Esquire Piece On Sandusky: In The Ruins Of A Blue And White Empire
Editor's Note: The following is a piece from Esquire, written by Luke Dittrich, detailing the child sex-abuse allegations against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky.
He's wearing his running uniform, we can reveal that much about the runner.
Shorts, tank top.
A pair of Asics track spikes.
We can tell you that just before he lowers himself into a half crouch at the starting line, he does an odd little skip, shaking out his legs one more time before he calls them into action.
We can tell you that he crouches down noticeably lower than his competitors, the three other young men at the line.
We can't tell you the color of his hair, but we can tell you that it is not its original color, and that he dyes it often, unpredictably, whimsically.
We can tell you that he doesn't even glance at the race official in the fluorescent-orange shirt who's just lifted the starter pistol skyward.
We can tell you that instead he just stares straight down the track, waiting for the report.
I suppose we can tell you that his eyes are green.
And that his skin is pale and that his face, like the faces of so many eighteen-year-olds, is flecked with acne.
We can tell you, in these coiled moments before the gun goes off, that five years ago, when he was just entering adolescence, he had smooth, unblemished skin.
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