Joe Paterno Has Lung Cancer
All, College Football, Penn State Scandal November 18th. 2011, 4:44pm
Joe Paterno has lung cancer. Paterno’s son, Scott, made the announcement in a statement to the Associated Press today. Paterno is undergoing treatment and doctors are optimistic.
“As everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents, and we simply ask that his privacy be respected as he proceeds with treatment,” Scott Paterno said in a brief statement.
Paterno will be 85 next month. He was fired on November 9th in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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November 18th, 2011 at 4:48 PM
How convenient.
/Actually no, not really.
November 18th, 2011 at 4:55 PM
Almost 85 and fighting cancer? Dang, it doesn’t look good.
“…doctors are optimistic…”. Really?
November 18th, 2011 at 5:17 PM
Ah.. That’s a shame.
November 18th, 2011 at 5:26 PM
I don’t think the statement would say “Doctors believe Mr Paterno is fucked”
November 18th, 2011 at 5:26 PM
So, you want privacy, yet you release a statement telling everybody about it?
November 18th, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Ah, the old “Um..I got cancer!” card…not gonna work with me.
November 18th, 2011 at 5:46 PM
not to be mean, but when did he know about it and how much did he know?
November 18th, 2011 at 6:16 PM
A grad assistant told him he probably had lung cancer in ’02 and Paterno went to the university president with the info but never saw a doctor about it.
November 18th, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Seems appropriate…
November 18th, 2011 at 6:59 PM
MMonast, between my maternal grandparents, my first mother-in-law, my ex-wife and both her parents, I too have been around enough oncologists and diagnoses to know when a doctor tries to be encouraging. Still, the attempt to encourage can be sobering. Cancer is a bitch.
November 18th, 2011 at 7:22 PM
But I’m sure he transferred the house to wife’s name for the other thing.
November 18th, 2011 at 7:32 PM
ray gricar…its all a conspiracy didnt you know
November 18th, 2011 at 8:14 PM
I hope he does well.
November 18th, 2011 at 8:27 PM
@Roeth: Yup. You don’t transfer your house to your wife because of cancer. She’d get it automatically after his death.
November 18th, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Sandusky should count himself lucky that he can’t get Lung Cancer from Smoking so much Cock.
November 19th, 2011 at 12:09 AM
Have a little dignity folks. The “cancer” sympathy card? Really?
Just fucking die already.
November 20th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
One of the better ones I have heard here in a while. Send a copy to Paterno and his wife.