Aggie87

You've been essentially talking about a separate issue, IMO. Not the specific issue at Penn State, but trying to divert the discussion to something else. Your position may be valid, but it's only tangentially germane to Sandusky's perversions. I think that's why nobody's really engaging you on it.

This is a bulletin board - people chat. How is chatting about a topical event a waste of time on a chat board? Yes, we all knew what Sandusky was convicted of, but this report firms up how much Paterno knew and when he knew it. It confirms he deserves the condemnation that most of us felt he was due. I do agree generally that nobody is going to change anybody else's mind, but it's interesting to see how people justify their positions.

Happy (late) Birthday, Barak! All the best!

I'm not sure how you got that conclusion out of anything I said, or anybody else. By not doing more, and not doing anything very quickly at all, he enabled Sandusky. He also effectively enabled him by allowing him continued access to the PSU facilities with little boys when he KNEW Sandusky had been fired for likely abusing little boys. I hope you'd agree as a Debate Coach (or whatever you claimed to be in the past) that enabling somebody and being the reason somebody does something are two different things.

Is that a combination of Something About Mary and Chasing Amy? I actually like both of those, the first being (for me) a good stupid movie, and the second a good Kevin Smith flick.

Happy Birthday!

Dumb & Dumber is stupid good. As is.....The Three Amigos! Adam Sandler flicks, almost always not stupid good.

Blame CERTAINLY deserves to be foisted upon Paterno (and numerous others). He knew prior to the McQueary incident about Sandusky's issues, and continued to allow him around the PSU football facilities with young children. Surely he knew things weren't right for those children. Then when McQueary tells him he witnessed something improper, it was Paternor's responsibility RIGHT THEN to report it. Not wait for days. He enabled Sandusky, from the time Sandusky was forced to retire through and including the McQueary incident. End of story. Nobody is agreeing with your viewpoint, Goodspeak. At all. I hope you're quicker to report things when you find out about them than McQueary and Paterno were. For the victim's sakes.

Nobody's arguing that point.

I'd forgotten Sandusky had been retired by the time of McQueary's witnessing of the shower rape. It doesn't change the fact that it occurred in the athletic facilities that Paterno was ultimately head of, though. And Paterno had a responsibility to do more than just mention it to his boss, especially knowing that Sandusky essentially had free reign of those facilities.

Vindicated?? Seriously, he was informed someone on his staff was sexually abusing children, and essentially did NOTHING. Oh yeah, he reported it to his boss. And then watched as nobody did anything. And went on about his business as if nothing was wrong, knowing what was going on. Knowing Sandusky continued to have free reign of the athletic facilities and continuing to bring small boys around. He should have gone to the police from Day One, screw the "report it to the boss and forget it" mentality. I hope he slept well from that night forward, knowing that nobody was doing anything for those children, and any further potential victims for each day forward until Sandusky was finally arrested. Paterno was not the abuser, but he was effectively a child-rape enabler. I disagree with Ray above, he was an enabler. Amen.

I think you mean a correct call here or there? Seemed like all three OKC losses had controversial calls that favored the Heat, IMO. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

'I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.' - Mitt Romney

Miami wins the Finals, the city of Miami is happy. OKC wins the Finals, the rest of the country is happy!

You get PMs from Chewy?

Who's the short guy between Ewing and Magic? I know everyone else.

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Happy Birthday, Bertrand!

Ditto to both posts. I'm still disappointed in my Spurs blowing 4 games in a row, but have come to realize how truly well the Thunder played in those games. Go Thundersonics!

He's actually not 24 until September! And he's that young because he was only a Texas Longhorn for about 3 months. But he was pretty clearly the best player on the court during that college season too, in every game he played. Check this out: Naismith College Player of the Year (2007) John R. Wooden Award (2007) AP College Player of the Year (2007) Oscar Robertson Trophy (2007) Adolph Rupp Trophy (2007) Big 12 Player of the Year (2007) NBA Rookie of the Year (2008) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2008) 2010 FIBA World Championship MVP 3× NBA All-Star (2010–2012) 3× NBA scoring champion (2010–2012) 3× All-NBA First Team (2010–2012) NBA All Star Game MVP (2012) ...that's not too shabby a resume for a 23 year old!

Happy Birthday, Ray!

If the Spurs have any chance on Wed night, they need to start fighting for offensive rebounds. Seems like they were all jacking up 3 point attempts, and everyone would immediately take off toward the other end of the court. Their game lately has devolved into Parker or Ginobili on pick and rolls, or Duncan shooting a 10-20 footer. Nobody else is doing anything, except jacking up 3 pointers. What happened to the rest of the game they were excelling at during the 20 game winning streak (and the earlier streaks during the season too)??

SI.com's Ian Thomsen felt that was a James foul, not a Garnett foul - here's his description of the play today: "...and then when Boston was seeking to reclaim the lead, James would hook his left arm under Garnett's right armpit and pull Garnett down on top of him. If a footballer for Liverpool (the team James owns in a minority role) had done such a thing the press in England would have decried it as a "cynical" foul, but in our country it goes down as ingenuity."

Are those your ticket stubs? Yes, they are! What was the "pillow" concert?

I think the officiating affected the outcome of this game. That overtime play where Wade knocked Rondo in the head should have been a foul, resulting in two (likely) made free throws. And the continuation of play wouldn't have happened, so the Heat wouldn't have made that basket - that's a 4 point swing on one missed call. In a game that the Heat won by 4 points. Also, the play later where Wade kicked Garnett should have been called an offensive foul. Instead, Garnett is called for the foul, and Wade gets the free throw and 3 point play. With the correct call, those 3 points don't go on the board either.