Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl The aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea is ready for the first college basketball game to be played on an active flat top. As long as the rain stays away from the Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Friday afternoon, coaches Tom Izzo of Michigan State and Roy Williams of No. 1 North Carolina are confident their teams will put on a great Veterans Day show for the approximately 7,000 in the crowd, including the nation’s basketball-fan-in-chief, President Barack Obama, plus a national TV audience.
Joe Paterno Has Been Fired as Penn State Football Coach & School President Graham Spanier Dismissed
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Both football coach Joe Paterno and president Graham Spanier are out at Penn State in the wake of a disturbing child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.
NY Times Reporting Joe Paterno’s Tenure at Penn State Will End Soon!
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Penn State administrators on Tuesday canceled Joe Paterno’s weekly news conference in which he was expected to field questions about a sex-abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Soon after, The New York Times reported that Penn State’s board of trustees has had discussions about how to manage the 84-year-old Paterno’s departure. The newspaper, citing “two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials,” said that Paterno’s exit could come within days or weeks.
Details of Cam Newton’s NCAA Investigation Released
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Kenny Rogers, the Mississippi State alumnus heavily engaged in MSU’s recruitment of former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, also contacted ousted North Carolina assistant John Blake and others about Newton. Auburn University released on Friday a 32-page report on the NCAA investigation into its national championship winning, Heisman Trophy quarterback.
TCU Accepts Invite To Join Big 12
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl TCU accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 on Monday night, ignoring the conference’s recent instability and seizing an opportunity to be a part of a league with natural geographic rivals.
Jim Tressel Testifies Now Ohio State Awaits Fate After Hearing with NCAA
Ohio State’s hearing before the NCAA took only four hours. Now it must wait up to 12 weeks to find out how it will be penalized for rules broken by its football program. Â Read more after the jump. @Shay_Marie x @gametimegirl
