by Bill Moushey
Thousands gather outside Penn State’s Old Main administration building on Friday, November 11, 2011, during a Penn State student-organized candlelight vigil to show student support for victims of child sexual abuse. The event drew as many as 10,000, according to unofficial police estimates.
(Photograph by Andy Colwell)
Penn State student Adam Adamietz sings during the candlelight vigil in support of victims of child sexual abuse.
(Photograph by Andy Colwell)
Candles held aloft by Penn State students join thousands of others outside the Old Main administration building.
(Photograph by Andy Colwell)
Jerry Sandusky, with his wife, Dottie, as he enters the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on the day of his preliminary hearing on child abuse charges. Once inside, he waives his right to the hearing.
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Satellite trucks become a fixture at Penn State after the November 2011 charges were filed against Jerry Sandusky and two others.
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Reporters jam the front yard of the Centre County Courthouse in the aftermath of the waived preliminary hearing on December 13, 2011.
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Joe Paterno uses a cane entering Beaver Stadium for a 2008 game against Indiana prior to hip surgery. That was the beginning of a series of health issues for the longtime coach.
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On the day Joe Paterno is laid to rest, fans flock to the statue commemorating his life outside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium.
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A metallic-blue hearse takes Joe Paterno on his last ride past Beaver Stadium on the day of his burial.
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Mike McQueary is consoled by Christine Johnson, wife of Penn State assistant coach Larry Johnson.
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Twenty-seven thousand people pay tribute to Joe Paterno at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State University campus.
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Artist Michael Pilato paints over a likeness of Jerry Sandusky on a mural on the wall of the Penn State bookstore depicting famous people from Happy Valley.
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A halo now adorns the painting of Joe Paterno on the mural wall of the campus bookstore in State College, Pennsylvania.
(Bill Moushey)
About the Authors
BILL MOUSHEY is a Pulitzer Prize–nominated investigative journalist who specializes in documenting abuses of the criminal justice system. He worked with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for twenty-three years before becoming a professor in the School of Communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. In 1997 he won the National Press Club’s Freedom of Information Award for his groundbreaking exposé of an out-of-control witness protection program.
BOB DVORCHAK worked for forty-four years as a journalist with Uniontown Newspapers Inc., the Associated Press, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He has received awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Golden Quill awards program for deadline reporting and sportswriting.
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Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover photograph © by Jim Prishing/AP Images
Copyright
GAME OVER. Copyright © 2012 by Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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