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Great article by Joe Posnanski

psalman1982

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http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/joe-paterno-family-fight-after-penn-state-scandal/

Just the opening grabs your attention...

"Jay Paterno tells a story. It is autumn, and his son is playing in a ninth-grade football game. Early in the first quarter, his son pushes through and brings down the ball carrier. The public address announcer says: “Tackle made by Joe Paterno.”

When the game ends, Joey Paterno goes to his mother, Kelley, and admits that he grimaced when he heard his name called over the loudspeaker.

“Why?” Kelley asks.

“Because,” he says. “I didn’t know how people would react to hearing it.”

“And that,” Jay Paterno says, his eyes filling with tears, “is why we fight.”
 
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