Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the Crises in Penn State Athletics

by Ronald A. Smith

Book Overview

The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case stunned the nation. As subsequent revelations uncovered an athletic program operating free of oversight, university officials faced criminal charges while unprecedented NCAA sanctions hammered Penn State football and blackened the reputation of coach Joe Paterno.

In Wounded Lions, acclaimed sport historian and longtime Penn State professor Ronald A. Smith heavily draws from university archives to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252081498
• ISBN13: 9780252081491
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"