Paterno fired as coach of Penn State amid sex-abuse scandal
By Zaket on November 9, 2011
Penn State’s board of trustees announced late Wednesday night that Joe Paterno is no longer the head coach of the university’s football team after 46 years, officially ending an era in Happy Valley.
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