victory over Andy Murray. On Sunday, he'll face Rafael Nadal in a battle of the top t...

The hugely complicated problem of remembering a hugely complicated legend.

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. With a balanced scoring attack, the no. 6 Duke Blue Devils held off no. 17 Virginia to win their 44th straight home game, 61-58. After the game, the stud...

Not long after Joe Paterno became the head coach at Penn State, he received a letter from an alumnus, a doctor in the small town of East Stroudsburg. The Nittany Lions had struggled to win their season opener over Maryland, and Paterno felt burdened ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Tim Tebow is the owner of an NFL playoff victory. In the first postseason game to end on the first play from scrimmage in overtime, the Broncos def...