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ESPN.com news services | November 24, 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A person close to former Penn State coach Joe Paterno'
s family has told The Associated Press his wife was turned away from a
campus pool.
Sue Paterno is an avid swimmer known for taking early-morning laps in the
pool. The person who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the
situation said Wednesday night the rejection left the family saddened.
University spokesman Bill Mahon told The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, which
first reported the pool rejection, he was unaware of any directive. The
school had said last week that Paterno still held tenure.
School trustees fired Joe Paterno on Nov. 9 from the job he held for nearly
a half-century in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against former
defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
Paterno also was recently diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer.
The person said the coach was focused on beating the illness "and seeing the
full truth" emerge.
Paterno testified before a grand jury looking into the abuse allegations
that a graduate assistant told him in 2002 that he witnessed an incident in
the shower in the team locker room. Prosecutors have said Paterno had passed
on the information to his superior.
But Paterno has said specific actions alleged to have occurred in the grand
jury report were not relayed to him. Paterno is not a target of the
investigation, according to authorities.
Still, the state's top cop criticized the way school leaders handled
allegations and said Paterno and other officials had a moral responsibility
to do more.
His son, Scott, said last week in a statement that Joe Paterno's cancer was
diagnosed during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. He requested
privacy for the family.
"We're focusing on Wisconsin," linebacker Nate Stupar said, ahead of Penn
State's game at Wisconsin this weekend. "(But) definitely we've been
thinking about him, and we're hoping he's doing all right, and just praying
for him."
The person close to the Paterno family told the AP that Paterno was
receiving thousands of calls or messages from former players, alumni and
other well-wishers, and that Paterno was encouraging patience and to trust
in the truth.
Sue Paterno was a longtime fixture at the school and helped raise money for
the library and organized Special Olympics on campus. | c********n
发帖数: 4762 | 2 有些过了， joe 其实还是个好人， 做了很多好事， 这件事只是渎职，虽然后果很严
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