APB, State College, Pa., Police Department: All units be on the lookout for anyone wearing pair of thick, bronze glasses. Suspect may also be wearing a USC sweatshirt. We generally do not condone destructive mayhem here at Deadspin, but any prank involving metallurgy gets a pass. I am also reminded ...

Penn State makes their 3rd appearance in The Rose Bowl, 2 pm on January 1, 2009. Check it out on ABC. Penn State #8 vs USC #5. Other games of interest,  #1 Oklahoma vs. Florida #2  but not until January 6 in Miami. The Orange Bowl features Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati January 1. So much fo...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap Little-known fact: JoePa (1926) has two years on the Mouse (1928). However, Mickey has 100% fewer buildings named after him in Happy Valley. Just out of view, four thousand angry So...

The Girls extend best wishes for all as the holiday season speeds towards us. We’ll be off for Christmas so we can go undercover to blow the lid off the NFL referee scandal and then will be back for a special New Year’s Eve episode of the infamous Fantoo Fannies Awards and Extravaganza. ...

Scene I. Saturday. Kerryman’s Tavern. [Inside a seedy Irish Bar, two rough and tumble Irishmen, Declan and Mark, sit at the bar discussin' their disdain for the situation in Brooklyn with Mark’s son Paddy.] Mark: I don’t like what’s goin’ on with the Big Wop. My son was suppose ta get a bi...

Two days post total hip arthroplasty surgery, Nittany Lion head coach Joe Paterno was released from Mount Nittany Medical center. In doing so, he beat this Turkey's record by three full days....

In front of a pep rally crowd of over 6,500 spectators, Joe Paterno announced that, despite rumors, he has no intentions of retiring, meaning he'll be staying on for 2009. An exciting announcement for sure, unless you're one of the Penn State boosters. Or the athletic director. Or anyone with any se...

The rise of social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace has created new recruiting problems as college students may inadvertently be violating NCAA policies....

Oh JoePa, you’re like that old grandfather that raises a ruckus at the Thanksgiving dinner table while everyone just dismisses the words that come out of your mouth. Penn State’s Daily Collegian reports the school’s president denied a report that famed football coach Joe Paterno has a plan in ...

The Morelli Era is officially---and gladly---over. With the Nittany Lions' 24-17 victory over Texas A&M in the 2007 Alamo Bowl, the curtain falls on one of the biggest busts in Penn State recruiting history....