Joe Paterno

Joseph R. Carlozo, Calvert Hall football coach

2013-05-24 14:49:00

Joseph R. Carlozo, a former Calvert Hall College High School football coach whose team had a legendary closing-seconds victory at Memorial Stadium on Thanksgiving Day in 1969, died of stroke complications May 20 at the Forest Hill Health and...

Eric LeGrand brings his motivational story to Baltimore

2013-05-07 18:22:00

It wasn't so long ago that former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand couldn't even move his shoulders, which is why it's hard not to marvel at his willingness to offer one of them to anybody facing a major life challenge. If you don't know his story,...

In new Big Ten, Penn State football expects to grow more comfortable in Maryland

2013-05-01 15:40:00

Penn State has had a run of the neighborhood for as long as anyone can remember, from its years as the most successful independent Division I-A football program on the East Coast and a national power, to a little more than the past two decades in the...

Enough of Sandusky, Paterno and Penn State

2013-03-29 05:15:00

It is horrifying to open a newspaper and see Jerry Sandusky again ("Sandusky: Paterno wouldn't allow pedophile," March 26). Just when you thought the Penn State sexual abuse scandal was over, Mr. Sandusky is giving interviews to a crazed documentary...

Joe Flacco's record contract puts agent Joe Linta in spotlight

2013-03-02 18:00:00

Don't look for a $3,000 suit or slicked-back hair. Don't expect to hear empty flattery or bragging about an extensive list of superstar clients. None of that is Joe Linta. "If you met him and he told you he was a sports agent, you wouldn't believe him,"...

The truth about the Paterno scandal

2013-02-16 07:30:00

Your recent article about the Joe Paterno sex abuse case missed the mark ("Report by Paterno family rebuts scandal accusations," Feb. 11). Buried on page 8 was the following dismissive remark: "The 238-page review, conducted by former Pennsylvania Gov....

Ray Lewis statue? Not so fast

2013-02-14 12:45:00

What's more embarrassing than to have to take down a commemorative statue? Accomplished individuals may encounter situations over a lifetime that overshadow the acts that brought them recognition. William Donald Schaefer's statue was dedicated at a...

What was the No. 1 sports story of 2012?

2012-12-30 21:39:00

Look toward London Iliana Lim�n Romero Orlando Sentinel The London Olympics delivered the most compelling storylines of 2012. Gabby Douglas was not considered a contender for the women's gymnastics all-around gold medal at the beginning of the year,...

KAL's year in review, the key

2012-12-22 00:00:00

January 1. A dropped pass and a missed field goal keep Joe Flacco and the Ravens out of the Super Bowl. February 2. Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson becomes Mr. Super PAC by pumping millions into Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. 3....

Catching Up With former Ravens safety Kim Herring

2013-01-17 10:08:00

There's a whiff of the past in the Ravens' current playoff run. So said Kim Herring, strong safety on the Super Bowl XXXV championship team. Then as now, the Ravens rallied around linebacker Ray Lewis — but for different reasons. During the 2000...

On vacation with Lance Armstrong

2012-10-24 12:14:00

For a while there, we vacationed with Lance Armstrong every summer. And Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis. All the boys. They'd be in France, of course, while we were at the shore in Delaware. But the nasal...

Put the victims first

2012-10-18 08:41:00

It is coming up on one year since the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse story broke and just about a week since his sentencing, and I am pondering what we have learned from it and where we are in relation to more open dialogue about sexual abuse. Here is...

The crowd listens and reacts while Penn State alumni speak about issues concerning Penn State Head football coach Joe Paterno and the Freeh report during a Penn State Board of Trustees meeting held at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on Friday. // 031513

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Phil Knight, chairman of the board of Nike, addresses a memorial service for former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pennsylvania, January 26, 2012 .

2013-02-11 09:38:25

Messages are left to Joe Paterno on luminaries during a candlelight vigil marking one year since the football coach's death, at the Inspiration Mural in State College, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

2013-01-22 00:00:00