STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Retired Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who faces child sex abuse charges in a case that led to the firing of Joe Paterno, says Paterno’s death is a sad day.
Sandusky says in a statement that no one did more for the university’s academic reputation than Paterno, who died Sunday.
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