Joe Paterno was 85 when he died of cancer-related complications in January 2012. Curley and Schultz later pleaded guilty to a single count of child endangerment and served brief jail terms.

A group of Penn State trustees pushed back against a $50 million gift that would name the field at Beaver Stadium because they wanted the opportunity to honor former football coach Joe Paterno.

Paterno died a couple of months after his firing ... according to Spanier. “Joe Paterno and I, and our colleagues in the administration, were the kind of individuals who would always intervene ...

men's basketball coach Patrick Chambers and junior guard Tim Frazier commented on Joe Paterno's passing. WSJ's Rachel Bachman reports.