Wounded lions : Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the crises in Penn State athletics /

Smith, Ronald A. 1936-

Wounded lions : Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the crises in Penn State athletics / Ronald A. Smith. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Sport and society .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Sifting and Winnowing; Prologue; 1 Life in Happy Valley: The Name and the Paterno Impact; 2 Penn State Presidents: Cheerleading the Teams to Victory; 3 A Joe Paterno-Jerry Sandusky Connection: A Look at Penn State Coaches and Assistant Coaches; 4 Alumni and Taking Control of Penn State Athletics; 5 Hugo Bezdek's Saga-Alumni, Trustees, and Presidents; 6 The Great Experiment That Failed: Alumnus Casey Jones, President Hetzel, and Coach Bob Higgins; 7 The Ernie McCoy-Rip Engle Era and the Beginning of the Grand Experiment in College Football. 8 The Joe Paterno, Steve Garban, John Oswald Coup d'État9 President Bryce Jordan and Penn State's Entry into the Big Ten; 10 The Image of Joe Paterno's Grand Experiment; 11 Shaping Reality: Saving Joe Paterno's Legacy; 12 Insularity, The Second Mile, and Sandusky's On-Campus Incidents; 13 Rene Portland and the Culture of Athletic Silence; 14 The Board of Trustees, Insularity, and Athletic Administration; 15 Paterno, Spanier, Schultz, Curley, and the Penn State Pandora's Box; 16 From the Grand Jury to Beyond the NCAA Consent Decree; Timeline; Notes; Index.

A rogue program, an iconic coach, and an unspeakable tragedy.



9780252098215

2019718500


Paterno, Joe, 1926-2012.
Sandusky, Jerry.


Pennsylvania State University--Sports.
Pennsylvania State University--Football.
Pennsylvania State University--Sports--Administration.


College sports--Corrupt practices--Pennsylvania--University Park.


Electronic Books.

GV691 / .W686 2016