Authors: Joe Posnanski
Bahr, Mr.,
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Baiorunos, Jack,
150
Baker, Chris,
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Baltimore Colts,
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barbers,
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barns,
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bars,
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–94
1943 World Series,
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–82
basketball,
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,
143
,
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,
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,
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Paterno’s playing of,
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–25,
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,
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women’s,
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–90
Bauer, Charles,
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Bauer, Mrs.,
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Bauer, Trey,
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–16,
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,
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,
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–23,
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background of,
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–12
1994 team and,
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on Paterno,
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on White,
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Baugh, Kevin,
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Beaver Stadium,
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–9,
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,
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,
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–96,
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,
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,
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,
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press conference at,
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–37
Beban, Gary,
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Becker, Gary,
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–33
Bedenk, Joe,
60
Beethoven, Ludwig van,
112
Benson, Brad,
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Bergen Record,
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Bermingham, Thomas,
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–34,
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,
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Bermuda,
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Bernstein, Ralph,
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Big Ten Conference,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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baseball and,
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Penn State’s start in,
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–27,
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,
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Big Ten Media Days,
324
–25
Big Ten Network,
311
Bingham, Walter,
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blackballers,
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Blackledge, Todd,
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,
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,
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,
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–201,
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blacks,
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,
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,
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–28,
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–8,
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,
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Blades, Brian,
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Blanchard, Kevin,
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–65
Blatty, William Peter,
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,
19
–20,
24
Bermingham’s reaching out to,
34
Blockbuster Bowl,
284
–85
award for,
6
–7
Blue Ridge College,
46
Boeheim, Jim,
346
Bootlegger’s Boy
(Switzer),
175
Boston Braves,
137
Boston Bruins,
86
Boswell, Tom,
2
Bowling Green,
13
Bowman, Kirk,
196
Bracken, Ron,
251
–52
Bradley, Tom,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
353
Brady, Kyle,
228
Brady, Tom,
259
Bratton, Melvin,
223
“break contain,”
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Brennan, Christine,
335
Brigham Young,
199
Bronson, John,
362
–63
Brooklyn,
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,
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,
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–35,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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glamorizing and idealizing of,
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name-calling in,
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Paterno’s moving around in,
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–24,
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Paterno’s return to,
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–78
football at,
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–32,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Brown, Courtney,
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Brown, Paul,
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Brown University,
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,
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–50,
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,
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,
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,
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football at,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–52,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Paterno’s scholarship to,
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,
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snobbery and exclusion at,
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–49,
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,
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Brown University Archives,
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Brown v. Board of Education,
126
Bruce, Arland,
258
Bruins,
see
Boston Bruins
Bryant, Ida,
161
Bryant, Monroe,
161
Bryant, Paul “Bear,”
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,
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–68,
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,
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,
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,
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contracts and,
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–84
Paterno compared with,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Buckeyes,
see
Ohio State Buckeyes
Burkhart, Chuck,
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–2,
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,
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,
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Butler, Deon,
308
Buttle, Greg,
195
Cafiero, Eugene,
27
Cafiero, Florence,
see
Paterno, Florence Cafiero
Cafiero, Mr. (Florence’s father),
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Cannon, Billy,
68
Cape Cod,
140
Capital One Bowl,
290
Cappelletti, Anne,
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,
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,
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,
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Cappelletti, John, Jr.,
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,
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,
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–49,
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–53,
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,
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,
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recruiting of,
135
–36
Cappelletti, John, Sr.,
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,
149
,
153
Cardinal Hayes,
31
Cardinals,
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Carr, Lloyd,
308
–9
Carter, Jimmy,
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Casey, Rashard,
264
Cato the Elder,
155
CBS,
195
Central Michigan,
308
Centre Country District Attorney,
253
Centre County Child and Youth Services,
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–54
Centre (County) Daily Times,
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character, of football players,
229
recruiting and,
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–5
“cheating” (“fudging”) to one side,
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chess, four-dimensional,
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Chicago, Ill.,
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–25
Conlin and,
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see also
sexual abuse scandal
children:
foster,
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The Second Mile and,
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,
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,
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–54,
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child services,
275
Christianity,
250
–51
Christian Science Monitor,
142
Churchill, Winston,
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Church of the Brethren,
47
Cincinnati (football team),
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,
308
Citadel, The,
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civil rights, civil rights movement,
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,
264
Clark, Bruce,
164
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg,
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classy, being,
242
Cleveland, Ohio,
111
Cleveland Browns,
53
Clinton, Bill,
2
Coach
(Dunnavant),
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coaches, coaching,
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,
25
,
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–47,
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–73,
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black,
208
as calling,
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–52
greatest thrill of,
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and handling of freshmen,
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–7,
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–68,
308
Jay Paterno as,
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–34,
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,
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,
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,
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of McQueary,
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–71
overbearing alumni and,
45
Paterno challenged by,
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Paterno first hired as,
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–54
Paterno first noticed as,
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–69
Paterno’s last year in,
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–24,
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–28,
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,
339
–40
Paterno’s mistakes as,
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Paterno’s obsession with,
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,
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,
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,
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Paterno’s philosophy of,
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,
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Paterno’s refusal to retire from,
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–45,
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–53,
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–56,
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,
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–94,
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–97,
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–3,
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,
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–11,
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Paterno’s role in,
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–96
Paterno’s shuffling of staff and,
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Paterno’s speech to (Feb. 5, 1993),
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–2
Paterno’s style of,
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–97
player archetype of,
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–17
in practices vs. games,
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–95
staff meetings of,
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–239,
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,
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,
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coal mines,
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Cobbs, Duffy,
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Cockerham, Billy,
258
Coke breaks,
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–85
cold war,
39
Coles, Joel,
197
–98
Colgate,
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College Football Hall of Fame,
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,
68
,
104
Colorado (football team),
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,
172
Columbus, Christopher,
243
comic books,
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–44
Congressional Coalition on Adoption,
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Conlan, Dan,
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Conlan, Shane,
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,
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–15,
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,
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,
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,
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Conlin, Chris,
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Conlin, Keith,
358
–59
Connecticut (football team),
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Connor, Dan,
299
conspiracy theories,
253
contradictions,
102
Correal, Chuck,
167
Costas, Bob,
221
country clubs,
231
–32
Cousins, Kirk,
324
–25
Crittenden, John,
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Cruise, Tom,
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Culpepper, Charles,
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