The countdown is on for the most anticipated sports book of the year: Joe Posnanski’s biography Paterno.
Published by Simon & Schuster, the 416-page book is due out on Aug. 21. The former Sports Illustrated writer spent a year in State College with the initial intention of trying to encapsulate the coach’s life and career.
Then of course, it all blew up last November. Then it even exploded more last week.
Here a video preview Posnanski did for the book prior to the news of the Freeh Commission. It now seems terribly outdated, doesn’t it?
The video has a graphic with a header that reads: “Joe Paterno: Educator. Coach. Humanitarian.”
I’ve heard Paterno called many things in the past week, but “humanitarian” isn’t one of them. There’s also a picture of the statue that many people now want to tear down.
In the video, Posnanski … Continue Reading