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Scandal leaves Paterno’s reputation in tatters

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Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 5:19pm

A half-century in the making, Joe Paterno’s impeccable reputation was shattered in a matter of days.

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Joe Paterno has lung cancer, son says

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 3:57pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.

Scott Paterno said in a statement provided to The Associated Press by a family representative on Friday that the 84-year-old Joe Paterno is undergoing treatment and that "his doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery."

"As everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents, and we simply ask that his privacy be respected as he proceeds with treatment," Scott Paterno said in a brief statement.

Scott Paterno said the diagnosis was made during a follow-up visit last weekend for a bronchial illness.

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Joe Paterno and his wife Susan stand on their porch to thanks well wishers gathered outside after John Surma, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Penn State University Board of Trustees, right, announced the firing of university President Graham Spanier, and football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa.,Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Penn State shaken after firing of Paterno

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 12:58pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- After nearly a half-century on the job, Joe Paterno says he is still getting used to the idea of not being Penn State's football coach. So is the rest of the shaken campus, after one of the most tumultuous days in its history.

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FILE- In this Oct. 17, 2009, file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno pauses as he walks the field before an NCAA college football game against Minnesota in State College, Pa. Paterno, who preached success with honor for half a century but whose legend was shattered by a child sex abuse scandal, said Wednesdaym Nov. 9, 2011, the he will retire at the end of this season. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Paterno to retire at end of season

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 1:15pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, his long and illustrious career brought down because he failed to do all he could about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.

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Source: Paterno to retire at end of season

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 9:37am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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Paterno news conference canceled amid scandal

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:44pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State's president abruptly canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference Tuesday amid increasing calls for both men to resign in the wake of a former assistant coach's sex-abuse scandal and as another potential victim came forward.

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