Heart of a Lion: Joe Paterno

by Steve Silverman

American Football Monthly February 2006 Issue OnlineFootball is a funny business. It is a war-like game in which the biggest, strongest and toughest will often come out on top. Throw in the elements of brains and intelligence and it can either amplify the preceding characteristic or eliminate it.

The teams on the sidelines – on a given autumn afternoon or evening – want to humiliate, eliminate and defeat their opposite numbers. It is the most competitive of all sports.

Yet there is a fraternity among its players and coac
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