She started reporting on the Penn State scandal long before anyone else. Her journalism efforts weren't otherworldly; they were just solid and unrelenting.
The story was going to break no matter what. But, she got to it first and didn't let go. She had Sandusky covered from late March through April to the Fall.

Mike Leach has a new job. The former coach at Texas Tech who lost his job in controversial fashion, has been hired as the next coach of the Washington State Cougars. Leach will reportedly receive a lucrative five-year contract.

Leach coached at Texas Tech from 2000 until he was fired in 2009.

Mike Leach has a new job. The former coach at Texas Tech who lost his job in controversial fashion, has been hired as the next coach of the Washington State Cougars. Leach will reportedly receive a lucrative five-year contract.

Leach coached at Texas Tech from 2000 until he was fired in 2009.

The first lawsuit has been filed against Jerry Sandusky claiming sex abuse. The lawsuit, which will be the first of many, alleges that Jerry Sandusky abused a boy more than 100 times.

That boy, who is now reportedly 29 years old, says that the abuse occurred on the Penn State campus, at Jerry Sandusky's house, on road trips and even at a bowl game.

The season ended for the UW-Milwaukee and Marquette women's soccer teams against Big Ten Conference teams Friday in North Carolina, along with the careers of two players whose accomplishments over the past four years will be prominently featured in the NCAA Division I record book.

Senior Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) scored on the final touch of her career, curling in a free kick from 19 yards out in the 90th minute, but it was the only shot on goal for the 15th-ranked Panthers in their 2-1 loss to Ohio State in an NCAA tournament second-round match in Durham, N.

By Joe Stevenson
Northwest Herald
Erin Holland has played soccer at an elite level since joining the Eclipse Select Soccer club when she was 11 years old.
Holland, a Cary resident and junior at Cary-Grove, made sure she will be playing with another elite team when she goes to college in two years.

College campuses are obliged to have policies regarding sexual harassment/sex discrimination. These very broad overlapping categories include sexual assault and the systemic cover-up of abusive behavior within a department. These kinds of a matters are handled by Penn State's Affirmative Action Office.

The University of Wisconsin men's soccer team waited for its offense to arrive Friday afternoon, but it just never happened.

Now the Badgers will have to wait until Monday night to see if they did enough this season to earn an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.

Junior midfielder Minh Vu scored in the 29th minute and Penn State held UW without a shot on goal in a 1-0 victory in the Big Ten Conference tournament semifinals in Ann Arbor, Mich.

As we read one editorial after another expressing outrage at Penn State's failure to respond to complaints regarding Sandusky, and try to wrap our minds around the consequences of this "scandal," we should step back and remember that U.S. universities have a long history of failing victims of sexual assault.

Joe Paterno wasn't able to sweep his dirty secret under the run any longer. After saying he was going to finish out the season as head coach at Penn State, the school decided to fire Paterno effective immediately. Paterno leaves as the all-time winningest coach in college football history.

Jerry Sandusky, Penn State's former defensive coordinator, and his child molesting ways doomed Paterno.

Heading into the final 30 seconds of the second overtime Saturday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin men's soccer team continued to attack.

And it paid off in grand fashion for the Badgers.

Penn State was called for a handball in the box with 21 seconds left and junior Tomislav Zadro converted the ensuing penalty kick to give UW a 1-0 victory in State College, Penn.

The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Soccer teams 2011 season came to an end on Friday afternoon in Evanston, Illinois, site of the Big Ten tournament. The lady Gophers (9-10-2) lost 3-1 to Penn State (19-3-0 overall) who won the Big Ten regular season with a 10-1-0 league record and who now move on to [.

Joe Paterno seems like he's been coaching forever. In fact, I think he has. But it took until Saturday for him to finally pass Eddie Robinson to become the winningest coach in college football NCAA Division I history. After Penn State beat Illinois, Paterno owned a record 409 wins.

Following the game, Paterno didn't try to play down the meaning of the record.

Joe Paterno seems like he's been coaching forever. In fact, I think he has. But it took until Saturday for him to finally pass Eddie Robinson to become the winningest coach in college football NCAA Division I history. After Penn State beat Illinois, Paterno owned a record 409 wins.

Following the game, Paterno didn't try to play down the meaning of the record.

With the Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings jam-packed behind leader Penn State heading into the final two weeks of the season, the University of Wisconsin gave up a late goal and dropped two points with a 1-1 draw against last-place Northwestern on Friday night in Evanston, Ill.

Junior defender Joana Bielefeld (Brookfield Central) scored her first career goal for the Badgers (8-4-3 overall) on a header in the 73rd minute, but freshman Niki Sebo did the same in the 87th and the Wildcats (2-11-1, 1-5-1 Big Ten) held on for the tie despite eight shots by UW in the two overtime periods.

St. Paul, Minn. – October 2, 2011 Gophers Drop 1-0 Decision to No. 24 Penn State On a sunny fall day in St. Paul, Minn., the University of Minnesota women's soccer team battled with No. 24 Penn State, but the Nittany Lions would tally a goal in the 84th minute and leave Elizabeth Lyle Robbie [...]

The race for the Big Ten championship is just starting out, but early indications are that Indiana has every intention of regaining its place as the conference's premier program.

The No. 7 Hoosiers sent a big messsage on Friday by knocking off Penn State in their Big Ten opener, posting a 1-0 victory to stay unbeaten on the season.

It was a rough and tumble Saturday afternoon at the McClimon Complex.

When the dust settled, the University of Wisconsin women's soccer team had its second consecutive win over perennial Big Ten Conference power Penn State.

Laurie Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead) scored in the 18th minute and fellow senior Michele Dalton made seven saves for the shutout as the Badgers fought past the 21st-ranked Nittany Lions 1-0 in a conference opener.

The 2011 college football season is almost here. As proof, check below to see the 2011 college football coaches poll. As expected, Oklahoma is No. 1 in the rankings. The top five is rounded out by Alabama, Oregon, LSU and Florida State.

Oklahoma led the way with 42 first place votes, while Alabama had 13.

U.S. WNT defender Ali Krieger, who lived in Germany for most of the past four years while playing for FFC Frankfurt, is very popular with the German media, part of which can be attributed to her ability to speak almost fluent German. Krieger, who left for Germany after finishing her college career at Penn State, spoke not a word when she came over to play for Frankfurt, one of Europe's top clubs.

Heather MarikCHICAGO -- The Chicago Red Stars of the Women's Premier Soccer League announce the additions of defenders Leigh Jakes (McDonough, Ga.) and Heather Marik (Naperville, Ill.) to the team's roster for the 2011 season.
Jakes completed her tenure with Northwestern University last year.

PPL Park was host to the USA Sevens Rugby Championship over the weekend. On Saturday, Army defeated Penn State 14-5 for the women's championship. Dartmouth was the men's champion, defeating Army 32-10 on Sunday. PSP photographer Nicolae Stoian was on hand to catch the weekend's action.

The first home game of the season for Reading United AC mirrored the Philadelphia Union's home opener this year, as the team won and was aided by the opposing team receiving a red card.

Using their man advantage, Reading United scored four goals against a hapless New Jersey Rangers squad. New Jersey defender Alex Brito went studs up into United forward Tyler Witmer during the first half, after the United had already scored one goal from the boot of David Rodriguez.

According to todays Our Game Magazine post, TopDrawerSoccer.com number one recruit, Ponte Vedra's Morgan Brian, who has been called into the U-20 U.S. Women's National Team camp twice this year, will go to the University of Virginia.
Joining Morgan Brian at the University of Virginia will be No.

The SuperDraft has come and gone once again and this year's edition certainly had its share of head turning moves and signings.

The Red Bulls came into the draft with four selections and came away with four fresh faces that could signal quite a bit of change throughout the organization.

We have to ask. The vast majority of Doop-tastic SoB's and other Union fans who travelled to Baltimore this week carried with them a certain expectation- that Reading and Penn State's Corey Hertzog would fulfill his destiny as the local hero, taking his place at the highest echelon of soccerdom in the Philadelphia area.

By MIKE NASTRI

Erik Soler and the Red Bulls said before the draft the team would concentrate on defense. But, New York threw a change-up when Corey Hertzog fell to them at the 13th pick. The speedy Penn State forward will supply needed quality depth behind Thierry Henry or could play out wide.

The conventional wisdom about the Red Bulls coming into this year's MLS Superdraft in Baltimore was that they would seek out help in defense, focusing on the center back and fullback positions. On the other hand, Erik Solér made it clear in interviews yesterday that if their favored targets at those positions were not available, they would select the best player available.

The Chicago Fire have plenty of work to do in molding the pieces for their 2011 squad, and one outlet is through this Thursday's MLS SuperDraft at the Baltimore Convention Center (11 a.m. CT start, televised on ESPN2).
"We've lost players in every line, so we need to address all three areas," Fire technical director Frank Klopas said.

ASN Philly has an interview with potential top five pick in this year's SuperDraft Zarek Valentin.

Zarek Valentin leaves the Akron Zips as a 19-year old NCAA Champion with boundless potential and a near future, at least, that lies in Major League Soccer. The Lancaster, PA native has left quite the footprint in only two seasons, one that has been duplicated on the international level with Thomas Rongen's U-20s as well.

ASN Philly has an interview with potential top five pick in this year's SuperDraft Zarek Valentin.

Zarek Valentin leaves the Akron Zips as a 19-year old NCAA Champion with boundless potential and a near future, at least, that lies in Major League Soccer. The Lancaster, PA native has left quite the footprint in only two seasons, one that has been duplicated on the international level with Thomas Rongen's U-20s as well.