Paterno’s final days: no bitterness, just marveling at his fortunate life – Sports Illustrated
In the moments after Joe Paterno died, it became common for people to write and say that he died of a broken heart. He did not. Joe Paterno died of lung cancer and the complications it caused. He did not die a [...]

Hazleton – Curiously Long Posts, Sports Illustrated
After spending all fall in State College working on a book at Joe Paterno and what he meant to the Penn State community at large (impeccable timing!) Sports Illustrated columnist Joe Posnanski traveled east along Interstate 80 for a little while to see Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon’s [...]

On the list of books that need to be written, another biography of Joe Paterno was not high. I already have Paterno: By The Book, the autobiography, George Paterno’s The Coach From Byzantium, The Lion in Autumn and several others in my personal library. However if anybody is going to write about these interesting times [...]