Game over

by Moushey, Bill; Dvorchak, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780062201348
• ISBN10: 0062201344
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-08
• Publisher: Harperluxe

Summary

It's a scandal that began in a place called Happy Valley. But it's not as happy as it once was, as the child-sex-abuse charges against a longtime coach have rocked America and Division 1 college sports. The shocking stories started to pour out after the November 6, 2011, arrest of Jerry Sandusky, a former coach under the Penn State football legend Joe Paterno. Sandusky had been Paterno's top lieutenant for thirty-two years. He was also the founder of a charity, The Second Mile, that devoted itself to helping disadvantaged youth. The numerous boys in Sandusky's program who have come forward told a grand jury lurid stories of a sexual predator who stalked and abused them. In Game Over, journalists Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak investigate the shocking details of how a culture built around one deified coach with a glorious vision to have "success with honor" failed to act in the best interests of the most vulnerable. Penn State has been consumed in this firestorm that spiraled downward into the worst scandal in the history of college sports.

Author Biography

Bill Moushey is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative journalist who specializes in documenting abuses of the criminal justice system. Bob Dvorchak worked for forty-four years as a journalist and has received awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Golden Quill awards program for deadline reporting and sports-writing.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Birth of a Legend	p. 11
The Age of Paterno	p. 26
Sandusky Makes His Mark	p. 32
The First Clues	p. 53
Independent Allegations	p. 67
Paterno's Impact	p. 80
The Beginning of the End of Sandusky	p. 98
The Investigation Widens	p. 110
Cover-up	p. 127
The Arrest	p. 142
Insularity and Isolation	p. 178
Sandusky Speaks	p. 204
The Court of Public Opinion	p. 219
The Great Pretender	p. 237
Prehminary Hearing for Curley and Schultz	p. 253
Penn State's Reputation	p. 269
A Coach's Farewell	p. 285
Civil Lawsuits	p. 302
Epilogue	p. 315
Acknowledgments
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