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A former Catholic priest who now heads a charity that assists sexual abuse victims said Thursday his group is representing a previously unknown victim of Jerry Sandusky. Robert Hoatson, co-founder and president of New Jersey-based Road to Recovery Inc., said the man claims he was abused by Sandusky about 25 years ago, when he was 15, visiting for a summer football camp. The man, now about 40 years old, is currently incarcerated in a Massachusetts state prison “for serious crimes,” and does not want to be identified, because he fears repercussions in the prison, Hoatson said. Speaking outside Beaver Stadium,...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien has started the process of keeping his 2012 roster together. In his first interview since Monday's NCAA ruling, O'Brien told Bonnie Bernstein on the Dan Patrick Show that the transfer waiver will be one of the most difficult sanctions to cope with. The waiver allows players to transfer to another Division I school without sitting out a season. "In my opinion, the one that's the hardest is that these kids can transfer without penalty," O'Brien said today. "But at the end of the day, this means we have to reiterate to...

USC football is about Cardinal and Gold. The Trojan Horse. The Coliseum. The words “Fight On. There are now new words to describe its football program.Arrogance. Ignorance. Tolerance. Sanctioned. Pick any word and it probably fits the USC football program these days. But there’s another one that should be considered: Lawsuit. You can shape it, paint it, mold it any way you want if you are USC. You were betrayed by star running back Reggie Bush. You were tampered with by outside influences. You were ambushed by one of your own assistant coaches, who knew but did not tell. And...