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In a federal lawsuit filed on Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett attacks the NCAA and the sanctions applied to Penn State as a result of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Corbett and his lawyers claim the NCAA violated the nation's antitrust laws whe...

Notes made public after a grand jury in Harrisburg, Penn., investigated the Penn State and Jerry Sandusky scandal offer a detailed account of a vigorous and relentless attempt by Penn State officials to cover up Sandusky's predations and to protect the reputation of their football program.

The judge was careful, and he was scrupulous in his implementation of the law of Pennsylvania that applies to Jerry Sandusky's crimes. But how about some outrage? Wouldn't it have been better if the judge had said something like 199 years, a better matchup of crime and punishment?

On Thursday the attorneys for Gary Schultz and Tim Curley will tell Judge Todd Hoover that the former Penn State officials are being prosecuted not for deliberate falsehoods but for innocent opinions and beliefs.

The verdict will not produce closure, and it will not produce healing. If it does anything that is positive, it tells us that the legal system has concluded its work on Jerry Sandusky. That's it.

It was always going to smell bad. (It's methane gas, after all.) But Kyle Orton apparently had no idea how malodorous his investment would be. Plus, insuring Jerry Sandusky.

When Jerry Sandusky and his legal team waived their right to a preliminary hearing at the 11th hour, they sacrificed one of the few advantages they had. Why? Our Q&A might help.

Tuesday's preliminary hearing in the Jerry Sandusky case could be a courtroom drama not often seen this early in a criminal case.

Where does the Penn State story end? In the athletic department? In the school president's office? In Harrisburg? The scandal's tentacles keep growing.

The fixes won't be popular in Happy Valley. For example: One way out of the toxic culture at Penn State right now just might be to shut football down altogether for a while.

Penn State and Joe Paterno likely will soon be facing civil lawsuits from the victims of Jerry Sandusky's alleged perversity.