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Penn State coach Joe Paterno: Docking Florida State's Bobby Bowden wins would be unfair

Jul. 13, 2009
A cheating scandal that could cost Florida State coach Bobby Bowden as many as 14 victories could also drop him well behind Joe Paterno in career wins as they enter the 2009 season.
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Paterno statue's glasses stolen

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Penn State University officials said the glasses were stolen from a statue of football head coach Joe Paterno outside of Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa.
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.

Report: Info given on Paterno successor

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 2 (UPI) -- Penn State football recruits are being given details about the successor of long-time Nittany Lion Coach Joe Paterno, a player said.
Penn State Coach Joe Paterno hospitalized

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno hospitalized

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 15 (UPI) -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was hospitalized Thursday because of dehydration.

Court: Paterno's paycheck public record

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's salary is a matter of public record.

Paterno to miss hall of fame ceremonies

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will miss ceremonies inducting him into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Paterno definitely out for Saturday

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, laid up with a leg injury, will miss a Nittany Lions game for just the third time in 57 seasons on Saturday. The university announced Thursday that Paterno, still hospitalized after surgery on his left leg, will not

Penn State's Paterno has knee surgery

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, injured in a sideline incident last Saturday, had surgery on his left leg and knee. Paterno, 79, had a fracture near the top of his left shin bone and also tore the medial collateral ligament and posterior cruciate l

Paterno AFCA coach of the year

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Penn State's Joe Paterno was selected Tuesday as the American Football Coaches Association coach of the year for the fifth time.

Paterno signs contract extension

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 13 (UPI) -- Despite growing criticism that the game has passed him by, Penn State's Joe Paterno signed a four-year contract extension Thursday.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler