Wounded lions
Subtitle: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the crises in Penn State athletics
By: Ronald A. Smith
Series: Sport and society; Sport and society
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780252040016; 9780252081491
Subjects: Corrupt practices; Football; Administration; Sports; Pennsylvania State University; College sports
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Life in Happy Valley : the name and the Paterno impact; title: Penn State presidents : cheerleading the teams of victory; title: A Joe Paterno-Jerry Sandusky connection : a look at Penn State football coaches and assistant coaches; title: Alumni and taking control of Penn State athletics; title: Hugo Bezdek's saga : alumni, trustees, and presidents; title: The great experiment that failed : alumnus Casey Jones, President Hetzel, and coach Bob Higgins; title: The Ernie McCoy-Rip Engle era and the beginning of the grand experiment in college football; title: The Joe Paterno, Steve Garban, John Oswald coup d'état; title: President Bryce Jordan and Penn State's entry into the Big Ten; title: The image of Joe Paterno's grand experiment; title: Shaping reality : saving Joe Paterno's legacy; title: Insularity, the Second Mile, and Sandusky's on-campus incidents; title: Rene Portland and the culture of athletic silence; title: The Board of Trustees, insularity, and athletic administration; title: Paterno, Spanier, Schultz, Curley, and the Penn State Pandora's box; title: From the grand jury to beyond the NCAA Consent Decree.