http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/penn-state-nittany-lions-football2011-12-20T16:00:10Z2011-12-20T16:00:10ZReuters US Online Report Sports Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-20:/professional-baseball/philadelphia-columnist-retires-abuse-allegations-4880018a/

<div><p><a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" >PHILADELPHIA</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Award-winning sports columnist <span>Bill Conlin</span> retired abruptly from the <span><a title="Philadelphia Daily News" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Daily+News" >Philadelphia Daily News</a></span> on Tuesday, the newspaper said, as a rival newspaper published an article accusing him of child sex abuse.</p><p><spa...

2011-12-05T19:30:36ZAFP American Editiontag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-05:/professional-baseball/new-abuse-claim-late-red-sox-official-4870359a/

<div><p>A man who worked in the <a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" >Boston Red Sox</a> clubhouse when he was a teenager in the 1990s said Monday that then clubhouse manager <a title="Donald Fitzpatrick" href="/topic/Donald+Fitzpatrick" >Donald Fitzpatrick</a>, who died in 2005, sexually abused him.</p><p>At a news conference Monday, <span>Charles Crawford</span> said Fitzpatrick assaulted him twice inside the clubhouse at fabled <span><a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenwa...

2011-12-05T11:30:34ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-05:/professional-baseball/claim-sexual-abuse-red-sox-staffer-4870026a/

<div><p>BOSTON (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Two men came forward on Monday to accuse a now-deceased <a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" >Red Sox</a> official of sexually abusing them two decades ago when they were teenagers working for the baseball team.</p><p>They are the ninth and tenth people to charge former clubhouse manager <span>Donald Fitzpatrick</span>, who died in 2005, with victimizing them while they wor...

2010-12-21T14:31:16ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-21:/professional-baseball/joepa-celebrates-84th-birthday-practice-4717746a/

<div id="subtitle">Ho-hum: JoePa celebrates 84th birthday with 2-a-day <a title="Penn State Nittany Lions (Football)" href="/topic/Penn+State+Nittany+Lions+(Football)" >Penn State</a> practice session in Florida</div><div><p>No special plans for <span><a title="Joe Paterno" href="/topic/Joe+Paterno" >Joe Paterno</a></span> on his 84th birthday &#8212; just two Penn State practices.</p><p>The Nittany Lions spent Tuesday drilling in the morning and afternoon in <span><a title="Clearwater" href="/t...

2011-01-04T08:32:49ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-04:/photo/michigan-wrapup-football-2405874p/

<a title="Michigan Wolverines (Football)" href="/topic/Michigan+Wolverines+(Football)" >Michigan</a> athletic director <a title="David Brandon" href="/topic/David+Brandon" >David Brandon</a>, center, sits with assistant athletic directors <a title="Brian Townsend" href="/topic/Brian+Townsend" >Brian Townsend</a>, left, and Greg Harden, right, at an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCAA</a> college basketball game between ...

2011-01-01T14:31:43ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-01:/photo/outback-bowl-football-2404842p/

<a title="Penn State Nittany Lions (Football)" href="/topic/Penn+State+Nittany+Lions+(Football)" >Penn State</a> head coach <a title="Joe Paterno" href="/topic/Joe+Paterno" >Joe Paterno</a> walks onto the field before the start of the <a title="Outback Bowl" href="/topic/Outback+Bowl" >Outback Bowl</a> <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCAA</a> college football game against <a title="Florida" href="/topic/Florida" >Florid...

2011-01-01T14:31:42ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-01:/photo/aptopix-outback-bowl-football-2404841p/

<a title="Penn State Nittany Lions (Football)" href="/topic/Penn+State+Nittany+Lions+(Football)" >Penn State</a>'s <a title="Michael Zordich" href="/topic/Michael+Zordich" >Michael Zordich</a> (9) dives under <a title="Florida" href="/topic/Florida" >Florida</a> linebacker <a title="Jelani Jenkins" href="/topic/Jelani+Jenkins" >Jelani Jenkins</a> (43) to score on a second quarter, one-yard touchdown run during the <a title="Outback Bowl" href="/topic/Outback+Bowl" >Outback Bowl</a> <a title="Nat...

2010-12-22T15:33:06ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-22:/photo/penn-st-paterno-football-2401306p/

FILE - This Oct. 5, 2010, file photo shows <a title="Penn State Nittany Lions (Football)" href="/topic/Penn+State+Nittany+Lions+(Football)" >Penn State</a> coach <a title="Joe Paterno" href="/topic/Joe+Paterno" >Joe Paterno</a> answering a question at his weekly news conference in State College, Pa. Paterno is looking at the <a title="Outback Bowl" href="/topic/Outback+Bowl" >Outback Bowl</a> as a combination of this season's final game and the opener of the 2011 campaign. (AP Photo/Pat Little,...

2010-11-29T16:31:40ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/photo/michigan-st-penn-st-football-2389505p/

<a title="Michigan States" href="/topic/Michigan+States" >Michigan States</a>' <a title="Jesse Johnson" href="/topic/Jesse+Johnson" >Jesse Johnson</a>, left, and <a title="Jon Misch" href="/topic/Jon+Misch" >Jon Misch</a> , rear, douse coach <a title="Mark Dantonio" href="/topic/Mark+Dantonio" >Mark Dantonio</a> with confetti late in the fourth quarter an <a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" >NCAA</a> college football game ag...