Community Picks: Ohio State 0% vs Penn State 0%

Ohio State coaches and players are plenty familiar with the difficult environment that awaits them in Happy Valley. The No. 2 Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) survived against Wisconsin in a hostile, raucous atmosphere last week, similar to the one they'll face in their third-straight road game against Penn State (4-2, 2-1), where Ohio State will have to deal with more than 100,000 fans clad in white. ''There's a lot of energy right now in that program,'' Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. Continue to Article

October 21, 2016 3:05:pm EST

A fifth day of testimony in former assistant football coach Mike McQueary's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State is set to get underway in a courthouse near the university campus. McQueary is among the potential witnesses on Friday in the trial over his claims the school retaliated against him for the help he gave prosecutors in convicting his onetime colleague Jerry Sandusky of child molestation. Continue to Article

October 21, 2016 12:16:am EST

Penn State's former president says he issued a statement calling criminal charges against two of his lieutenants groundless because he'd known and worked closely for them for 16 years. Graham Spanier testified Thursday in the defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against the university by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary. Continue to Article

October 20, 2016 12:20:pm EST

An investigator says threatening emails and calls about a witness who helped produce child molestation charges against Jerry Sandusky weren't enough to make him fear for the man's safety. Anthony Sassano, with the Pennsylvania attorney general's office, testified Wednesday, the third day of trial in former assistant football coach Mike McQueary's whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State. McQueary claims he was damaged when the school put him on leave after Sandusky was charged in 2011. Continue to Article

October 19, 2016 1:01:pm EST

A former assistant football coach's lawsuit against Penn State will resume with more testimony from the man who put him on paid administrative leave days after Jerry Sandusky was charged with child molestation. Mike McQueary's lawsuit will continue Wednesday with the questioning of Mark Sherburne, who briefly took over as athletic director after his predecessor was charged with perjury. Continue to Article

October 19, 2016 1:13:am EST