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Report: Paterno's Exit Being Planned

(CBS) Amid a devastating sex scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, Penn State is in the process of planning the exit of head coach Joe Paterno, according to the New York Times.

The report cites two sources who were briefed on the conversations among university officials and says his tenure could end "perhaps within days or weeks."

Paterno was set to have his weekly press conference Tuesday, but Penn State officials canceled it about 40 minutes before it was about to start.

 

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