[Warning: Adult content in this post; Updated: 3:26 pm, 11/10] When the announcement was made at a news conference that the 84-year-old Mr. Paterno would not coach another game, a gasp went up from the crowd of several hundred reporters, students and camera people who were present. – NYT Why was Paterno fired? For failing to take action after reports—from a direct witness employed by Paterno—that Jerry Sandusky, ex-defensive coordinator under Paterno, had molested young boys both before and after the coordinator’s 2002 retirement. In the words of the same NYT article (bolds mine): Mr. Sandusky had been a key Read more