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JoePa says he may need hip replacement surgery

Nov. 15, 2008
Penn State coach Joe Paterno may have hip replacement surgery after the regular season.
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PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Joe Paterno will coach from the press box Thursday when eighth-ranked Penn State faces No. 5 Southern California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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Paterno back home after hip surgery

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno, 81, returned home Tuesday after undergoing successful hip replacement surgery.
Paterno plans to return for 44th season

Paterno plans to return for 44th season

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Joe Paterno said Saturday, following the Nittany Lions' 49-18 win over Michigan State, he plans to return in 2009 as Penn State University football coach.

COL FB: Penn St. 49, Michigan St. 18

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Daryll Clark's five touchdowns Saturday sent No. 8 Penn State to a 49-18 drubbing of No. 15 Michigan State.

COL FB: Iowa 24, Penn State 23

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Daniel Murray's 31-yard field goal with one second left Saturday lifted the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 24-23 upset of third-ranked Penn State.

Joint replacement wait times studied

LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian and U.S. scientists studying joint replacement wait times in Ontario found politically popular strategies aren't likely to have much impact.

COL FB: Penn State 46, Michigan 17

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Evan Royster ran for 174 yards and a touchdown Saturday to help the third-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions beat the Michigan Wolverines Saturday 46-17.

COL FB: Penn St. 20, Purdue 6

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries Saturday, pacing sixth-ranked Penn State to a 20-6 victory over Purdue.

COL FB: Penn State 45, Temple 3

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Stephfon Green rushed for 132 yards Saturday in the 15th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions' 45-3 romp over the Temple Owls.

COL FB: Penn State 45, Oregon State 14

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Daryll Clark passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another and Evan Royster ran for three TDs Saturday to lead No. 19 Penn State past Oregon State 45-14.

Penn State suspends three players

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Three players have been suspended from the Penn State football team after police allegedly found marijuana at their apartment complex.

1 in 75 U.K. patients need joint revision

LONDON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- One in 75 patients require a revision of their hip or knee replacement after three years, British researchers say.

COL FB: Penn State 66, Coastal Carolina 10

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Evan Royster and Stephfon Green combined for five rushing touchdowns Saturday, powering 22nd-ranked Penn State to a 66-10 victory over Coastal Carolina.

Expose hurts Penn State, Paterno

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 30 (UPI) -- ESPN's expose of arrest records involving Penn State football players included statistics that some school officials call embarrassing.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch