Date 05/06/2017 - News People
Legendary actor Al Pacino will portray former Penn State college football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming movie for HBO. Ever since the the shocking revelations in the fall of 2011 that longtime Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had been accused of child molestation ? and that Paterno and other higher-ups in the university?s athletic department had failed to stop him years earlier- much soul-searching and hang-wringing has ensued, about everything from the primacy of sports culture, the power of championship sports coaches and what compromises are necessary when it comes to athletic glory.
